Dusk: Unpopular opinion: I'd rather pay Valve 30% and put up with their de facto monopoly than help Epic work towards their own (very obviously desired) monopoly (twitter.com)
Twitch will now allow "Artistic Nudity" following the viral topless meta (www.dexerto.com)
Twitch Updated their Sexual Content Policy:...
What games can you not get into because they feel too outdated?
Are there games that you tried but just couldn’t get into because they feel outdated? Games that, in theory, you would enjoy, but don’t because the controls, graphics, writing, or mechanics just don’t feel good anymore. Games that, compared to today, just don’t hold up to your standards....
Epic Games Store is offering developers 100% of revenue for six months of exclusivity (www.videogameschronicle.com)
The Epic First Run programme allows developers of any size to claim 100% of revenue if they agree to make their game exclusive on the Epic Games Store for six months....
Mod That Makes ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Less Gay Gets Nuked After Players Revolt (www.vice.com)
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was asked by Verge why there is no support for the Steam Deck for Fortnite (lemmy.ml)
Starfield is now mostly negative in recent reviews (store.steampowered.com)
Looking for games that will make me cry
Basically what the title says. I’ve only played two games like this so far (Silent Hill 2 and OMORI) and am looking for more....
Helldivers 2 went from one of the most beloved Steam games to one of the most hated pretty quickly (programming.dev)
Dragon's Dogma 2 launches to "Mostly Negative" review bombing after microtransactions reveal, and man, what a bummer (www.windowscentral.com)
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Linux vs Windows tested in 10 games - Linux 17% faster on Average (video.hardlimit.com)
Is there a game that you've been very patient for, which turned out to be dissappointing when you finally started playing it?
Personally there are a few games which left me very dissappointed, after hyping myself up for years in certain cases....
Microsoft - keep your filthy hands off Valve, leak shows MSFT would buy Valve (www.gamingonlinux.com)
"I would like to switch to Linux, but it's just not good for gaming" (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
(The “Windows” slices of the pies are entirely made up by Baldur’s Gate 3, which also runs well over Linux)
What's your Patient Gamer's Unpopular Opinion?
Share your unfiltered, unpopular gaming opinions and let’s dive into some real discussions. If you come across a view you disagree with, feel free to (respectfully) defend your perspective. I don’t want to see anyone say stuff like “we’re all entitled to our own opinions.” Let’s pretend like gaming is a science and...
MMO players blast "disgusting" $90 early access charge for WoW: The War Within - "We must say early and loudly that this is not okay" (www.gamesradar.com)
Helldivers 2’s Politics Appear To Be Flying Over The Heads Of Some (www.forbes.com)
There is currently a very funny, kind of sad dust-up over Helldivers 2, in which self-proclaimed “anti-woke” gamers have previously heralded it as a rare game where they believe “politics” does not play a factor. Their faith was been shaken by an Arrowhead community manager they believed they found to be (gasp)...
Older games with female protagonists?
What games of older generations would you put up? i dont mind the genre really, id would just love to hear yalls suggestions.
Best games that can be completed in under ten hours?
So this isn’t directly related to patientgaming but my hardware and personal tastes kind of filter me to playing games no newer than five years old....
What are some good games with a creepy/eerie atmosphere but not outright horror?
The epitome of what I’m trying to refer to is the Playdead games (Limbo and Inside). Dark Souls and BioShock both hit on this idea but not quite so directly. The game BADLAND is also a great example of this, too. The mobile game The Silent Age also did this exceptionally well. Never quite knowing what’s going on, and maybe...
List of countries that cannot make a PSN account, following the Helldivers 2 controversy. (programming.dev)
The censored one is probably Niger...