Someone on HN said this is basically a cover for the fact that they’ve been in a hiring freeze since 2023.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42639417

Same. I love vertical real estate

The good news is those games aren’t as popular as they used to be. It’s not 2010s anymore.

Triangle Strategy was a lot of fun.

Square Enix’s 2.5D games are my favorite output from them in a long while

Probably just means they didn’t test it on anything else.

I think the problem is reddit tracked all sales to a T and ruined it for everyone else.

I dunno some of these feel like fundamentals that any web dev should know.

You’re gonna have headaches down the road if you don’t know hiw static html works.

It’s nice for trying out games that you’re not sure about.

I dropped it when they increased the prices but for a bit it wasn’t bad for the price.

It’s not a replacement for owning games. Just an extra benefit

I thought the title was just made to take advantage of trending searches on Google.

This looks like a cash grab article.

Especially since stuff you want to watch changes services all the time.

It’s like if your DVDs of the star wars trilogy got replaced by the Brady bunch and then told you to pay more for that privilege.

Oh yeah I remember the AltaVista, Lycos, Ask Jeeves, and Dogpile days. I agree searxh has come a long way. I’m just saying Google used to be better in that old sweet spot.

I mean google was already like this before GenAI.

Its a nightmare to find anything you’re actually looking for and not SEO spam.

Gen AI cuts out some of that noise but it has its own problems too.

Gen 2 is the best gen

I made the switch and never looked back.

Only thing it cost me was recently Apex Legends but I can deal.

“Terrorists win”

That sucks.

Apex was the game I played with my friends to keep in touch long distance. Guess I gotta find something new now. Sure as he’ll ain’t installing Win11 for it.

I guess it’s been a long time coming. The dev decisions and priorities the last few years have really made it feel like I’m the last person they want playing their game.

I have a feeling they’re looking for more revenue streams and need to generate more user engagement

As long as the base game justifies the price I don’t mind as much. I thi the practice is worse when you don’t get a full story and it feels like “pay 40 dollars to see the end!”

I usually catch these on sale anyway. I’m the worst type of customer for Owlcat for sure.

I’ve been wanting to check out Rogue Trader now that that’s out. I loved Kingmaker and Wotr from Owlcat (with the caveat that I always disable the crusade and kingmaking modes…)

The extra 20 minutes telling you to buy shit and like and subscribe is necessary I hear.