The modern game development model is just to make a game people never stop playing and keep spending money on; a landlord model of sorts sold with the pr branding of “live service game”. Playing diablo 4 (which is total dogshit) really made me appreciate single player campaign based games, which I think are the pinnacle of gaming and it’s not even close.
Right now I’m really enjoying octopath traveler 2. And before that I went super retro and played digital devil saga 1&2. Graphics are not the biggest draw for me anymore. Gameplay, music and plot (including characters) are what I want in a game. For me good graphics only really help when the other bases are covered.
Every single game releases undercooked now and the expectation is it’ll be finished in a few more years after a dozen patches and 3 DLCs. literally every game
Yup that’s another terrible sales model. I actually forgot about that one lol. I don’t know what’s more annoying tbh. Because I know what live service games are about so I avoid them. When I go into a single player game and I need to buy dlcs that’s like absolute worst. also I find it’s hard to get back into a game for a dlc. Like elden ring. Never played the dlc (although fromsoft does handle dlc better from what I’ve heard).
I like games with interesting plots, but then I can only play it once. I like roguelikes that change every time I play them. Some roguelikes (less traditional ones) have stories such as Hades. And Dwarf Fortress generates a whole mythology and history with every new world.
There is definitely a bit of a barrier to playing old games. But I think if you enjoy a specific game series then it’s not too hard to go back to older games in that series. That’s what got me to play retro games
The modern game development model is just to make a game people never stop playing and keep spending money on; a landlord model of sorts sold with the pr branding of “live service game”. Playing diablo 4 (which is total dogshit) really made me appreciate single player campaign based games, which I think are the pinnacle of gaming and it’s not even close.
Right now I’m really enjoying octopath traveler 2. And before that I went super retro and played digital devil saga 1&2. Graphics are not the biggest draw for me anymore. Gameplay, music and plot (including characters) are what I want in a game. For me good graphics only really help when the other bases are covered.
Every single game releases undercooked now and the expectation is it’ll be finished in a few more years after a dozen patches and 3 DLCs. literally every game
KCDII was a very pleasant surprise in that regard. A smooth launch with minimal bugs, a bunch of features and a great plot.
Yup that’s another terrible sales model. I actually forgot about that one lol. I don’t know what’s more annoying tbh. Because I know what live service games are about so I avoid them. When I go into a single player game and I need to buy dlcs that’s like absolute worst. also I find it’s hard to get back into a game for a dlc. Like elden ring. Never played the dlc (although fromsoft does handle dlc better from what I’ve heard).
I like games with interesting plots, but then I can only play it once. I like roguelikes that change every time I play them. Some roguelikes (less traditional ones) have stories such as Hades. And Dwarf Fortress generates a whole mythology and history with every new world.
I might check out dwarf fortress. Hades 1 & 2 were both amazing. I tried dead cells but holy crap that game is hard.
I’m going through Final Fantasy 1-6. I’m on 2 at the moment.
While I don’t think it’s for everyone, to be able to just put on an old game, and enjoy the simpicity of it really works for me.
There is definitely a bit of a barrier to playing old games. But I think if you enjoy a specific game series then it’s not too hard to go back to older games in that series. That’s what got me to play retro games