shrug… At least we’ve been getting banger indie games. I’m fine if this whole AAA thing goes up in smoke. EA, Microsoft, etc. are just chasing that live service cash cow.
Ok regardless of whether or not you should be able to. Why the fuck would you? Wouldn’t it be in your ultimate best interest to recieve negative feedback early? So that it could be addressed?
I think the difference is that those play tests we are thinking of are for lack of other terms locked down. Playtests I have done were not able to be recorded, streamed and had water markers all over the place. In this case people are playing and streaming making videos at that point you should be able to give opinions on the game.
Saying nothing at all is better than only being allowed to say good things and none of the bad. The former doesnt shift opinions in either direction but the latter introduces a pro-buying bias to reviews. Good for the publisher and no one else.
Playtest results inhibit you from disclosing things because they are subject to change. They take gamers’feedback, decide if they want to act on it, and at the end of the day the finished product may look different so it makes no sense for people to loudly state “they have feature X, and they don’t have feature Y” because by release it may be the other way around.
Whereas this type of contract says “idgaf what’s bad about the game, you can only sing its praises online”.
If it’s actually a closed beta then it shouldn’t be open to streamers at all. If are going to allow stream is to play it then it’s not really a closed beta. It’s a marketing gimmick.
The first time playing when he starts telling me to turn the game off cuz I’ve been playing a long time, I had literally been playing one long-ass session up to that point without ever turning the game off. Freaked me out. Psycho Mantis in mgs1 could tell you exactly how long you played, and I thought this was a legit Easter egg for playing a single 12+ hour session. lol
A game called Limbus Company by Project Moon. It’s a gotcha game, so be warned, but imo, the good part is the story mode, not the ultra late game content, which is easily beatable without ever having to buy anything, wait for energy to recharge, etc. The best part is that unless you’re going for a super specific bleed, burn, poison build, the default characters are literally better than the ultra rare drops. So yeah, it’s free and imo is worth checking out if you like the art, because it’s very pretty :)
Every year I tune into this and every I stop watching because the host segments are so bad. Just show us the games and not the cringey wrap around segments they seem to think we want.
Big thanks to the awesome people over at /c/retrogaming for helping me get my save file off the Caanoo and into something more modern (Skyemu and Miyoo mini plus).
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