• farmgineer@nord.pubEnglish
    847·
    2 天前

    I’m not paying for a game that doesn’t allow changing difficulty if I want/need. I work two jobs and have to do most home cleaning and maintenance. I used to game competitively back in the early 2000s, but I don’t have time for that shit nor gatekeeping.

          • –Phase–@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            8·
            2 天前

            It also adds a lot of quality of life stuff you would have to mod the original to get access to, though as I understand it, the Lazy Newb Pack mods include most of those QoL changes. Though, them being integrated into the game itself will almost always be smoother than requiring the installation of a mod.

            • chunes@lemmy.world
              111·
              2 天前

              let’s be real here, the steam version is mostly a tax on people who find technology scary and can’t install a few things on their own

              • Techno-rat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                20·
                2 天前

                … or mostly a cool way to support two guys who have poured their LIFE into what has become one of the most notorious computer games of all time. Exhibited by museums, beloved by million, and distributed for free. Best 30 bucks I’ve spend in a while. If anyone deserves that money, it’s the Adams brothers.

                But sure think of it as a mean spirited idiot-tax if you want

              • –Phase–@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                7·
                2 天前

                I suppose you could think of it that way, though buying it on Steam, even if you’re not going to play that version, does help support the continued development of the game overall. Their Patreon donation stream was apparently waning before the Steam version released, plus there was the family health scare Tarn revealed at the time of the announcement too. I’d prefer the entire project not get put on a long hiatus because the devs got unexpectedly bankrupted by the absurd healthcare costs prevalent here in the US. And the fact that they didn’t take down the free version after the Steam release on its own shows that they didn’t make that version for the sake of greed.

          • starik@lemmy.today
            2·
            23 小时前

            With Elden Ring, were you expecting a more “living” open world, like The Witcher 3 or RDR2?

            • realitista@lemmus.orgEnglish
              3·
              23 小时前

              Basically I met the first advirsary and spent 2 hours falling to defeat him. I looked around for another couple hours for something to make defeating him possible. Encountered other creatures I couldn’t defeat. Never opened it again.

              I’m a middle aged guy with a family. If Im gonna “git good” at something, it will be something useful I need in my life, not a soulslike. I play games to relax not to add to my very long list of problems in life.

              • starik@lemmy.today
                1·
                17 小时前

                This guy? You’re not supposed to be able to defeat him until much later in the game. In the beginning, you just have to avoid him. He patrols a small area in your path, and there are easier enemies just beyond him.

                • realitista@lemmus.orgEnglish
                  1·
                  13 小时前

                  It was a guy in a kind of valley going into a cave. Regardless, if I can’t make something happen in the first 4 hours of a game, it ain’t for me.