It's extremely funny to me that they let this guy do this interview while they prepare to shut down the servers for The Crew in about 3 months and change. Also funny how they're putting out a new subscription for "Ubisoft+ Classics", and naming Rainbow Six: Siege (2015) and Far Cry 6 (2021) as the headliners. I think they have a different definition of what constitutes a "classic" than most.

Ultimately though, they interviewed the "Director of Subscriptions", so it's to be expected that he'd preach about how his job is totally worthwhile. I do appreciate the flattery of not forcing folks to subscribe if they don't want, but that should be the standard, not something that they should expect to be praised for.

As for not owning the games I buy on Steam, like you said, it's not a subscription service, and a lot of the games on there are DRM free. I also just don't have the storage space to house upwards of 1,000 games, and many of those don't even have physical releases. It's all about benefits and drawbacks, and Valve has done well in walking the line between both, at least for me.

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Bold move to say the quiet part loudly. Stupid move too, but then again when has that ever stopped this particular brand of pond scum.

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I mean, I have more faith in this than I ever did in The Day Before. I won't be preordering it or anything (I've been playing more than enough Pokemon as it is of late), but I'm excited to see this take on the monster collecting genre.

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Quoting: jordicomaGood, but I don't understand why this box lavel "caution" rotates only changing this.
This changes should have been made by konami in first place.

I'm not sure I follow what you're saying here. If you're talking about the box in the bottom right corner of the example in the article, it doesn't say "Caution", it says "Ration", one of the game's consumable healing items. From what I recall, in the original release, they float in the air and spin, do they not do that by default in the Master Collection release?

Unrelated, but I'm curious as to why this mod doesn't touch MGS1. Couldn't find anything on the Github specifying why it wasn't touched up.

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Timespinner was a pretty fantastic game, though there were a few spots that felt as though content was cut, which was a shame. I've been getting notifications about the dev streaming his work on the sequel on Twitch on my phone for years now, so it's awesome to see it finally get announced officially! Interesting that we're playing a different character this time.

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Still no news of a fix or update to how the system handles notifications for friends coming online or starting games? I've had to stay signed out of Steam chat since late June, early July just so the bell notification doesn't keep showing up every minute or two. You've got settings for this sort of thing, the bell just doesn't respect it for some reason.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: JustinWoodI don't get why folks are so opposed to this.

When your main objective is to break a monopoly, any move by the maintainers of that monopoly to block challenges is bad news. For quite a few of us, that's our main, or at least a major, objective. Or contrariwise, our objective is the rise of (desktop/ish) Linux, which cannot happen without the monopoly being broken.

Fair enough. I don't necessarily see this as "blocking" challenges, but I suppose that's looking at it from a more literal point of view.

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I don't get why folks are so opposed to this. While I appreciate wanting support to go towards Linux/Proton, some stuff just isn't going to make the transition (Looking at you Genshin Impact and other titles that require anti-cheat and such), so having a Windows UI that doesn't require I carry a 65% keyboard and try to pinpoint my mouse with the deck trackpad is a benefit in my eyes. Granted it's Windows 11 but still.

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I can echo Liam's comment. It's not installing EGS, it's installing EOS. EOS (Epic Online Services) is used to, among other things, enable crossplay across storefronts and platforms. It's middleware, and the folks who are getting worked up over it should probably consider that Steam/Steamworks is also middleware. As for why it was used for this title instead of Steamworks, simple. It's running on a modified version of Unreal Engine 4, and I can only imagine that it's far easier to integrate tailor made middleware for the engine your game runs on.

That aside, has anyone noticed some weird flickering with shadows during their playtime? The cutscene where you get your pistol looked particularly bad for me. This was on Windows, but I figured I'd ask anyway.

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Quoting: Dribbleondo

Quoting: christofinCase in point: The racing game they just announced yesterday has a nice little EGS logo at the end of the trailer. Ubisoft doesn't give a single crap about their Steam customers.

"Grrr, EOS is bad?" Last I checked, EOS has been working for ages with Proton and Wine, so this just comes off as an odd complaint.

I think you're confusing the Epic Game Store (EGS) with the Epic Online Services (EOS). I think Christofin's comment was specifically that despite having started to bring these games back over to Steam, it's clear that it's not a "we're going to release everywhere at the same time again", it's "we made all the money we were going to make through EGS and Ubisoft Connect, so now Steam users can have the games". It's blatant padding of their bottom line, maximizing their revenue. And yeah, that's every business, but it's why I refuse to support them anymore, and actively advise folks spend their money elsewhere.

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