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ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Ubisoft sued for shutting down The Crew

It gets to be way harder to argue in court when it isn’t a “clean kill”, using Ross Scott’s words, so The Crew is going to be one of the best examples we’ll ever get for courts to rule on. I expect Ubisoft would rather settle than let this one go that far though.

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are most mobile games trash?

I think it’s just because it was the dominant monetization scheme when they were introduced, people got used to spending nothing up front on their mobile games. Then there are other barriers. Like why would I pay $15 for Stardew Valley when it probably won’t work with a controller or output comfortably to a TV. You can do some of that stuff sometimes in mobile, but there’s no enforcement of it, so that means you’re getting a lesser version of the game, which drives the price down. I wanted to revisit Planescape: Torment on mobile, but they ported it to Android too long ago, and now it just doesn’t work with modern Android OSes. They’re really teaching me to not treat mobile as a place where people like me should expect to find stuff to play.

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Skyrim Is 13 Years Old, But Elder Scrolls 6 Is Nowhere in Sight While Bethesda’s First Four Games Took Only 12 Years

They’re not too scared to make Elder Scrolls VI. It’s their next project. It’s just not coming until probably 2028 at the rate they’ve been working lately, and it’ll feel 15 years out of date this time instead of only 10.

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Yakuza creator Nagoshi says the era of game size being most important is coming to an end

I know this is a cynical critique of capitalism, but even so, capitalists love lowering budgets and charging the same amount. Quite frankly, I’d happily pay the same or more to get a game with less bloat in a lot of cases.

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Yakuza creator Nagoshi says the era of game size being most important is coming to an end

You have no idea. The opening moments of that game are surprising, even with that blurb and my recommendation, lol.

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Yakuza creator Nagoshi says the era of game size being most important is coming to an end

I haven’t played Still Wakes the Deep, but Indika was that smaller game for me this year, and I’d highly recommend it.

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu (edited 5 miesięcy temu) do games w Yakuza creator Nagoshi says the era of game size being most important is coming to an end

I haven’t played the Jedi games, but it’s crazy that the new God of War games are somehow a demonstration of restraint, as that one from 2018 is probably twice as long as I would have liked, and Ragnarok is longer still, according to How Long to Beat.

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Yakuza creator Nagoshi says the era of game size being most important is coming to an end

Here’s hoping! Not only has it ruined a lot of once-smaller games, but it’s also largely responsible for ballooning development budgets, so let’s get that down to something sustainable.

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Yakuza creator Nagoshi says the era of game size being most important is coming to an end

Not so much the size it takes up on your drive, he’s referring to the breadth and scope of the game itself.

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you

The opening moments of the story are about intense racism over the most minute differences.

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w The price of the PS5 Pro “has not had a negative impact” on console sales, says Sony president - GAMESCENSOR

More than the actual demand for them, as they’re reselling at a loss.

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you

Indicators are showing that Dragon Age is selling just fine. And it’s not like they get to their planning meeting and ask, “Can we spend some more time on the game design? It’s got real problems,” only to be met with, “No, we’ve got to really focus on diversity this quarter.” They’re not related. While I hardly trust Ubisoft to wow audiences with a cool story, it’s not hard to imagine the related struggles that a foreigner and a woman might have to bond over in that setting.

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Games to play with my late 40s brothers?

The Quake games (1 and 2) got updated with co-op support and cross play.

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you

The lead developer of Assassin’s Creed: Shadows is in Quebec. And does it not matter that it’s based on a historical figure? Consider also that in California, you’re just more likely to encounter a diverse group of people, so wouldn’t that just be representing the world around them?

ampersandrew, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you

Your precise Google Trends inputs are precisely what I took issue with, because they’re a bad sample set for reasons that I pointed out.