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[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 59 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What the fuck

What game is this

For, uh, research

[-] Daefsdeda@sh.itjust.works 59 points 1 month ago

Middle earth dhadow of war if I am not mistaken

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

for the next 11h it's still on -95% sale on steam too!

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

As far as actual lotr story, not good. As far as gameplay though, for 95% off there's MUCH worse games you could play. I easily put over 100 hours into this and it's dlc

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 38 points 1 month ago

Shadow of mordor's story is also just passable, but the nemesis system of both game is really something else. It's a shame the system is trademarked.

[-] billybong@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 1 month ago

Patented. And the patent should run out fairly soon iirc.

[-] daltotron@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I don't think it would be enforceable, either. At least, not in the way people are thinking. Take a gander at that article, sort of goes over the details of it and sheds some light on the industry on a larger scale.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

2036 if they don't extend it. It was granted in 2021.

[-] billybong@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 month ago

Oh wow, patent was only granted 7 years after the game was released so the game will be 22 years old when the patent expires if not extended. Patent law is bonkers.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's because many of the iterations of the patent they tried to file were too similar to prior art in other games. Plus I'd hope 22 years is plenty of time to make a profit off of an idea you have lmao. Better that than 70 years after the crator's death like copyright.

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

And they don't seem to want to implement that system in anything else

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 3 points 1 month ago

It's the kind of thing that fit so well within this franchise because any uruk can be somebody and nobody at the same time, it won't work well with most of WB other franchise. The only other game that could utilise this system well is Mad Max, so maybe there might be a chance?

[-] turmacar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Well now I'm retroactively annoyed they didn't use it in the Mad Max game a few years ago. It was still really fun but that would've been a great addition.

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe there's a MadMax game in the making, the franchise is quite hot lately

[-] Renacles@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It got patented, nobody can use it anymore.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

I believe you mean patented.

[-] Renacles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks, fixed it.

[-] pelerinli@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Even on hard nemesis is something you can really avoid by picking who to fight with, and even by then it is not that difficult in Shadow of Mordor. They can surely sell the idea but the implementation in my opinion.

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Look at mister "I never died to a random 7 uruk gangbang"

[-] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Ok, sold, now my partner has a new gift of their favorite movies

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Shadow of War is really good.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Oh holy shit really?

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 month ago

I'm seeing milla jovovich.

[-] pleb_maximus@feddit.de 51 points 1 month ago

What does her husband think about that?

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago

Too busy making seven new Resident Evil movies to notice

[-] pleb_maximus@feddit.de 2 points 1 month ago
[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago
[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

Haven't asked.

[-] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

Totally not searching the web for Stoya

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 month ago

She was pretty famous like a decade ago. IDK if she still does stuff anymore.

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

She mostly successfully pivoted to legit work.

She had a few non-adult movies and she's a columnist with Slate now.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 15 points 1 month ago

Porn is legit work. I invite you to try and earn a living doing it. Even if you actually succeed at pulling in with money, you're gonna realize it's basically like any other entertainment business.

[-] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Was she the one nearly killed by that UFC fighter ex-boyfriend?

[-] Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago

No, that was Christy Mack. Stoya was the one who got into an on-and-off-camera relationship with James Deen and then alleged that he was a pretty skeezy dude. I think she may also have popularized the whole "porn star is a regular on Reddit" thing but I may be mistaken.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

And there's a part of the web I'm not glad I missed...

[-] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Sexy Shelob was definitely a misstep...

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

These two games are both really good though. Infuriating that the nemesis system got patented.

[-] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

I think the games were both really bad, both in lore, environment, and boring ass combat. And also Ubisoft has something almost exactly like the "nemesis system" that they used in AC Odyssey, so it's not that special. Not special enough to make the Shadow of games playable anyway.

[-] androogee@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I did a big catch-up on games I'd missed a few years ago when I got a PS4. Nabbed Shadow on sale and was super excited to finally try this amazing game that everyone raved about.

Pretty much immediately realized that it was another mf'ing Batman Arkham combat clone, haven't touched it since. A plague on modern gaming.

[-] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Personally I agree but a lot of people seemed to enjoy them.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago

I tried playing AC Odyssey but it just felt weirdly cluttered like I was being bombarded with a bunch of useless information the whole time. Refunded within two hours.

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

I bet she's good at pegging.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago

Can you send her my number?

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