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Canconda, 9 dni temu

I have no clue what Hollow Knight is other than than individual people being pumped for this silksong thing. No advertising. No “hype train”.

Here’s hoping success stories like this shake some sense into the AAA gaming industry.

Canconda, 9 dni temu

I certainly was when I was younger… Good ole Game Boy Color. Glad to see older genre’s are still going strong!

Canconda, 9 dni temu

Hm. I’d never considered that.

I mean “arcade” games are older than most internet users. FPS and MMORPGs older than half for sure.

Platformers hold a special place in the hearts of anyone who experienced the peak of online flash games.

I know VR is technical a platform not a sub-genre but there has to be something uniquely VR that is objectively a “younger genre”.

Would Pacman VR still be an arcade game? Not sure lol.

Canconda, 9 dni temu

Totally. I wasn’t saying platformers were invented in the 00s. I saying games like pong and space invaders technically predate platformers despite both of them being arcade games.

Please remember I was trying to answer he question, “When is a genre old”. Which is somewhat difficult with older genre’s that evolved in tandem with each other.

Canconda, 9 dni temu

Just trying to say nice things about the game you like eh

As I said I know nothing.

Hype trains by my definition are more like what you see with Call of Duty or AAA games… where it’s fucking everywhere.

The only thing I’m seeing is organic(afaict) hollow night posts from real fans.

Canconda, 9 dni temu

.or really any of this style of games where you run back and forth over the same terrain over and over and over again for hours looking for a hole you haven’t been through yet.

HAAH me to.

Canconda, 9 dni temu

completely agree. I probably pick up another side scroller, turn based, or RTs game anytime soon… but I’m glad those game genre’s are still coming out with new games.

Canconda, 9 dni temu

I appreciate the class conscious sentiment… but this game has 500k players right now. So ~$10,000,000 in sales in 24 hours… for a game that probably had a budget under 200k.

steamdb.info/charts/

Canconda, 9 dni temu

Okay lets make it a 2 Million budget with 10Million sales in 24h. The point remains… greedy fucks are going to notice this.

Canconda, 8 dni temu

TLDR those genres don’t give me enough of a dopamine hit to keep playing them anymore. They might as well be bejeweled. If it’s not something I can play with IRL friends, or sandbox, it’s probably not really compatible with my lifestyle anymore.

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Didn’t Italy elect a far right neo-fascist government?

Hopefully gamers take notes.