Could you please reword the headline for it to be less clickbaity ? Thanks.
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Can we talk about how cancerous PCGamer is, for a second? I want to read an article, and the screen is like 80% advertising.
I don't get any ads (Fennec + uBlock), but half into the article, a newsletter pop up showed up and the website scrolled back to the top. I closed the website immediately
The irony is that if we didn't have the tracking scripts blocked then they might actually receive the metrics about how we close their website as soon as the newsletter popup occurs, leading them to fix or remove it. Probably not though.
I don't think Lemmy users are representative of their target demographic. The vast majority of people seem to just put up with ads
Ads, I can block. The shitty part of the site are the unrelated things getting shoved in the middle of the article.
Setting uBlock this way solves it for me
Good tip. I always forget I can do this and block specific elements if I want.
Looks like a skill issue. I didn't see any of those things when I opened the link.
Firefox Focus rise up
iPhone + Safari + AdGuard
Reader mode in Firefox fixed it.
I love reader mode. ~~I Use it to bypass pay walls, too~~ Did someone say something?
You must not have adguard set up properly (maybe some of your blocklists are disabled or unupdated?).
No ads or popups on my end
Is it a requirement to use exact headlines? Repeating a clickbait headline on lemmy seems crazy to me.
Is it clickbait if it's a pretty accurate summary, though?
Yes. It's clickbait because it doesn't tell you the name of the game.
Huh. I guess that's a matter of perspective? I wasn't interested in the name, and even after reading the article I don't recall what the name was. I just found the story interesting.
I don't really think it's a matter of perspective. These sites all omit the title of whatever thing it is they're talking about so you have to click through to find out. They do it because research has shown it works to increase clicks. That is well within the definition of clickbait.
No, just laziness.
Do we even have a significant amount of people who care about more than 2-3 endings?
I'd imagine people who are really into "Choices Matter" and some people who are really into story would.
I play !visualnovels@ani.social and half the fun is seeing what decisions lead to different outcomes. And getting different outcomes for different choices, especially if they are big choices, makes me feel like my choices matter and impact the world, as opposed to if all these supposedly important choices can only ever get me 2 or 3 different endings.
Although I do share your question about how popular my opinion is with other gamers.
Big appreciation for Undertale, which has 3 major endings but hundreds of variations for each. It's nice to have the game acknowledge what you did and give you resolution.
The game is The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
I mean… I can’t imagine it being that much more expensive than Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous? Idk if this is a management issue or a funding issue or what. But it sounds cool so I mean I’ll maybe check it out at least
This game is pretty good. If you like Danganronpa and tactical RPGs, then this will be right up your alley.
Oh wait its a tactical rpg!? And they ate putting all these endings in it!? vomits blood
It's like part visual novel (gameplay and artwork similar to the Danganronpa series if you're familiar), and part tactical RPG. There seems to be a sort of board game type thing too? I only really just started the game and I think its still in the process of unveiling mechanics.