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I would like a Splatoon-like game on other platforms (namely PC). I liked the gameplay and aesthetic in Splatoon 2 (haven’t played 3), but was annoyed that Salmon Run was only every other day and I sucked at aiming with joycons/pro controller, so competitive modes weren’t the greatest for me.

I’ll call it a night in a few minutes. I need more iron…

A pair of official Joy-Cons is around $80 USD.

Agree on both points. It’s nice to have options. I think the real fun will begin when Valve opens SteamOS up for other platforms, so it can be put on these higher-end handhelds, and even desktops.

I also like how they try to stay within a certain price range and focus on experience and efficiency, rather than push the latest hardware.

What is or isn’t immersive is subjective, for sure. As far as a UI goes, some people may think that having a UI with too many elements or taking up too much space can detract from actually experiencing the game and its environments.

I didn’t say anything about actually believing you are the character. Immersion doesn’t have anything to do with deception and is more about being engrossed or deeply involved with something. You can be immersed in other things too, like a tv show, book, or tabletop game.

I think it’s less about being “tricked” into believing you aren’t actually playing a game, and more along the lines of having the mindset that you are actually playing as your character. It’s more like the difference between performing tasks, going from A to B, and checking boxes on a list, versus actually feeling like you’re going on an adventure.

It’s next on my list to play!

Whew, what a relief!

JK, though I have been waiting since before 1.6 to play again.

I don’t want to get my hopes up, but I’m getting my hopes up.

I couldn’t tell you since I quit WoW 5 years ago, but it wouldn’t surprise me.

No worries, it happens.

As someone who has put countless hours into various MMOs (including FFXIV), I totally get people getting anxious about their characters looks potentially changing. I remember when WoW had their character model update as the feedback from players then. Blizzard resolved the issue by adding a client-side option to toggle between old and new character models.

It is the same model, but the difference is in the horns and scales. Those pics don’t do a very good job of showing it, though. From the paragraphs right above the pics:

Following community feedback after the announcement of the graphical update back at the fan festival event in Las Vegas, he shared an update of the Au Ra race, whose updated horns and scales had been initially revealed as looking very reflective but a little too much like enamel.

“This reflectivity looked very high quality so it was good for showing off, but it didn’t really match our vision of what we wanted the Au Ra to look like from our original design back in 3.0, so we continued tweaking,” Yoshida admitted before sharing a new headshots of a male and female Au Ra where their horns look less reflective and more natural. “This goes for all of the updates for the other races as well. What we showed in Las Vegas wasn’t the final product but a work in progress.”

I’m right there with you. I’m bummed to hear this news, but would much rather wait a year than have it release this year and be hot garbage.

The Epic v Google lawsuit is bringing to light a lot of interesting tidbits of info, so I think it’s just that. It’s an interesting tidbit, but not really relevant to much outside the trial. That said, I do like seeing this kind of info shared, as it gives us a peek behind the curtain of these megacorps’ operations.

I can tell folks here didn’t read the article. These talks were in 2018, when Stadia was still a thing.

Unfortunately, many games nowadays are digital only, especially on PC. The last “physical” game I bought (Mass Effect Andromeda… yeah, I know) was just a box with a key to redeem on Origin. While DRM-free games are a thing, it’s not always an option.

Last year’s TGA was somewhat exciting because they gave away a bunch of Steam Decks. I normally just see the winners posted the next morning, along with any new game trailers.

A large big-box store and the line wasn’t single file. A lot of people were in small groups as well. I could be misremembering since it’s been years, but there were maybe 2-300 people.