Gradually_Adjusting

Gradually_Adjusting, 10 miesięcy temu

After seeing a few videos about it, it’s a pass for me. Pretty plainly a soulless legally distinct mishmash of random design elements with nothing to bring to the table creatively

Gradually_Adjusting, 10 miesięcy temu

Good graphics isn’t good games though?

Like yeah someone with relatively okay skill could duplicate a famous painting, but we wouldn’t make them famous for it. Art is about making interesting choices.

Gradually_Adjusting, 10 miesięcy temu

I’m having terrible seeing it, but if you’re happy that’s great. I barely have time for the games I’m excited about from three years ago, so who am I to criticise?

Gradually_Adjusting, 11 miesięcy temu

“the game industry”: 🪦

Indies who make timeless classics on no budget: 🫡

Gradually_Adjusting, 11 miesięcy temu

1. I barely have time for Baldur’s Gate 3
2. Fuck this game in particular

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Yeah yeah, wake me up when AI modders recreate Daggerfall in the ES6 engine.

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His face looks like if elbow skin smelled a fart

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Have been showing my kid Chrono Trigger. I don’t have anyone with good taste to talk to, so I have resolved to create one

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Wouldn’t be quite so gung ho about video games this young if he wasn’t such an avid reader. Next I was thinking about showing him the GameCube Paper Mario title.

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Hell, I’m still mad this happened with Defender of Texel.

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Don’t accept planned obsolescence.

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The console wars are largely an outdated concept, and I contend that ever-increasing hardware specs for gaming isn’t necessarily an evergreen paradigm.

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There are probably interesting conversations to be had on it, and I think you’ve found one of the ones that aren’t!

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I’m happy with my Switch, PS4, various gaming PCs and emulators, and even a PS2 emulator on my phone. I have more games than I will ever have time for. I buy new games too, but only if I can actually own them. Best value of ownership is Switch cartridges, but discs are fine too. The worst format that I am happy to pay for is GOG.com copies without DRM.

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Please note that that this is a days-old comment where other people have said the same sort of things already.

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I’ve lately finished my first playthrough of Katana Zero. Wondering about whether I should leave well enough alone or try for another ending. I might not have time honestly.

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We’ll call them The Objectors

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There has been such a furor over this.

The way I see it, there are enough quality indie games, retro emulators, and titles on the average Steam backlog (to the point that it’s a tired joke) that gamers can afford to only pay for unmissable quality. People know what they like, and they talk.

Economically, money is scarce. So is free time, for a lot of us. We don’t care what you tell us to “expect” from you, game publishers with hot takes on BG3. If you can’t release finished games at game prices, maybe you’re not the beating heart of the game industry.

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I wanted to stick to my I Statements a little more than I did. I cede mostly to your points but reserve that it’s bullshit to tell me not to expect quality just because someone proved it can still be done. It tells me the bigger gaming industry has gotten too large and dreary to be much use to me.