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[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 59 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What the fuck

What game is this

For, uh, research

[-] Daefsdeda@sh.itjust.works 59 points 11 months ago

Middle earth dhadow of war if I am not mistaken

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 44 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 38 points 11 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_Crabby 38 points 11 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.

[-] billybong@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 11 months ago

Patented. And the patent should run out fairly soon iirc.

[-] daltotron@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I don't think it would be enforceable, either. At least, not in the way people are thinking. Take a gander at that article, sort of goes over the details of it and sheds some light on the industry on a larger scale.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

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

[-] billybong@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 11 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.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's because many of the iterations of the patent they tried to file were too similar to prior art in other games. Plus I'd hope 22 years is plenty of time to make a profit off of an idea you have lmao. Better that than 70 years after the crator's death like copyright.

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Annoyed_Crabby 3 points 11 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@lemmy.world 1 points 11 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.

[-] Annoyed_Crabby 1 points 11 months ago

Maybe there's a MadMax game in the making, the franchise is quite hot lately

[-] Renacles@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It got patented, nobody can use it anymore.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

I believe you mean patented.

[-] Renacles@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Thanks, fixed it.

[-] pelerinli@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

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

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

Shadow of War is really good.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Oh holy shit really?

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 47 points 11 months ago

I'm seeing milla jovovich.

[-] pleb_maximus@feddit.de 51 points 11 months ago

What does her husband think about that?

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 19 points 11 months ago

Too busy making seven new Resident Evil movies to notice

[-] pleb_maximus@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago
[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago
[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago

Haven't asked.

[-] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago

Totally not searching the web for Stoya

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 22 points 11 months ago

She was pretty famous like a decade ago. IDK if she still does stuff anymore.

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 18 points 11 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@midwest.social 14 points 11 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.

[-] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Was she the one nearly killed by that UFC fighter ex-boyfriend?

[-] Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 11 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.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago

And there's a part of the web I'm not glad I missed...

[-] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

Sexy Shelob was definitely a misstep...

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago

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

[-] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 8 points 11 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@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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.

[-] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Personally I agree but a lot of people seemed to enjoy them.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 0 points 11 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.

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago

I bet she's good at pegging.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago
[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 1 points 11 months ago

Can you send her my number?

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