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Risk of Rain creators Hopoo Games join Valve (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 2 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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A bit sad their next game is on hiatus, but I'm happy for them. I assume they'll be working on Deadlock since it's sort of similar to Risk of Rain 2.

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[-] Buttflapper@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Deadlock is destined for the land of toxicity

I don't think we should assume this right away. TF2 isn't really all that toxic (that I am aware of). Valve tends to attract less toxic people in general. OW2 however, hoo boy... that game is agonizing to play. People will not hesitate to insult you.

[-] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

TF2 isn't designed to be as competitive as deadlock. It's a goofy game that's mostly just designed for fun. (Competitive TF2 does exist and I am a fan of it but it's not really officially supported in any meaningful way.)

Deadlock on the other hand is designed to be a very competitive MOBA where individual decisions will greatly change a games outcomes. I would look at DOTA as a better comparison than TF2.

[-] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I play both overwatch and counter strike. While overwatch does a great job of making sure I don't see slurs most of the time, the community is toxic af. I can't go a single game without someone saying "tank diff, DPS diff, support diff" and whatever else directed insult they got.

Counterstrike on the other hand, surprisingly wholesome. Many games players will say good try after you fail and be pretty supportive. Sometimes you get assholes who just say slurs cause they can of course but that's like, once or twice a month. Overwatch is literally every god damn match minus the slur part.