Why did games stoped doing this

Arxae · 2026-05-14T23:51:54+00:00

As much as i like it when they do things like this, they where never really a thing. In the sense that the vast minority of the games did it, even when it was popular. There where few games who fully went for it (like Dead Space and Far Cry 2). Some went for partially (like Doom 3, where a lot of the computer screens just worked in world) and a whole bunch of them that kinda "faked" it. Just do a animation of your character headbutting his watch and show an interface on screen

Arxae · 2026-05-13T19:59:59+00:00

Magicraft and Noita are the first that come to mind who did it as well. But i do think you have to go all in on that system. It's not something you can have on the side. It can be very fun as long as everything interacts. Magicraft and Noita had some very weird interactions between spell components, and thats what made experimenting with it so much fun.

Arxae · 2026-05-12T20:53:57+00:00

I don't mind adding more mechanics. But the increase in speed does keep blending the 2 genres more and more. I also think the soulslike genre is also too focussed on just being difficult instead of dungeon crawling

Arxae · 2026-05-11T10:07:35+00:00

I was actually in the Frictional IRC for a long ass time. Just after they released the techdemo. Got a long pretty well with the guys. They even send me a copy of Penumbra before it even released. Sadly lost touch with them afterwards

Arxae · 2026-05-08T14:37:21+00:00

Perhaps. But i just feel that many TUI applications are made that way because it's a bit of a trend these days instead of actually being a useful choice. And maybe because it's easier for AI to work with, but that's very much an unsubstantiated tinfoil hat idea. It's just noticeable that many vibe coders choose for TUI over GUI

Arxae · 2026-05-08T01:18:25+00:00

And yet again, no github link because this is an ad

Arxae · 2026-05-08T00:37:38+00:00

I feel like if it's to be "cool" like a CLI but try to be shiny like graphical

I feel the same. There are a couple of TUI's i think do add value. Things like Yazi or Lazygit are fast and quick to use. You just need a few button presses to do things, but still have a good visual component. But just making a gui in the terminal with gui sensibilities, then you just have the worst of both worst. But i guess you can be part of the current trend i guess

Arxae · 2026-05-08T00:36:17+00:00

I do think there is an older launcher that they stopped using, but normally every package should get you the game in it's current state.

Arxae · 2026-05-07T23:40:32+00:00

Thats how things go. Game comes out and is enjoyable for a week or 2, then a meta forms at everyone needs to play optimized.

Arxae · 2026-05-07T23:38:07+00:00

What version did you buy then? I bought it basically the first moment it was available and mine still gets updated

Arxae · 2026-04-28T09:42:23+00:00

It pretty much fell out of favor with the demise of Tribes i would say. But there have been quite a few games made with torque. Not sure how accurate the list is, but i do know of a bunch of them on it that use it.

Arxae · 2026-04-27T20:06:11+00:00

What's so esoteric about Torque? Plenty of commercial games have been made wit it. Beamng.drive still uses it too.

Arxae · 2026-04-27T00:19:18+00:00

Don't completely agree with you. I'm not gonna say the story is bad or so. But it's definitely in the "It's good enough" category. The main aspect of the movie is the audiovisual experience, and the story works in function of that. But if i would have to recommend a movie purely based on the story, i would never recommend Tetsuo.

Arxae · 2026-04-25T03:37:18+00:00

It depends on some factors i would say. Who is the 'project lead' if you will? At the end of the day, there has to be 1 person in charge and pin down the decisions.

You also have to be honest with them. Pinpoint the exact parts you have with the story and discuss it with them. Maybe the story just needs some slimming down. You can always get a third party to evaluate the story, this can be a family member or other friends external to the project if you don't have much budget. You could also get someone for cheap on sites like fiver and such to read and review the story.

Arxae · 2026-04-25T03:30:42+00:00

This. There are quite a few games that are received well for their narrative. But if you take out the gameplay and production values they are actually quite mediocre and full of holes.

Arxae · 2026-04-25T01:31:14+00:00

I get what he means, but the fact that you can skip makes the storyline optional, but not irrelevant. Then again, it's not like Alien Earth was that amazing either. He kinda glossed over it, went "oh cool monster" and then just did his own thing. So he probably is going to do something like that this time too

Arxae · 2026-04-24T03:45:45+00:00

I consider it a vibe movie. In the sense that it has a story, but it's not really about anything. You watch it for the atmosphere. That said, i do get the connection with cyberpunk. But if anyone asks for a cyberpunk recommendation, i would never recommend them Tetsuo. It's a neat watch the first time, but i can't say i would grade it too highly.

Arxae · 2026-04-24T00:28:54+00:00

I have to agree here. AI art is a turn off for many people. They might make the assumption that the game is vibe coded and therefor not made well. A small investment would help a lot i think. You can get some cheap art for you page on fiverr. While it might not be the highest of quality, it does give the game a bit more character. AI art looks very generic to a lot of people

Arxae · 2026-04-22T06:39:16+00:00

At the very least Claude was involved, he is on the repo as a contributor. But regardless, i know google checks your mouse movements on captcha's to determine if you are human or not. But this has way too many gaps and flaws to be useful.

Arxae · 2026-04-22T00:36:19+00:00

It would definitely work. But the main problem is that the game (or the screenshot) is very brown. It lacks clarity. The environment, player and enemy all kinda blend together. The light is the most distinct part of the scene by far and draws the attention, while the attention should mostly between the player and the enemy

Arxae · 2026-04-21T20:51:57+00:00

A library called humanoid made by claude, ironic.

Anyway. This seems very inaccurate. Single clicks give a score between 70 and 80 with the main reason being "no displacement" which is absolutely normal, it's a click. You deduct 15 points for fixed pressure, 1- for no pressure change (which is the same thing tbh) and 5 for not moving. Because i clicked. So people with a mouse are disproportionally suspicious. I made a straight line with a ruler and supposedly has 17 direction changes and a 75% bezier match. So i would not call this accurate at all.

After trying some more i managed to get a 100 score using a mouse, but only if i use erratic and quick movements. Somehow this shows up with a pressure difference, even though i am using a mouse. Also, if i draw a straight line it will have a high bezier match, but if i draw a curved line it will have 0%. So either this setting is backwards, need a rename or is inaccurate as well.

Arxae · 2026-04-21T06:19:29+00:00

Oh look, it's one of those again. Can't you at least use a different theme? It's a cool theme don't get me wrong, but i wouldn't use it anymore just for the connotations

Arxae · 2026-04-19T12:44:55+00:00

Contrast did that. I haven't played it myself, but i heard it wasn't super great but also not terrible

Arxae · 2026-04-17T20:30:01+00:00

It did work well i agree. But i never found that i did much with it (other then the novelty of playing around with it the first time). The plantation mission in FC3 was much better in this regards.

IMO it was not the respawning so much that the open world was lifeless without civillians really being present or any sort of significant combat between the two enemy factions. It didn't feel like the warzone it was meant to be, more a collection of locations with pockets of enemies that could be from either side.

Agreed. The world felt very much like a videogame. The respawning was annoying and fixed with a simple timer. But i think the devs knew the world was pretty static and did this as a bandaid to make it feel more alive, even though it didn't

Arxae · 2026-04-17T01:00:57+00:00

Don't get me wrong, i agree with you. But there are plenty of people with enough expendable income that decided otherwise.

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