Video Games 2024 I GAM SZN

By Ɛsρi Go To Post2XKO gotta be the worst name ever

Should have just kept Project L.

By DY_nasty Go To Post

https://twitter.com/Atlus_West/status/1760475508599624058

excellent

FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki has commented on the turbulent state of the video game industry with regards to layoffs, saying his current vision for the company is expansion.

After a volatile 2023, 2024 got off to a rough start with mass layoffs at Unity, Xbox, Twitch, and Discord, with reports painting a dire image of the future. Talking to IGN, Miyazaki said he's "aware of the situation" and described it as "harrowing," but declined to get into the details. "I think it's difficult for me to understand the exact circumstances there. I won't speak to those in specifics," he said.

"Just speaking on behalf of FromSoftware, I think we are very blessed in the way that we have a lot of keen up and coming developers who've grown and they have developed within the studio and they've reached these director positions where they're able to direct projects such as the recent Armored Core VI," he said. "We have several of these up and coming directors who we're able to delegate these projects to, and we're able to have multiple projects on the go at once."

"What I foresee in this climate, at least for us, is a FromSoftware where games can be directed by others, not only myself. I think in the face of that struggle and the place where the games industry is right now, I do see this as a time for us to continue to grow and continue to cultivate this talent and continue to release these games for as long as we can."

"We certainly didn't come up with the term Souslike and we didn't envision it as a new genre or a new term for the industry," he tells me. "So of course when it first started cropping up… we were very surprised.

"We felt a little bit honoured, but also there was a lot of trepidation there. We thought 'is this really ok? Is this really what we are making? And is this really what we want to be known for?'"

The term Souslike is, as I'm sure you understand, very vague," says Miyazaki. "And there are lots of ways that can be interpreted… and I don't think any of them are wrong."

Perhaps, I suggest, the influx of Soulslike games has added pressure, particularly ahead of Shadow of the Erdtree's release?

There are many fantastic games out there and we don't like to see that as a sort of pressure," he says. "We don't like to feel pressured by what other studios are creating, or what is considered the next big game, or the next big Soulslike. We simply want to continue to make games that we enjoy in our own way."

He admits to playing these other games, adding: "I think there's definitely something to be gained in having this collaborative, peer-based environment where we can all create and participate in that general discussion. I think this is not something where we feel pressured, but it's definitely something where we feel motivated and inspired."

If anything, Miyazaki says the success of his games provides him with freedom, rather than being pigeon-holed into only creating a certain type of game experience.

"What we have seen is that players seem to enjoy our games," he says. "And so they're giving us that chance to continue making what we enjoy and what we like. And it helps us to not have that feeling of being trapped."

"I think once you go down that avenue of making something purely because it's successful, that's when you may start to see less success."

"I would say that difficulty is more of a means to an end. It's definitely not something we set out to do when we make a game," says Miyazaki, adding that the level of difficulty can vary based on the game and its director."

For him personally, though, the notion of challenge is something unique to gaming.

"As a theme, those elements of hardship and that feeling of accomplishment simply have value as an experience," he says. "As a player and as a person, this is not something that can be easily achieved or replicated in our lives. And it's something that carries with it inherent risk.

"In other media especially, it's difficult to replicate that hardship and accomplishment. I think that therein gives the appeal and the value of these games. Of course, it can be felt in parts of other media, but in terms of that risk and reward and that sense of accomplishment you feel with the act of play, that's very unique to games and I think it's very powerful."

"The crux of it is, if you are unable to accomplish something, if you're unable to reach that sense of accomplishment, then there's no point," says Miyazaki. "It's important to distinguish that those hardships should be surmountable. We've made a lot of games with this theme in mind."

Still, modders have certainly found ways to make FromSoft's games more amusing, with new methods of play, new controllers, or speedrunning. Miyazaki says he enjoys this and is "constantly surprised" to see what the community comes up with next. His games have become a "blank canvas" for players to take and transform and experience themselves.

"It's something we shouldn't try to discourage, whether it's speedruns or challenge plays or playing with a banana," he says. "It's something that should be enjoyed and it's just great to see that kind of community interaction."

Indeed, there's something about Elden Ring and the Souls games that feels so personal to the player - their own journey, overcoming their own hardships, or even their own interpretation of the narrative. Miyazaki's work is purposefully "fragmented", to use his own word, so the gameplay experience shapes the player's story and he doesn't provide overbearing direction.

He continues: "In terms of story, I like to leave things up to the player's imagination. Again, it's a sort of blank canvas in that respect. Personally I enjoy opportunities to fill in that blank canvas myself, filling it with knowledge. Discovery is fun, it's a fun part of the interaction."

Perhaps, then, it's this sense of ownership that differentiates Miyazaki's work from imitators. Soulslikes aren't just about technical combat, difficult gameplay, or subtle, abstruse storytelling. It's the combination of these elements into a personal experience

By Scum Go To PostLooking forward to these greedy cunts at Square charging 70 quid for it on Steam.

By s y Go To PostThat's the name of the League of Legends fighter?

By s y Go To Post

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1760672667638895073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1760672667638895073%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

Get rekt

By Hentai Samurai Go To Postwtf is there a reason why all the yt embedded links autoplay when I scroll past them?

reilo what is this dark magic?

By Kibner Go To Posthttps://slaent.com/thread/637939/page/96/post/2726898/

If you are using Edge, try what I did in my link.

By Ɛsρi Go To PostYes
Didn’t Bungie get accused of something similar a year ago, then they provided receipts that showed the guy did exactly what they said he did

Blatant cheaters don’t even get banned, so whenever a company bans a player and they say they’re innocent, it’s hard to believe. You have to trigger an automated ban and then your appeal was upheld upon a manual review?

By Lego Go To PostShame Bandai Namco's website is a bastard. From would never.

By KimoSan Go To PostSo The Order 1886: How can a game look so nice and control like such shit? A floaty motion blur mess. The dead zone in the aiming is massive. I hate it.

I've only played the first two chapters and I can already tell how this is going to go.

By KimoSan Go To PostSo The Order 1886: How can a game look so nice and control like such shit? A floaty motion blur mess. The dead zone in the aiming is massive. I hate it.

I've only played the first two chapters and I can already tell how this is going to go.

By Lupercal Go To PostBalatro is so good yet so frustrating when a Blind pops up which completely fucks your build.
I had: Hearts get 4+ Multi, Even cards get 4+ Multi, Hearts & Diamonds are the same, +15 Multi when 0 discards, King & Queens get X2.
Flush was at lvl 10 and I had swapped several club/spade cards to Hearts etc..
Last boss blind is Hearts are debuffed. There goes my build.

By inky Go To PostMade a deck with tiny Joker (+8 chips with every 2 activated). Had 25 "2s" in the deck I copied with DNA and Tarot cards, and my best run ended because I didn't get one '2' for my final Full House. Literally needed one of the 15 left, as a single Full House nets me 5m and the blind was 10m 😭

Also, a friend sent me this seed and it's nuts. Seeds don't count towards score, but you should try it anyway. I was scoring 20m hands and I literally couldn't afford the Poly/Foil voucher in ante 1. I figure if I get that, maybe I score some negative Jokers, but the improved multipliers would've been insane.

By Willkiller Go To PostMy best hand is sitting at 7.3m, got to the round after the one you posted in your first screenshot Inky but the jumps are insane.

I just had an insane run with a legendary joker that gave 1x multiplier per face card destroyed, had that up to x10 and also had the Baseball joker and another polygraphic joker but I just didn't get anything to really add mult, only the +1 per tarot card. If i'd just gone one more joker that added a flat mult it could have been the run but it fell about ante 10

What a fucking game, there's so much potential for the dev to expand it too

By inky Go To PostYeah, the jumps are nuts. It goes from like 20m Boss Blind to 300m small blind. Jeez.

Baseball Joker is clutch. If you get an uncommon scalable joker with it, it's a breeze up till Ante 9. Game's too addictive.

By Lupercal Go To PostBalatro is so good yet so frustrating when a Blind pops up which completely fucks your build.
I had: Hearts get 4+ Multi, Even cards get 4+ Multi, Hearts & Diamonds are the same, +15 Multi when 0 discards, King & Queens get X2.
Flush was at lvl 10 and I had swapped several club/spade cards to Hearts etc..
Last boss blind is Hearts are debuffed. There goes my build.

By inky Go To Posttiny Joker (+8 chips with every 2 activated).

Had 25 "2s" in the deck I copied with DNA and Tarot cards,

Seeds don't count towards score, but you should try it anyway.

Poly/Foil voucher in ante 1.

negative Jokers.

By Willkiller Go To Postlegendary joker

Baseball joker and another polygraphic joker

By inky Go To PostY20m Boss Blind to 300m small blind.

Baseball Joker is clutch.

By data Go To Post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHikvBHF99I

Too many games

By Xpike Go To Posthad a dream i accidentally bought a year of gamepass and there was no way to get a refund
Phil pls

By Hentai Samurai Go To Postkojimbles has a documentary now

how could this possibly inflate his ego further friends

By Hentai Samurai Go To Postkojimbles has a documentary now

how could this possibly inflate his ego further friends

By Laboured Go To PostNow bring it to PC for the victory lap.

https://x.com/MatPiscatella/status/1761040160287064420?s=20

By HottestGrapes Go To PostPlayed more FFVII - Part 1. I think I understand the appeal of it now, it’s the waifus isn’t it?