- cross-posted to:
- pcgaming@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- pcgaming@lemmy.ca
- papabobolious ( @papabobolious@feddit.nu ) 11•8 months ago
This is how I even found out they were making the game, so pretty good news. Never got around to playing the other one they released, though… Or finishing the first.
- _dev_null ( @_dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz ) 4•8 months ago
First I’ve heard of that term, and after looking it up, I like the term Game-as-a-Service way better.
Seems like a perpetual fee if you want to keep playing. I guess I’m missing something, but I think I’d rather pay a monthly fee of I dunno $10/month to play, if there is a $0 cost to install the game.
So to be clear, none of this $60 game purchase and a $10/month subscription, it’s one or the other. For most games that are decent, I get into binge playing and beat the game within a month anyway and then never play it again. I win in this scenario, since I’m not coughing up ton of cash.
For exceptional games, I generally reinstall maybe 1-2 times a year and do another playthrough, which means after 3-6 years then I’m in the hole. The other huge case where I’d lose out: Playing more than one game in a given month. I typically have 2-3 games installed at a time to mix things up in a given month, which would mean being out in the hole way quicker. There’s also the being a “patient gamer” and buying shit on extreme sale, which I’d be fucked by GaaS too.
So I suppose I’d rather than buy my games outright, and say fuck that rent bullshit.
- helenslunch ( @helenslunch@feddit.nl ) 5•8 months ago
I think I’d rather pay a monthly fee of I dunno $10/month to play, if there is a $0 cost to install the game.
Maybe Xbox gamepass is for you.
- MonkderZweite ( @MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ) 4•8 months ago
I’ll just wait a year or two until all bugs are ironed out, buy the game for $10 on sale without DRM or get a crack to own it.
- hitmyspot ( @hitmyspot@aussie.zone ) 1•8 months ago
I like the idea for AAA games that I know I like. I play sf6 daily and have played sf5 for years. However, id probably stop of ot was that cost monthly as it would seem poor value, knowing my habits. Saying that, I pay for ps+ monthly for online play. I’m considering getting a steam deck on the future to cancel that subscription.
- teawrecks ( @teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ) 1•8 months ago
I’ve also heard it called “evergreen”.
- ampersandrew ( @ampersandrew@kbin.social ) 1•8 months ago
Which is funny, because they’re not built to last.
- Wahots ( @Wahots@pawb.social ) 3•8 months ago
I hope Subnautica 2 is better than BZ. The original was so good, just was missing co-op with friends.
- Ms. ArmoredThirteen ( @ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml ) 16•8 months ago
A core part of the first game is how isolated you are though. I don’t usually say this with survival crafters, but for me coop would take away more than it would provide
- Feydaikin ( @Faydaikin@beehaw.org ) 4•8 months ago
All the more reason to keep it “quite” and expansive like the first game.
BZ was so noisy and tiny. That, combined with other players would be terrible.
I think OG Subnautica could be fun with a Co-op mode. But any more players than that would ruin it.
- Wahots ( @Wahots@pawb.social ) 3•8 months ago
I always enjoy a game solo at first, then do co op with friends. It was really fun solo. But I’d like to create a giant underwater farm with friends, and have various seamoths and other vehicles to use with buddies. The multiplayer mod works, it’s just buggy as mods are.
- bjmllr ( @bjmllr@lemm.ee ) 2•8 months ago
Will it work offline though?
- Kaldo ( @Kaldo@kbin.social ) 1•8 months ago
They are still being vague about the monetization (it does seem like it will have MTX) and I’m am completely certain that designing it with co-op in mind is going to ruin the singleplayer vibe and progression. Hopefully I’m proven wrong though