General Game Discussion thread for April 2026

[Zed Clampet]

Toxic developer (and player) alert: after hundreds of hours in both Farm Together games and buying all their DLC and talking them up everywhere I could, the developer is being a complete a-hole after I turned in a very valid bug report. He's treating me like a complete idiot, which is very perceptive of him, but this time I know what I'm talking about and I even provided 8 screenshots and an exact description of what is happening. Rather than looking at it, he's being dismissive and demanding more screenshots to prove that I'm not lying. I got news for you, buddy. You've just made an enemy of one of the most loud and vindictive persons you've ever had the misfortune of coming across, and I fully intend to lay waste to your a$$ everywhere your game is discussed.

I ended up leaving him a pleasant sounding message, expressing my concerns but stating that I understood his position, and I'm not going to ever read what he replied. I'm just going to assume he came around. Otherwise, I'm going to quit playing the game, and I don't want to do that.

 

[neogunhero]

Game Pass has just had a price cut across all tiers; PC Game Pass is now $13.99/month down from $16.49. Two fifty off isn't really significant but does push it to be a little more enticing again.

A major perk lost to make this happen is that COD games will no longer be available day one, instead being pushed back around year to the next "holiday season". If assuming they mean November-December by that, I think that's kind of a bad move. They should instead put the latest COD games out a month or two before the next one comes out, as sort of a way to advertise the next entry. We all know those games are filled with actual ads anyways so it wouldn't be above them. Why do I even care?

There are some games coming to GP that I'm interested in playing so I'll consider getting a month later down the line. Ever since they took away the ability to redeem a month using the Bing rewards points, I stopped getting it. Prior to that I could get a month on the cheap from key reseller sites, but I stopped using those ever since a G2A purchase hacked my card... my fault for using grey-market sites.


I'll keep an eye out for what games are coming to it. I'm mostly interested in the first party Xbox games as I'll typically never buy one unless it's on a steep sale. With indie games and others that I enjoy, I prefer to buy them instead. GP is more of a once in a while type thing, not something I'd keep active for multiple months.

 

[Pifanjr]

I played some Fortnite with my wife and kid today. We did 4 matches and I'm not sure any of the people we shot were actual players and not just bots. I remember reading that about 90% of all "players" in each match are bots nowadays and that seems to match my experience.

Honestly though, I don't really mind. I prefer PvE anyway and the important thing is that we had fun as a family.

 

[neogunhero]

What are your guys' thoughts on VR in 2026?

I could has sworn this will be the future of games back in around 2013 when VR as we know it today was first taking off. Back then I knew the pricing and lack of killer apps and games would hold it back from mass adoption, and within a decade we'll see VR becoming more and more mainstream. However in 2026, VR seems to be last on the list of developer's priorities.

I bought a used Dell VRP100 back in 2020 for $100. It suuucked! The controllers regularly disconnected, the low framerate hurt my eyes a bit, and the whole thing was uncomfortable to wear, especially being tethered to my PC. However, it being my first VR headset, I pushed on and had lots of fun with it. Many games didn't work, the controllers were often not recognized, but the few titles I could get working were a blast.

One of my favorite VR games I tried back then was Space Junkies by Ubisoft. It was a FPS game with 6DOF movement being that you're floating through space. It was hard to get used to (spinning freely in outer space is a sure-fire way to getting nauseated), but once it clicked, man was it fun. I would wait for close to 10 minutes to find a single person to play against.

These days, VR still has not taken off like I or the industry had hoped, and I don't feel there is much of a future for it in it's current form. VR headsets are still considered a luxury for most gamers. $400+ for a headset when you can spend that same money on a new console or PC part? It's just not as accessible for most people to gain widespread adoption. Throw in game developers general lack of interest in developing for VR, it just doesn't look too good for it's future.

I still hope to see much more affordable VR headsets in the future, with more games being developed for it as well. There have been major breakthroughs and advancements in the hardware, and Valve's new headset looks to be the crowning king of them all, but I can still suspect it to be closer to $1000 than not. Again, that is a luxury for most people, not an essential bit of gaming gear.

If prices went down, power went up, and more games were available, it could still have a chance at being more widely adopted than it is now.

 

[Zloth]

I'm more hopeful for AR than VR. VR wins with the immersion factor, but it makes you completely blind to the world around you, and it isn't as trivial to take on and off. AR can even set up a zone where it will go clear - so look to your right and you're looking through weak sunglasses. Seems way more practical.

I haven't seen any that get into the drivers and/or directX and/or Unreal to properly understand 3D, though. They just take the output and try to guess the 3D aspects. Pah.