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  • glimse@lemmy.worldtoGaming@lemmy.worldVideo games
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    6 天前

    I didn’t mean to come off as hostile because yes, I do agree with your conclusion that TLOU was a big deal for games. It was an accessible game that did all of the things you mentioned extremely well…but it wasn’t the first to do any of them.

    And highlighting just those games ignores the plethora with great stories and acting that just just didn’t click with the mainstream. Try pitching a space opera to the average person in 2013…now try a zombie apocalypse. It got a boost from being in the right place at the right time.

    I’m not insulting the game at all but that’s like saying Bob Marley was the first to do reggae.


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    6 天前

    You’re conclusion isn’t wrong but you’re giving it credit for the wrong things. All of those elements were present in games that came long before, TLOU was just a lot more marketable.

    The story-first approach made you feel in control of a zombie movie during peak zombie mania. You just binged The Walking Dead, what if you could play an episode…

    In that sense, you’re right that its success opened up a whole new market that we all benefit from. I knew so many people whose game libraries were like NBA 2k 2011, NBA 2k 2012, and The Last Of Us. It made a lot of non-hobbyists realize that games can be art.

    It’s a good game that would have earned a place in video game history regardless BUT it wasn’t particularly innovative. It just did what it did very well





  • That is an insane decision made even worse by the part at the end about 2nd levels.

    And on the topic of registrars, let me tell you about the bullshit I’m dealing with.

    Fuck gandi.net. If you have domains registered there, MOVE THEM ASAP. If the rest of my message doesn’t convince you, maybe the fact that renewals cost $38 now will.

    They got bought out in 2023. I just found that out on Monday when the domain I’ve had there for 25 years expired (despite being set to autorenew)

    Just log in, right? Well my dumb ass uses that domain as a catch-all inbox. My gandi account email is [name]-gandi@[domain].com. And they use 2FA.

    They don’t list a phone number and their live chat window is 8-11am Paris time. So every day this week I’ve been waking up at 4am to talk to them.

    Monday: I tell them the situation. They tell me I can click the button to send the code to my phone. This button does not exist. They tell me they will email a form to fill to change the email address.

    Tuesday: I concluded that if they sent it at all, it must have been to the old email. They say they will send it again. This time it works

    Wednesday: having submitted the form, photos of my license, and a selfie holding my ID and the form, they respond saying I need to retake the photo because part of the form was cropped. The white space. Not the text. I provide.

    Thursday: I sit in live chat queue for 30+ minutes until the time window closes. 15 minutes before it was supposed to

    Today: Nothing.

    Sorry to commandeer your post with a rant but I am so pissed about domains this week.