https://www.zleague.gg/theportal/genshin-impact-no-wish/#%3A~%3Atext=By+avoiding+spending+money+on%2CImpact+without+impacting+their+wallets. (Probably some a.i article)

Seems like this is already a thing in Genshin impact and some players have been succesful with it.

Reddit and Hoyoverse forums seem to have handful of people doing this.

Yeah no gatcha is no gatcha, no wishes so you would have to make due with starter characters and stuff you can earn without pulls/wishes.

Its basically challenge run that also tests how good the game actually is without any gambling elements.

In Puzzle and Dragons it was possible to clear dungeons to get new characters and some where really good. It was also possible to use premium currency for continues allowing one to use brute force methods to clear dungeons. It was also possible to pair your leader with friends leader reducing the need for gatcha.

Some of the F2P games are great especially if you cant afford new games. In some you can just ignore all cosmetics and focus on getting good. Hell make using default skins your identity and some gamers may get extra salty if they get their ass handed to them by someone using “noob skins”.

As for gatcha games it depends largely where the paywall is. If its in the late/endgame then you may very well get tens if not hundreds of hours of enjoyment before you get there. Some of them also shower you with premium currency early on to get you hooked so you might eventually end up with pretty good team to clear most of the content without spendi g a dime.

Stopped playing Puzzle and dragons after clearing tower of gods for umpteenth time to “efficiently” consume my stamina so it would not get wasted.

Had this “wtf I am doing with my life moment” as I was no longer having fun and clearing the dungeon over and over was simply booring time waster.

Started ignoring daily login bonuses and only played when there was new content. Soon after that stopped playing all together.

How do you think genshin impact would work with no gatcha challenge?

Meanin no gatcha pulls other than maybe forced tutorial one. You’d have to make due with only characters and gear you can earn without gatcha. Premium currency earned by playing can be used for anything else but not for any gatcha.

I recall reading that even the tutorial gatcha pull is always the same.

Played Puzzle and dragons for like 3 years when mobile games where booming and spend like total of 300€ to it.

Honestly it was pretty good and did not feel nearly as predatory as many other mobile gatcha games I’ve played after that.

But it did kinda red pill me on F2P games, gatcha, fomo, peer pressure and many other manipulative methods these games use. The fact that Gungho ended up closing the servers down in Europe making people lose their accounts also showcased pretty well how temporary these games are.

Now if I’ll ever again play games with gatcha I’ll do no gatcha “challenge” run. It’s pretty good for gauging whether the game is actually any good and how fast you’ll hit the paywall.

A real insider threat

Steam is clearly playing the long game with Steam Deck and Steam OS, they’re basically trying to slowly normalize portable gaming pcs. If they achieve this Nintendo will not be just facing competition from Steam Deck but from multiple devices from the likes of Asus, Lenovo, Dell (Alienware).

Millenials born in late 80s or early 90s may not remember but it could still have affected their childhood.

If the story or it’s presentation is lacking then it’s something a lot of players may want to know before buying the game.
Now how much it should affect the actual score depends on the reviewer.

When it comes to Armored Core 8/10 is actually 1-2 points higher than the series usually gets.
The game is no Dark souls or Elder ring but not bad for previously rather niche franchaise.

Yhteiskunnassamme on melko vähän asioita mihin tietokoneet ja internet eivät olisi jollain tapaa vaikuttaneet. Tähän kun vielä lisää yksilökeskeisen kulttuurimme ja sen miten ihmiset ovat pakkautuneet isompiin kaupunkeihin, niin uusien samanhenkisten ihmisten tapaaminen ilman internettiä kuulostaa vähintäänkin työläältä.

I tought JSP was just one templating solution like mustache, jinja2, Thymeleaf etc. But guess theres more to it.

Honestly looks like any other UI library/Framework for C#/Java.

However usually these elements are not instantiated/configured directly but from xml, yaml or json files that are built using some sort of GUI/Editor.

Senran kagura games tend to have really great soundtracks (PS4). Same goes for Blazblue and Guilty Gear series.

Fron-end development with Java? You mean Java applets or something?

Enemmän ärsyttää se miten monet ilmoitukset tehdään Twitterin tai facebookin kautta. Esim varsinais-suomen pelastuslaitos antoi säävaroituksen facebookin ja twitterin kautta ja nämä on sitten upotettu heidän varsinaisille sivuilleen.

Voisi olla hyvä aika luoda vaikka mastodon instanssi johon kaupungin, maakunnan tai koko suomen laajuiset julkiset palvelut voisivat luoda tilit ilmoituksia varten.

Julkisella puolella on muutenkin paljon avointa lähdekoodia käytössä niin tässä olisi taas yksi tapa millä sitä voosi hyödyntää.

Esimerkiksi EU:lla löytyy jo oma https://social.network.europa.eu/explore

Lieroa tuli pelattua kyllä paljon kaverin kanssa jaetulta ruudulta ja vieläpä samalta näppäimistöltä.

Toinen mitä tuli pelailtua samaan tapaan oli The ultimate tapan kaikki.

I find Dark pattern games site to be fairly informative on which mobile games are good and which are not. The Healthy Games section has bunch of good games while the dark games section has games you should actively avoid.

If game is listed as healthy and has a good rating there’s a pretty good chance for it being actually good.