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[Chazore]

Captain_Yuri said:

Saw this on gaf:

And rockstar isn't the only one. I know nostalgia can be very blinding but it really feels like 7th gen was the last great era of video games before it all started going down. There's still many great games to be found no doubt but man, the hype and release schedules of games really took a hit and that's even before covid started.

This is why it's mostly indies I look forward to these days, as AAA have been releasing far and few games I really love, and they are just putting too much focus on live service types, load them with MT's, and poorly written stories. 

I'm still looking forward to buying Cult of the Lamb than I am any AAA game this year (in fact I don't think there is any AAA game I've bought this yr or looking forward to at all). #

AAA just feels like it's gone massively down hill in the past decade. 

The only devs I can semi rely on to actually release a fully fledged complete game are indies, but they still have to use early access, and AAA studios are abusing early access and releasing incomplete games to milk more from you down the line, it's practically predatory at this point. 

Another thing that doesn't help is EG bringing exclusivity bs to an open platform, which has made me in turn care less and less about games coming out these days, and it has also made me move away from publishers over time.

List of pubs/studios I don't bother with anymore:

R*

T2

2k

Ubisoft

Square Enix

EG (goes without saying)

Deep Silver (getting very close to ignoring them entirely)

Gearbox

Konami

Saber Interactive (not a publisher, but a studio I've sworn off after the multiple EGS deals)

A load of indie devs that have made 2-3 deals a pop with EG

Most of that list is a mix of studios/pubs making deal after deal with EG, and others simply not making games I want anymore or making them live service garbage.

Last edited by Chazore - on 21 August 2022