People could be playing the pre-upgrade version of the game, which is still available as a beta option (afaik). It has much better performance.
I've seen some guides on settings for getting the upgraded version to run better as well, apparently stuff like grass detail makes a huge difference in how well the game runs.
Looks really good!
This kinda support is great for everyone because it will hopefully lead to a significant performance increase.
Yeah, and shared progression is a decent reason for them to have anticheat as well.
For the mod side of things, Deep Rock Galactic has a pretty good approach. They have 3-categories of mods, verified, approved, and sandbox. Verified is client only (usually cosmetic) and is allowed in all games, approved mods require all players to have the mod installed but otherwise can be used in any game. However sandboxed mods are considered too disruptive to the game experience and require a separate save file. Players can create a "sandbox" copy of their save file at any time, so it's extremely easy to play around with the extreme mods without losing any of your base game progression.
While this approach to mods is great though, it's important to note that DRG doesn't really have anti-cheat to keep people from bypassing the mod system and cheating in public games. But hopefully by providing easy ways for people to "properly" have that experience, they can avoid most cheaters (similar to the idea that the best way to fight piracy is through good convenient options to be a legal customer). It works pretty well, but I do imagine it won't work as well in a game with a more PVP focus.
Yeah sorry, I should have explained better. I think anticheat has a valid place in multiplayer experiences, but I think most games should offer anti-cheat free experiences for solo play or playing with friends.
Sea of Thieves has friend only modes, so I would like to see those remain anti-cheat free where people have the option to use mods/etc if they want.
I get that the term doesn't line up age wise with actually Boomers in terms of calendar years, but also video game generations are shorter than social generations. We're currently on the "ninth-generation" of video games, and Doom came out at the beginning of the third generation of video games. So you could consider Doom-likes to be 6 generations old, and baby-boomers to be 4 generations old. So in terms of "generations", Boomer shooters should maybe be named after an older generation such as the "Greatest Generation" (6 generations ago). Therefore I propose we call Doom-likes "Greatest Shooters" instead of "Boomer shooters".
Apple's approach to the DMA is to push the line wherever possible, and I really hope it causes the EU to bring the hammer down.
In September 2022, Gamurs again went on a buying spree, snapping up a number of sites from rival network Enthusiast Gaming, including The Escapist, Destructoid and Siliconera.
So these are the same people who bought the escapist, fired the editor-in-chief, and caused the whole team to quit in protest.
I've been watching the escapist since around 2007 (originally on their website), and have been reading Destructoid since 2011ish. Thankfully the team behind the escapist managed to escape and create Second Wind, but I suspect that there's not much hope of Destructoid doing the same.
Need a modified ROM that makes wavedashing inconsistent.
Biggest reason is to show stuff like mangohud so that you can show a game's performance. Very useful for troubleshooting performance issues.
Yeah, that's fair. I haven't stopped drinking it, but I'm reducing how much I drink as prices increase.
I remember reading before how getting your hearing repaired through surgery (when possible) can get you ostracized from deaf communities. Some consider their deafness to be part of their identity, and regaining your hearing can be treated as sacrificing your identity/heritage.