Yep.

AI Generated Content Disclosure
The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:
Some of the store page artwork for this game was created with the assistance of generative AI image tools. The game itself does not use or generate AI content at runtime.

There’s no way a dev is lazy enough to generate their game’s Steam page with AI, and not use it during development as well.

We don’t know yet if it will be sold separately. AC7 pre-order included AC5 (on Playstation) or AC6 (on Xbox), which were never made available separately.

I’m honestly sorry for all the developers that Microsoft acquired in their buying spree around before and during 2020.

I think Lemmy users are more probable to skip Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo events than most, since 99% of the userbase of this site is a Steam user.

I remember what AC was like, I played it (and liked it a lot more than what it is now).

I think it’s unnecessary because (a) this game is nothing like AC, at least from the demo we’ve been shown, and (b) just because a guy worked on a game twenty years ago, doesn’t mean that all of his following games will be the same.

“From a former AC dev” is just a marketing pitch; the writer took that and ran with it for a cheap article. “You play as multiple characters in this game. It reminds me of AC”. Like, sure, I can see the similarities in playing a character, following by that character’s ancestors, but that’s where the similarities end with AC, and the article never spells out clearly why this game is what Hexe should be.

The game itself is not supposed to be AC, the writer is making unnecessary comparisons.

That being said, I’m a big fan of cozy story-driven games, and this one was bad even by those standards.

I played the demo and it was terrible.

Bad dialogue, horrible walking animations (especially when they let you move two characters side by side), and literally zero gameplay. No kidding: I extracted magic from an animal carcass to light some torches, chose a cat familiar among a group of half a dozen identical cats, walked in a library looking for some books (“Hi! I’m the director of this library. No, I don’t know where this book is, maybe you can look over there?”), then walked some more, then I was a cat, then the demo was over.

Is this really what people want from Assassin’s Creed?

Boring? I rewatch the legendary Sony 2006 E3 at least once a month!

Riiiiiiidge Racer! :D

Very curious to see how the free flight changes the game design. Of all classic platformers, I feel Spyro is the best suited to turn into a sort of open world exploration game (and I say this as someone who absolutely despises open world games).

Umbrella operatives all wear the same uniform.

There’s a possibility of Hunk being in the game (the original Code Veronica had a file in which you discover that Hunk trained, as well as worked recently in, the game’s setting, Rockford Island; they might expand on that for this game), but this is probably Juan, the guy from the beginning of the OG Code Veronica.

Thanks! Yeah, I grew up with Ace Combat and it’s my favourite series ever, so it’s the perfect gift for me :D

A lot of things that got announced will be playable on other consoles and on PC as well. I got Ace Combat to look forward to. It releases on my birthday as well!

They clearly bought a lot of inspiration from Project Wingman, and I’m all in for it.

Don’t worry, the devs will crunch for a few days around release so that they can put out a new trailer with a new promised release date.

Viking: Battle for Asgard?

Europe: 512GB OLED went from €569 to €779 (+€210, +37%), and 1TB OLED from €679 to €919 (+€240, +35%).

I really like the Deck, but I wouldn’t recommend it at these prices, and the price increase is just bonkers even for the crazy times we live in.

I remember playing Amanita games when I was younger. They never strayed from their niche target audience, so it’s very cool seeing them still releasing bangers all these years later.

How do you “accidentally” record other people’s conversations?

Let’s protect the children by scanning everyone’s face and ID and uploading them to a server that’ll get hacked five years from now.

I’ve never seen a bunny wearing underwear before going to bed, so it checks out!