Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: ToddLI'm glad that RISC-V continues to make in-roads when it comes to CPU architectures and interested to see where it goes in the future since it's nice to have CPU alternatives besides ARM and x86-64.

What would be nice is if there were an affordable PPC as well...

The only affordable PPC is used Macs from way back but it seems like it doesn't get a lot of love from the industry because it's being relegated to servers and not desktop.

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I'm glad that RISC-V continues to make in-roads when it comes to CPU architectures and interested to see where it goes in the future since it's nice to have CPU alternatives besides ARM and x86-64.

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Quoting: Pengling

So if a developer can hook enough people in (or bots…) it's probably a reasonable amount going into their pocket.

This video about Banana by the excellent Jauwn [External Link] (who usually covers scammy cryptocurrency/NFT "games") has a good run-down on this. I highly recommend checking it out if you have a spare 17 minutes and 18 seconds. :tongue:

Quoting: GuestIt's quite embarrassing seeing this type of crap climbing top 10, as well as the explosion in market items.

It makes me sad to see that actual games with actual effort put into them, that I've personally thoroughly enjoyed, are not doing numbers anywhere near this stuff and might not see any follow-ups as a result. :sad: What times we live in, when this is what gets rewarded...

Thanks for posting the link to the video and after watching it, I can sense Valve will eventually step in and intervene because this is terrible and a waste of time to majority of gamers that would rather play real games. Banana would be the last thing I'd call as a "game" and I wouldn't shed a tear once it gets removed from Steam.

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It's pretty cool to see games like this getting good sales and hopefully, it becomes a great success once it's out of Early Access.

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I know Steam Next Fest ends tomorrow but whatever you do, don't play the Fera demo on the Steam Deck because the framerate isn't good and you can't adjust the resolution in the main menu or in-game.

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Quoting: NarcotixI played it on the Nintendo Switch (not finished yet, but not far from it). It's a pretty good Metroidvania in my opinion. The looks and feels kinda reminded me of Metroid Dread. I'd say it's not as great and complex as Hollow Knight, but pretty much on the same level as the Ori series (at least regarding the level-design/-structure and gameplay-wise). Hope that helps :D

Also: the last PoP I happened to like was Sands of Time on the GameCube - failed to have fun with pretty much every entry in the series since then, except for this one.

Seeing that it's 40% off on Switch currently, I'm curious, how's the performance? Any reason I should avoid this version over other platforms?

I tried this game on a relatives Switch and it actually ran pretty good for the most part and there some areas (can't remember which one) that had some slowdown but nothing that would stop you from completing the game. However, since I'm not a fan of Nintendo, I'd rather give that money to Steam because at least I know I can play this game on the Steam Deck or PC.

As for Denuvo, I don't care about it as long as the game plays fine and I've played some titles with it on the Steam Deck without issues.

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Quoting: pilkThat is a laundry list of entry methods. Didn't think it let you go that overboard with it.

This is typical Gleam stuff whenever a contest is created and you have to jump a bunch of hoops in hopes to get enough entries to win the prize. It's not worth the hassle to do it unless you're feeling lucky today.

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For those that are playing Megacopter on the Steam Deck, make sure to change the layout to Keyboard (WASD) and Mouse since the default layout doesn't work with controlling the copter.

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Quoting: rklBe warned that many of these demos "self-destruct" when the Next Fest ends. This wouldn't be so bad if this was made clear on each demo's page, but it usually isn't. Also annoying is that you may never see a demo of the game again once the Next Fest ends - quite often, the later on game launch of a Next Fest game isn't accompanied by a demo version!

It's too bad some of these demos don't last forever and there are some that will convert to a Purchase button once the final game is release even though it's a demo.

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The one demo you should avoid right now if you're playing a Metroidvania on the Steam Deck is Clockwork Ambrosia because the graphics are pretty messed up, with error messages appearing after the splash screen and the character doesn't appear, making it hard to navigate through the opening area of the game. Also, there are graphical glitches in the background whenever you try to use the directional buttons to move the invisible character.

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