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    11 days ago

    Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldurs Gate 3 want to have a word with anon

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      For sure! I definitely feel we’ve drastically slowed down but media is by no means dead. It can be harder to find the gems than before in some regards though.

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        Hnm that definitely applies to AAA games, although I feel like the power dynamics are just changing. We see more and more indie smash hits, compared to AAA hits imo

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          Yeah for sure, I’ve been fairly focussed on indies the last 5-7 years and only jump on AAA after it’s released and reviews are in/on special. I believe there’s only so large a human run corporation can be before it turns into an unmanageable mess and quality/focus of the product suffers, and most AAA are well past that point. Indies are the new small-medium sized fun Devs.

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        Wrt to gaming and other entertainment media, it’s only easy to find the gems now because the dirt has mostly been sifted out of the old stuff. There’s a reason you still hear people talking about Cowboy Bebop, and not Brain Powerd

        Then again you also hear people talking about Elfen Lied but not NieA_7, so what do I know?

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          Yeah that’s also true, tbh I’ve been notorious for not getting into’ anything - I don’t personally follow game news or hype much in the last 10-15 years, I’l wait until my friends pressure me into ‘you have to consume X!’, often well after it’s out and forgotten. I let my friends be the canary in the gold mine, still not sure if that makes me a bad friend… Has helped me avoid amazing TV shows that get cancelled/shit the bed though (still haven’t forgiven GoT producers)

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    I just saw a video of a teenage girl with biotic arms that actually functioned so no I don’t believe that all the cool stuff is in the past

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      I would hesitate to call any unreleased game good, not because I think good games won’t come out in the future but because it is so hard to distinguish hype from reality until actual, regular people get to play it without any restrictions (like NDAs,…).

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        Lol it was mostly a joke about silksong being delayed over and over. I don’t make a habit of praising games before they come out bc honestly its stupid to make judgements on so little information. I was just being silly :P

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    I hate to say it, but currently playing a lightly modded New Vegas is the most I’ve enjoyed a video game in while. Haven’t touched it since I played it at release on the 360.

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    Thank fuck this wasn’t posted before portal 2 was created… And rocket League… And ahh shit the new skate isn’t out yet.

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    In terms of amazing new games, Terra Invicta is eating all my free time. I’m losing over and over because it’s a sprawling beast of a grand strategy game, but still fascinating to poke around and see how deep the rabbithole goes.