• Mountainaire@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    idk, but who cares? Just ignore them all and go for indie titles. I had way more fun with FTL and Noita than RDR2, etc.

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      26 days ago

      I love FTL, but weird choice for an unfun AAA game, as RDR2 is actually one of the best AAA games in “recent” history.

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        26 days ago

        RDR2 was great narrative. Combined with a Westworld-like + GTA sandbox, it was super fun and immersive. Rare for a game regardless of its budget.

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        26 days ago

        …maybe you’re missing their point that fun is relative and what’s fun for you might not be for them.

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          No, I don’t think I do. The goal of their message is to point out that the modern AAA game industry makes similar, boring and repetitive games. RDR2 isn’t that, it’s a genuine piece of art. Why pick the one good apple from a pile of bad apples, when complaining about the aforementioned pile of mostly bad apples.

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        25 days ago

        i just got really bored slicing bullets, watching those testicles and waiting for them to expand or shrink

        what a prank. i need a bulk crafting mod that works on console.

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      25 days ago

      I agree. I hate how legit complaints about the hypercapitalistic hellscape of modern gaming are overshadowed by the constant poop throwing of racist/misogynist idiots

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        25 days ago

        Like, can we admit we miss thirst trap characters in Western Games like the Sorceress from Dark Legacy, without being creepy and misogynistic about it?

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        26 days ago

        While I understand your point, a crappy game is a crappy game, dudes make shit games all the time

        And folks don’t bring their demographic into it when that happens 😅

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          Relooted was made by a bunch of white guys and they were criticised based on their demographic among other things.

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      Yeah, the devs are desperately trying to make whatever they can with the limited time and suffocatingly safe direction they’re given by the executive suite, who know that the game will give a much faster return on their investment than a well-made game given the time and freedom it needs to flourish. Game companies don’t exist to make games, they exist to make money; they’ve long since figured out that bad games made quickly make better money than good games made slowly. If they could sell empty boxes for more money, they would.

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    26 days ago

    Western game bad when unfuckable player character, or characters above the age of 18.

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    25 days ago

    TLOU2 had a good story. Aloy doesn’t look like a goblin. Kratos reflecting on his past is good character development.

    Meanwhile, your gacha waifu just had her panties censored in the latest update.

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    Is this about how women in Western games don’t have giant bazongas anymore.

    Not gonna lie, I miss giant bazongas, but I’m not on fucking twitter making photo-edits of Aloy as a bimbo

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      24 days ago

      90s notalgia hits hard.

      huh, the internet told me that it’s because gamers are all pedos now so they want women that look like little boys.

      or femboys maybe? i can’t keep up with these trends what degeneracy i am supposed to find attractive. or whether it makes me woke, or anti-woke. i’m just sleeping over here i guess.

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    Mainly management issues. Time constraint. See, some games, like those successfull indie games, are passion projects. Often forged by one mind.

    Big companies hire people for a project. You see an issue with gameplay? Too bad youre just the designer, no one wants to hear your opinion. You lose passion, if you had any to begin with. Then companies tend to see workers as slaves. Bend the knee or else. Id not go the extra mile for benefits barely matching the lawful minimum. The new avengers show will drop nxt year? Gotta ship a product which normally needs years of development. You cut features to meet deadlines. Sometimes this is also because management thinks only pressure makes people work at all.

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      25 days ago

      Whoosh

      I’m not OP but I’d wager it’s about fallout 3 fallout 4 fallout 76 Skyrim ESO etc…