• KaiReeve@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Bring back video games where the developers make them to be fun and players play them to have fun.

    Too many developers are in it for profit and too many players demand optimal competitive play.

    Sometimes I don’t want to conform to the min/max meta, Jason.

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      1 year ago

      Been brought up before but the indie market still chugging along.

      Now if you want big expensive AAA “bring my RTX / i9 I spent too much money on to it’s very knees” with that, that’s impossible. Besides, poor optimization will put that stupid expensive rig to the test 😂

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      1 year ago

      This month had two great releases in that regard, Baldur’s Gate 3 and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk. Labor of love games are real and on the rise.

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      Totally agree but in many cases it’s actually the publishers, not the developers. That’s my understanding at least.

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        1 year ago

        It’s been happening for so long that if a developer gets into bed with one of the big publishers then they should know what’s going to happen.

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      Pretty sure there are way more games now than they’re ever has been. Look outside the major publishers. Any big company is going to be in it for the money. That’s their main goal.