Sinuousity

joined 2 years ago
[–] Sinuousity@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

More anti consumer garbage forced by a monopolistic juggernaut which the governments of the world refuse to do more than mildly scold. It's worse than chatgpt and pops up almost everywhere you click. Something about heads in asses

[–] Sinuousity@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

We'll simply make a live service game, that way we can ~~keep improving it forever~~ shit on anyone who might have had any faith in it after it's an inevitable failure like almost all other live service games

[–] Sinuousity@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I handled the virtual paperwork for all leaves of absence at my last job, and there were multiple cases of medical leaves being extended indefinitely. There was something like several months to a year of extended absence before the company would even be allowed to consider firing, and other restrictions over handling medical LOA could make it almost impossible to get in contact with the employee to verify their recovery status.

Should a business be allowed to stop paying for medical coverage they promised to someone who in turn has a medical accident that puts them in a coma? Can the business legally or ethically assume they will never return or provide additional value to the company? Does your business give a shit about ethics?

You could view it as the employee gaming the system or taking advantage of a loophole, but the gray area definitely leaves more than just OP confused about what to do. In the longest case I remember, the reason they were able to stay employed for so long was nothing to do with how the employee was tolerated before leaving. From conversations, I got the impression that management would rather not have them return anyways

[–] Sinuousity@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boss fights definitely, your sentiment reminds me of Warframe. Don't miss farming bosses. However, there are a lot of ways randomized loot can be implemented, and I wouldn't call all of them dark patterns

[–] Sinuousity@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not a big guy but it still surprises me every time I see how small Rogan is

[–] Sinuousity@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'll stick to my free IDE that still allows me to turn off telemetry

[–] Sinuousity@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

If you look at extra content surrounding the original, it becomes pretty clear that BGE2 is what they always wanted BGE to be in terms of scope and theme, but after so long in development now, I can't help but wonder if the restrictions on scope were what made the original truly great.

I hope they manage to pull it together into a cohesive product eventually-- and I will be playing it when they do-- but I would be truly surprised if the sequel is as impactful or memorable as the OG

[–] Sinuousity@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

This just in: Technology Improves Incrementally Over Time!

[–] Sinuousity@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Doesn't need to be true, just convincing to some suits

[–] Sinuousity@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Looks like each train car is rotating around its center, causing the front and rear ends to leave the tracks when turning. You'll want to sample two points on the track, one at each end of each train car where the wheels would be, then use the two points to position the car more correctly.

[–] Sinuousity@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

VBA is horrid and incredibly outdated. I've written c# code that ran identical calculations on data being run through excel at literally over a million times the speed.

[–] Sinuousity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Heard on the radio towers, though I personally enjoyed some of the climbing as a break from the typical far cry chaos. At that point the dead horse had not yet been beaten, though, and it wasn't as much of an annoyance.

Cheaper / shallower mechanics is definitely also fair, and I agree Ubisoft sacrificed that depth for more realistic visual (common AAA loss). The npc ai in far cry 2 was a rare gem though.

I actually spent a lot of time playing with Far cry 2's map editor, and far cry 3 was a big step back there too. I guess I just love the world, characters, and story of Far Cry 3.

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