Had more of one than the new rockstar games. I really hope it doesn't turn out to be a soulless cash-grab like the past couple of games have been cough remasters cough

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sure, but I think GTA V was a good deal in the long run. A pretty solid single player campaign and a good amount of online content once that was up and running. I'm not sure if there was online dlc or how that worked, I haven't played it since about a year after launch, but they had lots of extra content too over the decade.

[–] theonyltruemupf@feddit.de 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They released tons of free content updates over the years. For me, it got stale pretty quickly because you needed increasingly huge piles of in-game money to participate in any of the new content and that means either grinding for hours or buying fake money with real money.
The single player and the world building were top notch though and it still doesn't feel like an old game after 10 years. It's crazy to think GTA 5 is now older than San Andreas was when 5 was released.

[–] Prunebutt@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

They made money hands over fist with microtransactions and the selling of fake money.

It's part of MMO game development to stop ingame inflation. But if you can sell some poor sods monopoly money: why stop inflation?

[–] Lesrid@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

I rather enjoyed GTAO but then I remembered that I was bankrolled by a cheater very early on. Not sure I would have loved it if I had to grind for money instead of immediately buying everything I ever wanted.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

When did Omegle die? Did it go while I was not looking?

[–] snowraven@sh.itjust.works 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"I was at house eating dorito when phone ring"

[–] Carmine_Dionysus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Omegle is kill.

[–] echinop@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

no.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Yup, it passed quietly surrounded by friends and family. Hasn't been too many days (I think…). The CEO (or founder? Whoever) pulled the plug because they just didn't want to deal with it anymore iirc

edit: Omegle shut down: Video chat website closed after abuse claims. 15h ago, not days ago lol

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Thank you.

Genuinely yeah its such a shit show.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I never used it myself, but I'm surprised this didn't happen years ago. I actually thought it shut down in 2016 or something.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah same, I thought it was long gone. Seems a bit like it was more undead than alive

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I just saw an article on here a day or two ago about it. They shut down after a sexual abuse lawsuit.

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 months ago

I feel like we deserve Omegle. Its so fun when it works. I wonder if the Omegle where you had to verify with a college email was any good. But I never tried it 😔