hypna 2w ago • 80%
If the argument is that SM2 is successful because it limited it's scope to execute a smaller number of features well, I don't think that holds up. It took on three different types of games and (imho) executed merely okay. What more could they have added? Open world? MMO?
I think the more plausible explanation for the sales is that it's Warhammer, it's pretty, and SM1 was good.
hypna 2w ago • 42%
Who praised them? But I don't know what measure we'd use to determine the general reception of this particular feature. Particularly given that almost all video game journalism is mere marketing. So that's probably not a fruitful point to argue over.
Instead I'll offer the things that I think earn the competitive multiplayer a poor rating.
- No skill or even experience based match making. Too many games are blowouts because all of the level 1 players were put on one team.
- Teams are static once a match lobby has formed. If the teams are poorly balanced they will continue to be forever. Players can't even switch voluntarily. The only remedy is to bail on the lobby and hop into a different random one.
- Classes and weapons are poorly balanced. The Bulwark is a key example of a too strong and not fun design. The Assault class, and melee in general is in a pretty poor state (unless you have an infinite defense shield that lets you walk up to people). Many of the weapon options for the classes are almost unusably weak, so class loadouts tend to be very samey. Grenades are spammy and the shock grenade blind duration is not fun.
- Players are randomly assigned Imperial or Chaos marines. But there is basically no character customization for the Chaos marines, while the Imperial marines have 5 or 6 different sets. Either the enemy team should always appear to be Chaos with their NPC style, or they should have included equivalent Chaos customization.
- Players have minimal control over which game modes they play. It's either 100% random or selecting a single mode. A configurable selection is a common multiplayer feature.
- Map design is bland. This is perhaps a more personal preference, but I find the symmetrical, arcade arenas with no narrative character boring.
hypna 2w ago • 60%
Space marine 2 seems like a good example of this.
Single player campaign: mediocre
CoOp missions: mediocre
Competitive multiplayer: poor
Seems like dropping one of those might have allowed the remaining two to earn a "pretty good"
hypna 2w ago • 100%
Schopenhauer? I dunno. Maybe Friedrich Hayek.
hypna 1mo ago • 100%
Probably not. What about fetuses?
hypna 1mo ago • 60%
Tankie.tube lmao
hypna 1mo ago • 100%
Has there ever been a repeat mass shooter? Is the risk of recidivism really the right theory for understanding the incarceration of mass shooters? Even if we broaden the question to whether juvenile mass shooters are likely to commit other crimes, is that even true?
hypna 1mo ago • 100%
Very similar story for my 1.5 year old. Visits to the ER for steroid nebulizers two nights in a row. We were never kept for observation, but that may be because he's older. I don't think croup is supposed to last long. We had two bad nights and got better steadily for another week until it was over.
But yeah croup is nasty. We thought he had inhaled something and was choking the first night.
hypna 2mo ago • 100%
Yeah this seems like he's testing out the consequences of telling a nation, "You can't stop me." Brazil isn't a small country, but it's not a major power either. Both Brazil and the US are members of INTERPOL, however.
Personally, I don't think it's about money anymore. This feels more like an ideological mission.
hypna 2mo ago • 58%
It would be nice to have some opposition, though. Even if most "conservative" media right now is little more than xenophobia, or cult worship, there do exist sound arguments against the typical internet-left positions. I don't have a solid enough read on what comes through New in the fediverse to say whether any of that is being submitted and just downvoted off everyone's feeds, or if all that's being submitted is the average conservative media junk.
Still, political spaces without opposition/diversity invariably degenerate into purity contests, and circle jerking.
hypna 2mo ago • 100%
Well not quite that either. I don't know how to pack this up into a tidy analogy, but the issue is that some of these communication platforms have been designed in such a way that no record of the content can be accessed by a third party.
So maybe it's more like, "Please give me a transcript of the keynote speech at your murderer's convention," and replying, "Sorry I don't have a transcript." And then the government further saying, "Well then you need to let us install bugs in all your rooms," and you, the host of many different conventions reply, "No. Privacy is part of the service." I have now belabored this analogy to death. You're welcome.
hypna 2mo ago • 27%
Sure I guess if there's a fire, or at least believe there's a fire. Hard to figure out who's deliberately lying to start shit, and who's just gullible and vocal on social media.
hypna 3mo ago • 100%
In case the post title makes anyone think that it is the title of the painting, Beksinski didn't title any of his drawings or paintings.
hypna 4mo ago • 66%
I think in the context of legislation, interpreting "let pass" to mean "allow to be signed into law" is understandable. But I see you just meant it chronologically.
hypna 4mo ago • 86%
"let pass".. . is there some major confusion about how presidential vetoes work here, or what do you even mean?
hypna 4mo ago • 100%
Okay Lemmy, I wanna know if this is just a me thing or if anyone else has this experience.
Like the meme I don't generally remember my dreams for long after being awake. But! As I'm drifting off to sleep I start remembering things that feel like my previous dreams. Sometimes they seem to be dreams I had years ago.
Anyone else? Do you suppose I'm actually remembering recent or old dreams, or is this some kind of deja vu thing? Is there some separate memory space where all my dream memories are kept?
hypna 4mo ago • 70%
Lmao what is this edge-lord shit?
hypna 4mo ago • 100%
That's not my experience, and I'm an elder millennial. The only time tiering up has encouraged me to quit a game was when the higher ranked players were just more toxic. Being challenged can be part of the fun.
That's not to say I think matchmaking is simply better than persistent servers. Having a group of regulars and developing a bit of a server culture is good fun. I guess I like both options depending on the mood.
hypna 5mo ago • 100%
I never would have guessed other people had this dream. Psychology is wild.
hypna 5mo ago • 42%
Linux is a great server OS. It's an okay desktop OS.
Pretty much title. I haven't had cable in a decade, and I'm not really a sports person, so I'd really rather not have to sign up for some sports streaming package, but I do kinda like watching Avs games. A friend asked me why I didn't just get an antenna to watch the games, but the broadcast TV page on the Denver Post doesn't look like they actually carry Avs games. Just wondering if I missed something.
First thing I need to do is say how much I love the interviews that Tyler Cowen does. The topics range widely, and yet the questions are always remarkably well-informed, unique, and interesting. Honestly the greatest interviewer I know of. Give it a listen. Secondly I'm curious if anyone else has an interviewer (who does podcasts?) that they would recommend.