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chonglibloodsport, 20 dni temu do games w It genuinely upsets me that Valve spent their time and resources on another Dota variation

I think we can state as a truth that they have less potential profit.

That’s true but it’s not because people aren’t playing single player games. The reason single player games are less profitable is because the non-subscription, non-microtransaction single player market is extremely saturated with indie games. That makes it very hard to sell AAA single player games. The standards are extremely high and the opportunities for extra monetization are not there.

I have been a single player gamer for most of my life, yet I haven’t bought a AAA single player game in decades. I have more indie single player games to play than I know what to do with, and frankly they appeal to me more than AAA titles. Expensive graphics and voice acting don’t have much draw for me these days. I am much more interested in roguelikes and retro games now. I think there are thousands of others like me out there, among all those who don’t go in for multiplayer games and haven’t purchased a console.

chonglibloodsport, miesiąc temu do games w Braid: Anniversary Edition "sold like dog s***", says creator Jonathan Blow

A pretty terrible one. Remasters are for games that are high on replay value and deeply nostalgic. Braid was cool and innovative and I enjoyed it when I played through it the first (and only) time, but I have no desire to play it again.

chonglibloodsport, 2 miesiące temu do games w The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – Announcement Trailer

Seems pretty clear to me: they’re going after the Lego and Minecraft crowd. That is, little kids.

chonglibloodsport, 3 miesiące temu do games w Sid Meier’s Civilization VII - Official Teaser Trailer

This was covered in a great talk by Soren Johnson (lead designer of Civ IV): Playing to Lose: AI and Civilization.

His main thesis is that players constantly demand stronger AI (that doesn’t cheat) but when they try it they hate it. The issue is that strong AI doesn’t role-play like an actual historical leader, it plays like a “gamer” who will stop at nothing to win.

That is, strong AI opponents treat Civ like a game of poker and they’ll use every possible means of defeating you. They’re not reliable allies or trading partners, they’re bluffing, duplicitous liars.

Human players who play against such AIs report a very negative experience. Many of the diplomacy functions in the game become rather useless against such an untrustworthy AI, and the whole situation devolves into something more akin to “turn-based Warcraft” rather than Civilization.

chonglibloodsport, 3 miesiące temu do games w ENDLESS Legend is Currently Free to Claim on Steam

This game is worth picking up just for the soundtrack alone. Really awesome!

chonglibloodsport, 5 miesięcy temu do gaming w Larian Studios Is Officially Done With The Baldur’s Gate Series

Discworld is amazing but not really a great setting for RPGs. The world is just too zany and hodge-podge. Everything I know about fantasy RPG fans tells me that they demand a “serious, rules-based” world.

There was a Discworld point and click adventure game though. The classic roguelike NetHack also has a ton of references to Discworld and a lot of humour and weirdness in general, though that also happens to be one of the things it gets criticized for the most. A Discworld RPG (which is at all faithful to the setting) would basically be NetHack on steroids.