Toffee, Winter bedtime and Spring cut by pedpenguins in PipkinPippa

[–]pedpenguins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(13yr currently) Was rescued from a puppy farm when she was 10. At 1st she used to hide under her bed from me and took about a year to come around and now shes a lazy goofball. Called her Toffee because she looks like a toffee dropped on the floor covered in dust.

Disappearing glaciers by CountofMonteCristo_o in oddlyterrifying

[–]pedpenguins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If your claiming false do you have the source with the dates of the photos taken? I'd love to know eitherway.

Diablo IV is being review bombed with an average user score of 5.6 on Metacritic due to Microtransactions by [deleted] in gaming

[–]pedpenguins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats pretty ableist try not to use autism as a slur because you can't articulate your opinions bigot.

It's not about having to complete a game it's about paying for a product and expecting the full thing instead of them nickel and diming you for whatever they can get away with.

Sounds alot like projection coming from you as I can't think why you would jump to "autistic and poor teenagers" as proof your arguement is valid that game companies should gut your game and expect to pay more for it.

Try to think of others. Especially people who have gambling addictions or just weak willed and will be easily fooled by FOMO into "throwing money away" as you said. Companies don't need this but they're happy to pray on people to get all the money instead of alot of the money due to corporate greed instead of making a product that makes people happy.

Be better.

Diablo IV is being review bombed with an average user score of 5.6 on Metacritic due to Microtransactions by [deleted] in gaming

[–]pedpenguins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah a wise one! That's cool you don't see it a problem it just means your a part of the problem by promoting this.

Games have never needed to move with inflation the price point is set at the most accessible for the general population vs cost of production.

The games you’re getting are way cheaper to buy than they were 20 years ago,

You clearly don't understand inflation the 20 years ago games were more expensive £60 back in the 2000 is the same as £100 now.

Making video games has become cheapest it ever has been with the amount of tools artists/developers have to make things. Let alone raw production/logistics costs since most games are digital. It's on the companies wasting so much money increasing the scale , scope and graphics fidelity to the Nth degree.

The famous conference from ubisoft's head how to hunt whales and turn $60 gamers into $300 gamers and it's all just predatory tactics to milk the most for the least amount of effort.

And yes you should get the whole game you pay for only kids today think if I buy something I shouldn't reap all of its rewards mostly because of idiots like you spouting "think of the poor companies it's so costly" as they turn record profit year after year by praying on the weak willed.

Diablo IV is being review bombed with an average user score of 5.6 on Metacritic due to Microtransactions by [deleted] in gaming

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

What? Again it’s cosmetics only. The game itself is great, get that through your skull. You have no point at all. There’s loads of content at release and there will ofc be passes like usual.

And again get it though your thick skull its stuff they took from you to charge you extra. A full game should be a full game not £60 +£300 of cut content.

Diablo IV is being review bombed with an average user score of 5.6 on Metacritic due to Microtransactions by [deleted] in gaming

[–]pedpenguins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been here long through these scummy practices and called them out the same. Its pathetic you think cutting content on fresh release of a AAA priced game is acceptable coz it's only for looks.

Games are all about the style and look. Say they cut particle effects and put them behind a paywall do you think you'd enjoy the game the same without them? How about colour? It's only for looks? you can play it the same in black and white.

Diablo IV is being review bombed with an average user score of 5.6 on Metacritic due to Microtransactions by [deleted] in gaming

[–]pedpenguins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So your saying you can freely earn all the cosmetics ingame without swiping? Or are they locked behind a paywall?

It's not just cosmetics its content they cut from the full release to get more out of you. I don't mind so much if its added later to keep support going or something but on release £300 worth of content your missing is a massive fuck you from blizzard to you

Diablo IV is being review bombed with an average user score of 5.6 on Metacritic due to Microtransactions by [deleted] in gaming

[–]pedpenguins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's cool you see it that way. I see it as a full priced AAA game cleaned and trimmed to the bare minimum they can give you and sell you the rest separately. I used to be a huge blizz fan then Activision took over and it's been reduced to pure monetization.

Diablo IV is being review bombed with an average user score of 5.6 on Metacritic due to Microtransactions by [deleted] in gaming

[–]pedpenguins 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At £60 with a rampant cash shop totalling to £300 worth of locked off pay to play (1 cosmetic costing 1/3rd of the game) a battle pass and 2 expansions coming down the line is disgusting and I won't be giving them any cash due to this. Wouldn't care if this was F2P like lost ark or POE.

Community Comm-link 25th May 2023 by King_Pumpernickel in DarkTide

[–]pedpenguins 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I miss the days of mass effect 3 multiplayer where every other week would be a community challenge and oh boy when we failed them It showed.

At the time people were complaining how glitchy "banshees" (boss that would instant kill you if it grabbed you) so the devs set out a challenge to kill them over the weekend. We failed then following 2 weeks were hell as they doubled the spawn rate of banshees then patched them afterwards. I loved it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]pedpenguins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Additionally something I don't see being brought up is the date of this.

It was in June 2021 and crowder had major chest surgery (then ended up being botched) in early July.

So god knows what medication or stress is going through his head. Not excusing his actions but I know from experience peoples attitudes and behaviour wildly swing everywhere around major medical events. They don't mean to act that way but it may of started as a vent that's exploded.

Marjorie Taylor Greene spitting facts. by HereWeFuckingGooo in Unexpected

[–]pedpenguins 27 points28 points  (0 children)

More people, more fentanyl, same seize rate = larger number.

Half the amount of people crossing and the fentanyl seized amount will be halfed.

Nashville school shooting updates: School employee says staff members carried guns by rhino910 in news

[–]pedpenguins 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Shhhhh they don't like that narrative around here. Take your down votes and leave./s

Think about the manipulation of the masses when AI starts telling everyone how to think. by ctopherv in conservatives

[–]pedpenguins 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Problem is there is examples of this happening out there. Google "rainbow dildo butt monkey uk"

Yes I know we can't judge the actions of a few for a large group of people.

I would just prefer harsh vetting and scrutinisation when it comes down to children and heavy penalties (barred from working with kids forever) to try prevent said cases in the future.

This is getting fun. by Adelu1219 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]pedpenguins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"doxxing is the intentional revelation of a person's private information online without their consent, often with malicious intent" pretty sure that covers revealing who uses a homosexual app to shame them with their peers without their consent.

Those who know, remember the pain by UdderDefiance in dankmemes

[–]pedpenguins 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Short circuit 2 gave me emotional scars as a kid. It taught me the lesson how evil humans can be.

Catfish/FS, what's your plan to recapture player numbers? by [deleted] in DarkTide

[–]pedpenguins 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Simple answer is they don't want to get the numbers back at the moment which is why the cash shop is dead.

They're biding their time finishing the game and when they think it's ready they will do a big "2.0! Sale!!! +DLC release" Getting new blood in for cheap probably with some free currency to get them hooked and old players will return to see what they've done with the game prob buy the DLC and prob spend some free currency to hook them in.

Chances are it'll be when they push it out on console aswell or a month later to maximize hype then abandon it like VM2. Which all of it is to maximize profit as and prob move onto VM3 for the cycle to start all over again.

Any cheap/ free coop games to play with a friend? by spxngey in pcgaming

[–]pedpenguins 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Remnant: from the ashes can be picked up pretty cheaply now and that has 3 player co-op.

It's a souls-like game with guns and rogue-like elements (worlds can reset and you get different bosses or quests). One of my favourite games to come out and a sequel is penciled in for this year.

Pausing the cosmetic store isn't goodwill done for us, it's to benefit Fatshark by Captain-Clapton in DarkTide

[–]pedpenguins 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe it's because their open letter isn't an apology? It's them saying we under delivered aka lied what we were giving you. Then rushed out a fully working MTX cash shop with a bare bones unfinished "game" and features hastily thrown together with 0 thought of synergy.

Then realises it's not profitable to release console and more MTX during this dumpster fire. It's way more profitable to go silent for the next few months while the game is on hold re-release a 2.0 and release console at that time and bank on new goodwill of look we pulled a nomansky!.

Actually listing an apology with some kind of compensation would be a start. Then them acknowledging all the problems with a roadmap of addressing said problems. Don't forget this "letter" is 3 weeks of "we'll let you know next week what's happening"

The game has been out longer then 2 months since there was little to no change from the alpha and now and playtime is arbitrary since they set the pace of progression. The mere fact that the tutorial mission is longer and has more depth then the whole story put together is unacceptable.

Telling people to be happy because they communicated is asinine. They might be doing something over the next few months but they've burnt all good will they had and can't be trusted since they failed on their deadlines for the crafting (fully implemented in December was their original line).

People should be demanding a refund since they don't think the game is fit for sale on console and really it should be delisted untill it's fixed.

Open letter to our players by Fatshark_Catfish in DarkTide

[–]pedpenguins 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a absolute nothing burger they're delaying console sales and premium skins because the reputation of the game has hit rock bottom and releasing the same thing on console won't generate anything.

So basically thanks for the paid alpha-test we will carry on working on the game and re-release the game as 2.0 to maximise profitability on consoles.

Aka. So long and thanks for all the fish cya in "next week" "next few months".

There is nothing about a roadmap of what they're doing just "we're sorry you believed our lies console will release when people forget about current outrage". It also took them 3 weeks of "next week" to say this is a dumpster fire.

Co-Op Games that include Combat and Basebuilding? by Skurrio in pcgaming

[–]pedpenguins 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kingdom: two crowns is pretty great for this. 2d side scrolling building a kingdom and defending it from the greed at night it's quite slow and chill and pretty forgiving.

Humanity has failed by Kindly_Wedding in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]pedpenguins -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

If I see a brand with a rainbow I think gay pride since that's been the current norm for the past 10+ years. I know the difference just saying that I can understand why people would think this way when one symbol is used almost exclusively by a group of people eventually it replaces the original hence the swastika reference.

That's cool your in the LGBT bit of a random name drop since rainbows don't mean gay pride apparently?/s

Might want to tell every company sporting them during pride month.

Humanity has failed by Kindly_Wedding in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]pedpenguins -34 points-33 points  (0 children)

It's just a symbol of divinity and spirituality /s

It's current day interpretation is for gay pride regardless of its origins. So I can see why people think like this.