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chameleon, do games w What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality
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Dual nominations for Paper Mario: Sticker Star & Paper Mario: Color Splash. The only thing I really remember about them is that I played them and they left me without any feelings about them whatsoever.

BuboScandiacus, (edited ) do games w A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?
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Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood and cyberpunk 2077 (PC) not too long after release

reksas, do games w What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality

Anything ubisoft makes. Or generally most things big companies make to cater biggest possible amount of people.

bob_lemon,

I disagree. Some of them are actually bad.

reksas,

yes, but medium is the absolute best they can manage

Honytawk, do games w A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?

I don’t let other people influence my tastes.

I make my own opinions

NONE_dc,
@NONE_dc@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t mean that other people have changed your opinion, but quite the opposite: a game that you think is good and you didn’t know that other people hated it.

duchess,

You might be the first human to actually do that.

Darkenfolk,

It’s more likely that you are just not aware of the influence others have on you. Which is fine, a lot of that stuff is subconscious.

Krudler,

So you are both a liar and semi-literate.

p_kanarinac, do games w The magic of remembering—and talking about—video games
@p_kanarinac@retrolemmy.com avatar

Do you find it difficult to enjoy everything alone or just games? I don’t really get the sharing thing.

TheAlbatross, do gaming w Don't hate the player

Ain’t payin no $80 for no game

Venator,

Just wait 5 years until it goes on sale for $20

steamdb.info/app/578650/

missphant,
@missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Or $0

gg.deals/game/the-outer-worlds/-historywww.pcgamesn.com/…/free-before-avowed

klobuerschtler, do games w What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality

Elex 1 and Elex 2

Stillwater, do gaming w Don't hate the player

You criticize society, yet you participate in it!

explodicle,
@explodicle@sh.itjust.works avatar

We’re basically forced to buy this game.

aeronmelon,

Curious.

MonkderVierte,

No.

Zahille7, do gaming w Don't hate the player

I just looked it up, and I’m surprised to say that Spider-Man 2 (just released on PC back in February I believe) is still only $60. I mean, sure it’s over a year old from it’s original PS5 release, but the fact they’re not asking $80 for it is kinda nice.

And Oblivion Remastered is “only” $50.

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

$50 today is equivalent to about $28.50 19 years ago. So it’s effectively half price lmao

Zahille7,

I meant it’s “‘only’ $50” because it’s an entire overhaul of the original game, rebuilt from the ground up. Similar to how Skyblivion is gonna be.

Like, that’s a damn good price for one of the best RPGs ever made, with the amount of work that went into it this time around too. I’m not complaining about paying that for such a great game.

Prunebutt, (edited )

Clair Obscur (a gorgeous, new game) is 50 bucks. I rest my case.

Zahille7,

I mean sure, plenty of new games can still look great and be relatively affordable. Nowhere in my comments did I say otherwise, or even imply it.

I really feel like people are jumping on these comments because I dared to say a couple recent games aren’t selling at $80.

jjjalljs, (edited )

Oblivion? One of the best RPGs ever made? This is a joke, right? It’s not even the best Bethesda game.

edit: fixing autocorrect mistakes

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

I had to let the point slide, never argue matters of taste with people who eat shit

ViatorOmnium,

Except wages didn't increase that much, and price changes drive inflation, not the other way around.

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

Feels like we’re dancing around the topic of purchasing power collapse so it might as well be said - this is a bread and circuses issue at heart.

teft, do gaming w Don't hate the player
@teft@lemmy.world avatar

Once again I have to remind people that inflation exists. Game prices go up just like everything else and the last few years have seen insane inflation rates and game prices haven’t really climbed since the 90s. $60 in 2019 would be worth $75 today. $60 in 1996 would be worth $122.

FerretyFever0,

Inflation rises, but wages do not. We'll pay more when we have the money, and the workers are paid fairly.

glimse,

I agree with you but it’s so hard to talk about. Most major publishers are leeches who artificially drive up price and force developers to release unfinished games…yet at the same time, the cost of development has gone up. Indie games are proof that you don’t NEED fancy graphics with mocapped actors to make a good game but it’s irrelevant when there’s bigger demand for “cinematic experience” and that stuff ain’t cheap.

But because I used to pay $30 for a game in the 90s, I think games should be $30 forever.

Prunebutt,

Why do publishers increase the price of games, though? It’s not like the price of the rare components to make games increased.

NotForYourStereo,

Once again I have to remind particular morons that inflation is a convenient excuse for execs to never take a pay cut, only ever exorbitant raises and bonuses.

dangling_cat,

And 4k TV gets cheaper. What’s your point?

Swedneck,
@Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

i love how inflation is just always magically a reason for companies to charge arbitrarily large sums for their products, how the hell do you people think people are supposed to afford things?

seriously, if everything just constantly increases in cost, how precisely do you envision the economy functioning?

explodicle,
@explodicle@sh.itjust.works avatar

Long story short:

  • Keynes wrote a fairy tale about inflation raising wages and shortening the work week
  • Richard Nixon started inflation as we know it
  • Economists worldwide fell into line
  • Shockingly, wages didn’t go up, the work week didn’t shorten, and we now have record-breaking inequality (due to the Cantillon effect).

To this day, people who paid to “learn” the fairy tale insist that inflation is good.

net00, (edited ) do gaming w Don't hate the player

The regional pricing of this game is also garbage. I see on steamdb that a few third world countries (where I live) got prices similar or higher than the US for this game.

I’m not buying that shit until it’s more than 60% off. Like for instance the alters has sane regional pricing. Most poor countries get a hefty discount from the US price…

psx_crab,

Lmao china is only 55usd while europe is a whopping 92usd. I hope it flop.

Elevator7009, (edited ) do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #19

Thanks again for your positive, takes-effort contributions to Lemmy! Especially with the nerve damage, I’d probably have just flat-out not posted at all if it were me. I do not know much about nerve damage but I hope things turn out well for you.

SoftestSapphic, do gaming w Don't hate the player
@SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world avatar

will have 3 hours of content like the first one.

Macaroni_ninja, do games w A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?
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Two Worlds 1-2 There are tons of youtubers making joke videos about these games, but against all the jank I alway found them both enjoyable and even I dare say good games. The magic system in particular was amazing.

FenrirIII,
@FenrirIII@lemmy.world avatar

Finally, someone else who remembers these games! They weren’t as polished or impressive as others, but they were fun and had lots of challenges.

Ibuthyr,

Harold Faltermeyer made some nice music for the game. Opala is still stuck in my head.

magnetosphere, do gaming w Don't hate the player
@magnetosphere@fedia.io avatar

Being aware of the irony is free. How you respond is completely up to you.

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