Actually would want to see more rough diamonds than polished turds. If more time was focused on the idea rather than the execution of graphics we would potentially see more unique games
I mean, for a while now I’m not even sure you could call those turds polished…
Yeah. A lot of my favorite games have been the ones that don’t overstay their welcome. A few that come to mind are Portal, subnautica, a hat in time, and celeste.
Highly recommend everyone that likes Portal to try speedrunning it. It’s pretty short, especially if you have practiced chamber 16/17/18. You can beat the whole game in 1-2 hours, but it will go down to more like 40 minutes without glitches if you have the solutions memorized.
Then you can save like 15-20 more minutes by learning a few really easy glitches. There’s tons of tutorials on speedrun.com/portal, too
I-is Portal the gateway drug to speedrunning?
Are you a speedrunning dealer trying to get me hooked on the light stuff?
No that’s super Mario 64.
Or Celeste.
Pshhtt, the hard stuff always seemed more fun to me anyway.
Battle Bit is pretty popular right now.
Games as a Service need to stop. The accessibility is great but “seasonal” is just Neverending Development Hell for the poor fellows. They’re just GaaS-ing us.
I want more games like Mark of the Ninja, Hollow Knight, or the Armored Core series.
Games where there is always engagement without running around in a dead map for 5 minutes to a checkpoint.
That being said, super hyped for AC6 coming next month!
I dunno, I distinctly remember spending several hours in AC4A screaming “WHERE THE FUCK IS NOBLESSE OBLIGE HIDING?!”
10/10 game though.
Nintendo hasn’t been flawless, but they’re the prime example that just selling a really good product is enough to make it. They have live services and mobile games, but I’ve spoken to people. Pokemon Legends Arceus and Zelda have sold a metric fuck ton of switches. Even Mario Odyssey is a great example of this. Sony also seems to kind of understand this, with really great single player games. Games as a service seems to be the entire Xbox brand right now with gamepass
If only their legal department could be as much of a shining example.
For sure, their hatred for fan games pisses me off. Nintendo is far from perfect. I was so sad when AM2R got shut down, it was a nearly perfect project. They’ve also gone after certain popular Pokemon ROM hacks like Flora Skies. Most of it has been undeniably shitty.
However I will defend some of their copyright bs. I think it’s reasonable to ban posting footage of certain things in the game as long as it’s made clear. Nintendo games are all about discovery, the shock awe. They were bitches about Super Mario Odyssey ending footage when the game first released and I’m glad they did.
Battlebit is just $15 on Steam and has a great amount of content, quality servers, and old school Battlefield-style gameplay. Super low spec graphics. Can really recommend it to folks looking for the above
Battlebit is moving to some of the most anti-consumer anticheat software around and completely ignoring every complaint from players about it.
