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[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 57 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (9 children)

What the fuck is Arc Raiders lmao

The streamer also believes that "sequels have no right to be Game of the Year," with the exception of "game-changing sequels like Grand Theft Auto 6, Grand Theft Auto 5, Grand Theft Auto 4, the Witcher 4, for example."

GTA 6 isn't even out yet how can it be a game-changer?

[–] indred0@lemmygrad.ml 49 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, I feel like Expedition 33 didn't really tread new ground compared to the first 32.

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 27 points 3 months ago

Fake fan there are 67 expeditions

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 33 points 3 months ago

now that part sounds like trolling.

[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

My brother was just telling me about it last night, he called it a "Resource Extraction Shooter like Deeprock Galactic; get in, get shit, get out."

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago

Yeah, not my bag but he's really enjoying it.

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

Its pretty good? I'm not having nearly as much fun as I did with DRG or Helldivers 2, but its entertaining, runs very very well even on older systems, and has a somewhat decent community.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago

What do you do with the extracted resources?

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Arc Raiders is awesome don't throw shade

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

My bad, I hadn't heard of it. No hate.

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

It's called game changing because it never comes out and you have to change ro playing a different game

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not only that, but GTA 4 and 5 weren't "game changers" either. They were exactly the fuckin same as GTA3 through San Andreas, just prettier.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

4 was a pretty big tone shift and a lot of gameplay changes compared to the 3D trilogy and psp side-games.

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It was an update to be sure, but game-changer? Let's be real.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

shrug-outta-hecks ride a motorcycle in SA and then try to ride one in IV

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

It's one of those extraction shooters that are all the rage right now. I would have 0 idea, but there's a QAA episode about it

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[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 45 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

"why is an extremely popular rpg nominated over a ~~fps~~ shooter that has been out ten minutes" asks guy that has only ever played ~~fps games~~ shooters

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

arc raiders is third-person

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

damn, now i feel foolish

edit: i fixed it

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 44 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Always the biggest victim complexes.

AI bros please fucking get the hint already. No one except other AI bros like you, and we don't need you and your fancy techslop to "fix" games. Go automate away something people don't want to do. Have the clankers do our taxes or something, I don't know. That's your priority. Not game design.

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Media: "Guy who can click on video game character heads really well has a shit take!"

Me: "Wow, thanks, The Media, I really needed to know!"

The Media: "You're welcome. Now please click some ads on our site."

Me: "Anything for you, The Media, you are so very very important."

[–] Civility@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

G O O D post

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, videogames, famous for never having AI in them. History began in 2022. I am very smart.

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago

The ghosts in Pac-Man were actually piloted by tiny leprechauns trapped in the arcade cabinet by a witch’s spell. If you beat a secret level they get set free, but in return the player is imprisoned to replace them.

[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 28 points 3 months ago

waahh i didnt win an award for the video game i didn’t make

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

he was really good at counterstrike years ago
that's literally it lol, that's why his terrible opinion is newsworthy

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 3 months ago

Further evidence that g*mers must submit to a brain scan before being allowed to speak publicly

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 23 points 3 months ago

Lol i think thats the streamer that got angry that expedition 33 got a nomination i mention in the other thread

I hope the france-cool win so he gets mad

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Arc Raiders is very good. The shitty voices genuinely bring down the experience in a completely needless way though, particularly when the voice work that's in the game would amount to like 5 people in a sound booth for one day.

Even with all the anti-AI arguments this site usually has put to one side. No industry awards should not reward laziness, it would be bad for the industry to encourage a practice that is genuinely detrimental to quality in the industry. You can look at this purely from an industry focused self-interested viewpoint, it's not good for the industry at all.

As a game Arc Raiders is great. No denying that. It does deserve the numbers it is currently achieving. But Embark need to move away from this AI voice shit. Even on the subreddit which is dominated by people who love the game you still see a roughly even split between idiots that say it doesn't affect the game and people who agree that the AI voices are shitty.

This is a real shame because, aside from this decision, the game probably has the best sound design in the last 10 years, in particular the proximity chat feature is the best implemented proximity chat that has ever existed in a game, it goes so far as to add realistic environmental effects to the proximity voice, if you're in an echo-ey hall the prox voice echoes just like your footsteps or shots will, it's really neat.

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Imagine using a single braincell to have a thought or emotion about the GOTY award.

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What if it was the GOTYE award and it was just won by Gotye every year

[–] rubber_chicken@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

I think they'd find a way to give it to Hamilton.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

What if it was the GOATSE award and it was won by the biggest asshole every year

[–] RomCom1989@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Then it'd be just an award we used to know

[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago

he's just racist against fr*nch people, which tbh is fair, but cmon now

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

its rigged how, exactly? what garbage ass game does this dipshit feel is more worthy?

[–] sleeplessone@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

We'll see if people are even still playing Arc Raiders at the end of the month.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 months ago

aww my braindead shooting game didn't get a nomination, i am sad

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

GOTY is always rigged. It's like how you can have Hades 2 (this isn't a criticism of the game, I think it's pretty damn good) in the 'Best Game by an Independent Developer' category when SuperGiant Games has been a mainstay of the industry for nearly a decade now with 24 listed employees and dozens of others involved in the projects.

That doesn't make Shroud correct though. If Arc Raiders was shooting for a GOTY, it should have released at the beginning or middle of the summer. It isn't that surprising that it isn't there, it just hasn't been around long enough and doesn't have a huge audience outside of the 'Man I love, but am sick of, Tarkov' demo, which admittedly pretty big, but also fucking starved for real content and committed to a game whose developer have openly stated that they do not actually care if the game is fun or not. No shit they are gonna go bananas for something expanding the genre, while it is gonna be a pretty lack luster response from gamers and the industry at large.

So yes, it is rigged, but Arc Raiders not being nominated is a pretty poor example of that process.