• @morphballganon
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    5 months ago

    What the fuck

    What game is this

    For, uh, research

      • @shneancy
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        435 months ago

        for the next 11h it’s still on -95% sale on steam too!

        • BigFig
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          375 months ago

          As far as actual lotr story, not good. As far as gameplay though, for 95% off there’s MUCH worse games you could play. I easily put over 100 hours into this and it’s dlc

          • Annoyed_🦀
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            385 months ago

            Shadow of mordor’s story is also just passable, but the nemesis system of both game is really something else. It’s a shame the system is trademarked.

              • JackbyDev
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                25 months ago

                2036 if they don’t extend it. It was granted in 2021.

                • @[email protected]
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                  35 months ago

                  Oh wow, patent was only granted 7 years after the game was released so the game will be 22 years old when the patent expires if not extended. Patent law is bonkers.

            • BigFig
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              55 months ago

              And they don’t seem to want to implement that system in anything else

              • Annoyed_🦀
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                35 months ago

                It’s the kind of thing that fit so well within this franchise because any uruk can be somebody and nobody at the same time, it won’t work well with most of WB other franchise. The only other game that could utilise this system well is Mad Max, so maybe there might be a chance?

                • @turmacar
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                  15 months ago

                  Well now I’m retroactively annoyed they didn’t use it in the Mad Max game a few years ago. It was still really fun but that would’ve been a great addition.

              • @Renacles
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                5 months ago

                It got patented, nobody can use it anymore.

            • @pelerinli
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              Even on hard nemesis is something you can really avoid by picking who to fight with, and even by then it is not that difficult in Shadow of Mordor. They can surely sell the idea but the implementation in my opinion.

              • BigFig
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                65 months ago

                Look at mister “I never died to a random 7 uruk gangbang”

        • @Pencilnoob
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          35 months ago

          Ok, sold, now my partner has a new gift of their favorite movies

      • @BarbecueCowboy
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        185 months ago

        She mostly successfully pivoted to legit work.

        She had a few non-adult movies and she’s a columnist with Slate now.

        • Liz
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          145 months ago

          Porn is legit work. I invite you to try and earn a living doing it. Even if you actually succeed at pulling in with money, you’re gonna realize it’s basically like any other entertainment business.

          • @[email protected]
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            155 months ago

            No, that was Christy Mack. Stoya was the one who got into an on-and-off-camera relationship with James Deen and then alleged that he was a pretty skeezy dude. I think she may also have popularized the whole “porn star is a regular on Reddit” thing but I may be mistaken.

  • @Toneswirly
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    205 months ago

    Sexy Shelob was definitely a misstep…

    • JackbyDev
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      65 months ago

      These two games are both really good though. Infuriating that the nemesis system got patented.

      • @[email protected]
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        85 months ago

        I think the games were both really bad, both in lore, environment, and boring ass combat. And also Ubisoft has something almost exactly like the “nemesis system” that they used in AC Odyssey, so it’s not that special. Not special enough to make the Shadow of games playable anyway.

        • androogee (they/she)
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          5 months ago

          I did a big catch-up on games I’d missed a few years ago when I got a PS4. Nabbed Shadow on sale and was super excited to finally try this amazing game that everyone raved about.

          Pretty much immediately realized that it was another mf’ing Batman Arkham combat clone, haven’t touched it since. A plague on modern gaming.

        • JackbyDev
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          05 months ago

          I tried playing AC Odyssey but it just felt weirdly cluttered like I was being bombarded with a bunch of useless information the whole time. Refunded within two hours.