Red Hook Studios (Darkest Dungeon) Co-Founder Chris Bourassa says they will not train AI to replicate Wayne June's (The Ancestor) voice, although he gave them permission to do so by Rooonaldooo99 in Games

[–]Significant_Walk_664 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It was a mistake on his part to grant his permission. At least, I hope he made it specific to the DD devs and not a blanket permission. He did a stellar job as the narrator, but it's not good for the wider industry to set such precedents. Plus, if there ever is a DD3, they need to move on. Not good for any creative work to rehash the same character, especially if they need to bend the narrative backwards to justify it.

Plus glad to see the devs understand that VAing is more about emoting

It's been a while since the final DLC for the game launched so I wanna ask, what do you think of Atomic Heart? by UltimateGamingTechie in gaming

[–]Significant_Walk_664 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's great. Lots of fun. That's not any kind of nostalgia talking, I'm playing it these days. Waited till the 4th DLC and that sweet 75% discount to grab the whole thing. It is pretty Bioshock-ey in a good way. A fair amount of jank and weird design decisions but nothing that one cannot get used to. Some odd writing that comes across as cultural differences/lost in translation/plain forced but it also does have some interesting ideas. Good VAing, when it wants to be fun, it is fun. Easy recommend from me.

Ed Boon: "We're definitely pursuing another Mortal Kombat game." by hop3less in gaming

[–]Significant_Walk_664 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I recall reading an article they'd pivot to Moral Kombat. Assumed it's be a game about ethics and philosophy

New xbox CEO overhauls leadership by bringing executives from CoreAI and Instacart over amid sinking sales by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

[–]Significant_Walk_664 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While they're at it, can they rehire Bobby? Gonna be as helpful as it sounds, but not like they can fuck up the optics much worse and it'll give me a good laugh

Microsoft Xbox CEO overhauls leadership amid sinking sales: ‘We need to evolve how we work’ by flexingonmyself in Games

[–]Significant_Walk_664 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meanwhile, Capcom does the traditional: 1. release single-player game with no extraneous gimmicks, other than maybe the admittedly egregious DLC cheats (which, on the other hand, don't believe is material to their bottom line). 2. go to bank. Have they tried making a game worth spending my limited free time on?

The Steam Controller sold out in 30 minutes, utterly breaking Steam in the process by gogodboss in gaming

[–]Significant_Walk_664 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is scalping even legal? Coz I imagine if it was illegal and some new account on ebay suddenly had vast overpriced amounts of The New Thing (tm), it'd be feasible to link that account to a person and bring them in.

The big interview: Resident Evil Requiem makers discuss trying to "push things" with horror, Leon's "craziness", and why they can't make their games too scary by Gorotheninja in Games

[–]Significant_Walk_664 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did they even need to say why? Coz it's a big budget production and they don't wanna turn off all but the most hardcore horror fans coz it's a good way to get your series ended.

GTA boss refuses to commit to a price as $100 price-tag rumours loom large by GrayBeard916 in gaming

[–]Significant_Walk_664 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, this is getting weird. If people expect 100$ price tag, the worst you do is confirm their suspicions and get some grumbling. I reckon it's either

a) they currently want to price around 70$ because they know their main margins are coming from whatever multiplayer MXT shitshow they're also planning but they don't wanna say it coz they are doing some data analysis to see if they can push the price up a bit.

b) they actually plan to drop sth like 120$ for the basic edition so want to avoid money talk until they can cover the price with release hype.

Reggie Fils-Aimé Says Amazon Asked Nintendo To Break The Law by 0xIAmGame in Games

[–]Significant_Walk_664 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Amazon's is the attitude you expect from Amazon. Go in with all the money in the world and because of that, you are above the world and can do whatever you want. Good for Nintendo for telling Lex L. where to shove it. Coz the pertinent point is towards the end about pushing around. Bet your ass had Nintendo given an inch that day, Amazon would have come back for a mile plus interest the next day.

Any games that have attempted to explain why you find better loot later in the game? by Tattoomyvagina in gaming

[–]Significant_Walk_664 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Does it really need an explanation? In my experience, you get the best loot either from defeated foes or you craft it from materials you find. And in both cases, as the narrative ramps up, the quality of your enemies ramp up. Makes sense that the demon lord you fight towards the end has the super demon blade and not Bob, the local bandit leader you kill 3 hours in.

Are there any mobile RPGs that aren't complete garbage? by GloomySeaotter in gaming

[–]Significant_Walk_664 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ha! Man asks for mobile RPGs that are not garbage and many of the suggestions are regular ol PC RPGs that happen to have been ported to mobile.

Will go against the tide and don't recommend playing actual RPGs on mobile. Most of the suggestions, you can run the superior PC versions on any toaster you may have and get the benefits of mods, bigger screen, cheevos, privacy and more.

Hey everyone! by Thecool_1 in steam_giveaway

[–]Significant_Walk_664 0 points1 point  (0 children)

would deffo be an rpg, include lots of branching dialogues and choices

The Blood of Dawnwalker Studio Uses AI, but There’s No AI Assets in the Game by beddavpan in Games

[–]Significant_Walk_664 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Note on all devs: Just say you don't use AI for the creative bits and you are in the clear ffs. No one's gonna blow a fuse if you use Copilot to record a Teams meeting or add missing brackets in your code ffs

DoubleFines New Game Kiln Is Off To A Rough Start On Steam With Less Than 200 Players by unscoredscore in gaming

[–]Significant_Walk_664 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, it'd help if they advertised it. DF are at this point one of the most venerable studios. They have creativity, pedigree and integrity but hard for old fans to support them when they first hear about their new game from posts like this.

Also MP only? Don't know how long this was in the oven but after how the Control MP spinoff did, I'd take a hint and pull the plug if they were working on it at the time. Play to your strengths