▲ 623 ▼ Overwatch 2 is now Steam's "worst game of all time" (www.eurogamer.net) submitted 3 years ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/games@sh.itjust.works 82 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ElectricCattleman@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Baldur's Gate 3 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Baldur's Gate doesn't use centrally-run game servers? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It has direct connect multiplayer. I'd assume any server-based comms are for multi-platform, which is understandable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 years ago Well that's a good sign then. That should mean the masterserver is cheap to run, and good chance that the game can be hacked to be fully p2p in the event the masterserver gets taken down. P2p means far less server side code that has to be reverse-engineered. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Baldur's Gate doesn't use centrally-run game servers? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It has direct connect multiplayer. I'd assume any server-based comms are for multi-platform, which is understandable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 years ago Well that's a good sign then. That should mean the masterserver is cheap to run, and good chance that the game can be hacked to be fully p2p in the event the masterserver gets taken down. P2p means far less server side code that has to be reverse-engineered. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) It has direct connect multiplayer. I'd assume any server-based comms are for multi-platform, which is understandable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 years ago Well that's a good sign then. That should mean the masterserver is cheap to run, and good chance that the game can be hacked to be fully p2p in the event the masterserver gets taken down. P2p means far less server side code that has to be reverse-engineered. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 years ago Well that's a good sign then. That should mean the masterserver is cheap to run, and good chance that the game can be hacked to be fully p2p in the event the masterserver gets taken down. P2p means far less server side code that has to be reverse-engineered. permalink fedilink source parent