[-] LeylaLove@lemmy.fmhy.net 8 points 1 year ago

PS1 emulation is a breeze, but with current hardware in the PS5, I think a PS2 emulator on the platform wouldn't be too insane. But yeah, PS3 emulation? Not happening.

I think you're wrong on the disc not working thing though. The original Xbox was only half supported for a long time.

[-] LeylaLove@lemmy.fmhy.net 47 points 1 year ago

Pretty surprised by Baldur's Gate getting so many players. I knew it'd be successful but considering how comparatively few people played Divinity Original Sin, it's a huge jump

[-] LeylaLove@lemmy.fmhy.net 17 points 1 year ago

Are we finally going to see the death of 2b2t? Thought it'd be around forever

[-] LeylaLove@lemmy.fmhy.net 23 points 1 year ago

Chinese piracy is ...odd. But generally speaking, yes they love to pirate shit. Most disc movies over there are counterfeits, not official. So most home media purchases are pirated.

People are able to get past the firewall pretty easily, the same information needed for P2P is needed to get past the great firewall. So if you're able to get past the firewall, you're probably able to download games without being caught. Separate from the great fire wall, Android is by far the most used operating system in Asia as a continent. There is a constant flow of apps like 4Shared and Zedge that provide access to pirated content with pretty much no barriers and they succeed quite well in China.

Piracy over there is pretty much a norm, whether you're knowingly pirating or not. Linus Tech Tip's Chinese channel is ran by Chinese pirates that the company hired eventually. But the Chinese front for that channel is literally just some random guys that started downloading the videos, translating them and posting them for the ad revenue. Sure the viewers may not have known it was pirated, but the viewers were still technically pirating 🤷‍♀️

[-] LeylaLove@lemmy.fmhy.net 16 points 1 year ago

I use swipe typing, so yes.

[-] LeylaLove@lemmy.fmhy.net 8 points 1 year ago

Dang ol... Porky's butthole

[-] LeylaLove@lemmy.fmhy.net 9 points 1 year ago

For an app that you can't even make a post from yet. I don't care who you are, $180 for an app still missing basic functionality is always going to be a hard sell.

[-] LeylaLove@lemmy.fmhy.net 24 points 1 year ago

Morbius 2 is going to recontextualize what "Morbin" is fr

[-] LeylaLove@lemmy.fmhy.net 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah, no posting yet. That's my big issue with Sync on Lemmy so far. Monetization was implemented and there were multiple price increases all before some of the most basic features of Lemmy are even on the app. When everything else is already fully functional and free, it just becomes a harder sell than it was on Reddit.

One change I'd recommend is some sort of "Pay what you want" option for a subscription. If he did a minimum of $2 a month, it would be about the same cost but would make users feel like they have more agency over how much they pay. While I'm sure many people would just pay the minimum, giving users more choice will just lead to people who want to chip in more. We've all paid $5 for a humble bundle, but I'm sure a few of us have also chipped in $100 if it was the right charity or cause.

[-] LeylaLove@lemmy.fmhy.net 18 points 1 year ago

Fuck iLok. Shit made me regret buying plugins, should have stuck with piracy.

[-] LeylaLove@lemmy.fmhy.net 13 points 1 year ago

I think Sync might end up hosting a Lemmy instance for ultra users. It could help user experience quite a bit

[-] LeylaLove@lemmy.fmhy.net 19 points 1 year ago

The return of the king 😎

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Just for the heads up, this thread will probably have a lot of spoilers. I'm gonna try to go vague on spoilers for anybody that hasn't played Hotline Miami 2. If you've played the game, you'll probably know what I mean, but I'm going to say some purposefully esoteric shit to keep it out of full spoiler territory.

My pick has to be Richter's plotline from Hotline Miami 2. One part that makes me cry is when Richard, arguably a god of death, helps Richter escape from his previous entanglement. In these games, Richard doesn't show up to help. He shows up when someone did some fucked up shit. Richard consistently shows up to help Richter though. He just tells him "run" in that moment and you feel the fucking urgency to get out like nothing else. One of the harder levels I've ever played, but holy shit I wanted Richter OUT. I was so frustrated with the game but I just would not stop until Richter had escaped.

Hotline Miami is a series of bad endings, but there are 2 happy conclusions in the sequel, both are direct consequences of Richter and his love for his mother. His ending isn't even THAT happy. But there's something about his final conversation with Richard that just made me fucking bawl the every time I played. Richter's indifference to what Richard is saying. He barely got any time to enjoy what he had been fighting for for years. But when he knew it was over, he was comfortable because he was just vibing with his mom in Hawaii like they had always wanted. He was just happy that he got to spend his last days with the person he loved the most.

His love for his mother can even give Evan, the writer, a happy ending where he picks up the letter instead of the pen. Richter's plotline manages to poignantly deliver the point of Hotline Miami 2 in one short and digestible bit. Love the people you hold close. Wanting violence only brings violence. The only way forward to true peace is accepting whatever terrible situations you're in and just going forward.

I could rant about this forever. It was just such an amazing part of the game. What are your favorite emotional moments from games?

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