• ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi
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    7 months ago

    There’s got to be a new directive following this for the writers on those games: “Ensure the dialogue doesn’t matter”

    How’s that gonna work?

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      7 months ago

      Patents are a joke. In the medical products field, it’s just as worst. I worked on an ICU bed and we couldn’t use electronics brakes because a company patented the electronic brakes for hospital bed.

  • Pika@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    I’m surprised something like this was even allowed to be patented. That’s a super broad category. I thought you could only patent actual systems and not the theory on how that system works

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    So reading this, the patent isn’t for an accessibility option to reduce the amount of dialogue by somethin like a necessity level but by in dialogue allowing you to pick an arbitrary option of say “get to the point” which is a lot worse than I was hoping

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    7 months ago

    Didn’t the most recent Bubsy game already have this? It’s a “verbosity” slider. Annoying that they’re patenting the idea.

    That being said, I can’t play a lot of Sony games cause the NPCs never shut the hell up. They spoil puzzles before you can even see them and constantly tell you where to go. No trust in the player, whatsoever.

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    7 months ago

    patent button mashing or not playing a game with fluff

    if your game has more story than dark souls then it has too much story

    i want go bonk

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          7 months ago

          Your “perspective” is complaining about nothing. It has no value.

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              7 months ago

              Thats right be the bigger man and appreciate him not appreciating your unpopular opinion. In fact go post it to unpopular opinion and see how people feel.

              But for real go do that, because it would be by far a superior post compared to all the other shit that gets posted there.