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YoungMan
08/01/21 4:51:53 PM
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There won't ever be good triple-A titles anymore. Just lootbox graphics showcases

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Veggeta_MAX
08/01/21 4:54:07 PM
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Pessimism is a disease

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newhorrorguy
08/01/21 4:54:14 PM
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Oh no, poor mainstream gaming, it's sure a shame there aren't any non mainstream games worth playing.....

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YoungMan
08/01/21 4:56:49 PM
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newhorrorguy posted...
Oh no, poor mainstream gaming, it's sure a shame there aren't any non mainstream games worth playing.....
There aren't. Vast majority of indies are trash, just like mainstream games.

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Lost_All_Senses
08/01/21 4:58:47 PM
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Veggeta_MAX posted...
Pessimism is a disease

Especially when it's mixed with the lack of awareness that the problem is within you and it's not the entirety of the world.

Not to say he's not right about it plaguing a lot of games. But no reason to be a dramatic spaz. It's always been a bunch of shitty games with gems in-between them.

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darkprince45
08/01/21 4:59:39 PM
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I guess Returnal, RE Village, Ratchet and Clank, , etc.. all havent come out recently

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ViewtifulJoe
08/01/21 4:59:54 PM
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What was the breaking point for you?

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RaulJenkins
08/01/21 5:01:22 PM
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Ohh....

ELDEN RING

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YoungMan
08/01/21 5:48:04 PM
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ViewtifulJoe posted...
What was the breaking point for you?
Mass Effect 3

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Hayame Zero
08/01/21 5:53:21 PM
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Every time I see stuff like this, I just think people are not looking hard enough, and just singling out one facet of a massive industry. Lootboxes barely make up all of mainstream games, and I barely see them in the ones I play.

As for showcasing graphics, you must have missed the last 40 or so years of gaming promotion.

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Lost_All_Senses
08/01/21 5:58:15 PM
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Hayame Zero posted...
Every time I see stuff like this, I just think people are not looking hard enough, and just singling out one facet of a massive industry. Lootboxes barely make up all of mainstream games, and I barely see them in the ones I play.

As for showcasing graphics, you must have missed the last 40 or so years of gaming promotion.

I miss when you had to go to the store blindly and pay the same price you pay today for a game that started you in a place with super bullshit artificial difficulty to make sure you didn't beat it in under an hour. Those were the glory days.

Now that we can research a game until our hearts content and never risk wasting money on a game that isn't made to our standards, everything is all fucked up :(.

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bnui_ransder
08/01/21 5:59:24 PM
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It sucks that this ruined sports and FPS games for sure

Is that all you play?

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Payzmaykr
08/01/21 6:03:09 PM
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I agree. Everything is about marketing for streamers, graphics, and online play. I personally feel like streamers did a lot to ruin gaming because the developers make games/systems for them, but not for us. Its free advertisement.


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newhorrorguy
08/01/21 7:32:20 PM
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YoungMan posted...
There aren't. Vast majority of indies are trash, just like mainstream games.
True, but that still leaves plenty of great entries. Just like mainstream gaming:)

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DarthAragorn
08/01/21 7:33:02 PM
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now?

has been for years

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KeeperOfShadows
08/01/21 7:36:56 PM
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YoungMan posted...
Mass Effect 3

You decided mainstream gaming now was doomed based on a game nearly a decade old?

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YoungMan
08/01/21 7:43:00 PM
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KeeperOfShadows posted...
You decided mainstream gaming now was doomed based on a game nearly a decade old?
Keep your shoehorned multiplayer out of my immersive rpg experiences

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I4NRulez
08/01/21 7:43:46 PM
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Widely acclaimed RE8 just came out though

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Goatsensation
08/01/21 7:44:48 PM
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I4NRulez posted...
Widely acclaimed RE8 just came out though

FWIH it's definitely not a stinker but isn't anything to write home about...

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UnholyMudcrab
08/01/21 7:44:54 PM
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YoungMan posted...
newhorrorguy posted...
Oh no, poor mainstream gaming, it's sure a shame there aren't any non mainstream games worth playing.....
There aren't. Vast majority of indies are trash, just like mainstream games.

The vast majority of anything is trash. This has never not been the case
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YoungMan
08/01/21 7:45:18 PM
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I4NRulez posted...
Widely acclaimed RE8 just came out though
A pale imitation of a much better RE game. And I'm not talking about 7

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armandro
08/01/21 7:46:36 PM
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sorry you don't find video games fun anymore

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ViewtifulJoe
08/01/21 7:47:13 PM
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What are you planning to do now that video games have walked out on you?

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YoungMan
08/01/21 7:51:59 PM
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armandro posted...
sorry you don't find video games fun anymore
No your not

ViewtifulJoe posted...
What are you planning to do now that video games have walked out on you?
Spread the word to the nonbelievers that gaming isn't good anymore

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hockeybub89
08/01/21 7:52:23 PM
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I4NRulez
08/01/21 7:53:33 PM
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Goatsensation posted...
FWIH it's definitely not a stinker but isn't anything to write home about...

It was a great game wtf.

7 and 8 were terrific games.

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CyricZ
08/01/21 7:54:52 PM
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Hayame Zero posted...
Every time I see stuff like this, I just think people are not looking hard enough, and just singling out one facet of a massive industry.
Yeah of course those people are.

Because instead of looking for enjoyment, wonder, and new experiences, those people are more focused on chasing the emptiness of the best graphics, the hardest processor push, the longest time-sink, the biggest nostalgia tickle, or something else obtuse to justify what they perceive as "value".

Maybe someday TC will figure out what that is and why his own expectations are the actual thing killing his enjoyment in games rather than some sin anyone else committed.

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Shotgunnova
08/01/21 7:55:39 PM
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Witcher 3 4 Lyfe

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The-Apostle
08/01/21 7:56:10 PM
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YoungMan posted...
Mass Effect 3
Which came out awhile ago and you're just now whining about it.

And, besides, most of the stuff you get from lootboxes (aside from sports games) are purely cosmetic. And if you can just what you want, they're still cosmetic.

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armandro
08/01/21 7:57:09 PM
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YoungMan posted...
No your not

Spread the word to the nonbelievers that gaming isn't good anymore
Yeah I am
Hope you find that spark again.
Just take a break

This happened to my friend a few years ago
Just watch TV or something

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Vicious_Dios
08/01/21 7:58:53 PM
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RaulJenkins posted...
Ohh....

ELDEN RING

My last bastion of hope.

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CyricZ
08/01/21 8:06:23 PM
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Seriously I know a guy like this.

In my circle of gaming friends, there's this one guy who was a coworker of the husband one of my friends from high school (three degrees of separation essentially). I would sometimes get to talking about the games he's up to and he's not playing them so much as he's finding ways to optimize them, get the best hardware, look for the games that utilize it the most.

I'm over here playing Ace Attorney and Yakuza games and dopey little indie stuff and having a great time, and he never seems to be happy with what he plays.

Antisocial as shit too. He's not really part of our friend circle anymore since he lost his job, lost his house, and is now living across the country with his parents.

And now that I type it all out, I realize he's probably got much greater problems than "no longer actually enjoys games", but uh... yeah?

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GMAK2442
08/01/21 8:24:06 PM
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I blame the virus. When we will eradicate it, we will see our great games back.

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One_Day_Remains
08/01/21 8:27:54 PM
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YoungMan posted...

There aren't. Vast majority of indies are trash, just like mainstream games.


Lol if you say so little buddy
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Mist_Turnips
08/01/21 8:34:07 PM
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Now? It has been for at least a decade

Triple A is garbage for garbage tastes.
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YoungMan
08/01/21 9:01:54 PM
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Mist_Turnips posted...
Now? It has been for at least a decade

See:
YoungMan posted...
Mass Effect 3


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Derwood
08/01/21 9:06:10 PM
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This smells an awful lot like a TrillCosby topic...
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Giblet_Enjoyer
08/01/21 9:06:58 PM
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YoungMan posted...
There aren't. Vast majority of indies are trash, just like mainstream games.
There's this cool category of video games between AAA and indies called "AA games"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIk9qoec2Fc

Have fun!

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Darmik
08/01/21 9:07:48 PM
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I seriously have such a massive backlog of games I'd like to play. I dunno how people just think everything sucks.

Like I just played and finished Death's Door which came out just over a week ago and it was great.

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PC-Builder_Pony
08/01/21 9:09:41 PM
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Stick with single player gaming.

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LordYeezus
08/01/21 9:15:41 PM
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Been trash since patches became a thing. Devs don't put the effort to get it right the first time (the rise of early access)

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Antifar
08/01/21 9:19:44 PM
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LordYeezus posted...
Been trash since patches became a thing. Devs don't put the effort to get it right the first time (the rise of early access)
I think it's misguided to describe the problem as a lack of effort when games require more labor hours to produce than ever before. To the extent that games are coming out in worse states, that's a product of companies setting unrealistic deadlines and not putting enough resources into QA for larger, more dynamic games.

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TrollTrace
08/01/21 9:23:08 PM
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Gaming is a waste of time anyway. There are way better things to devote your time to. Personally i am impressed anymore by the improvements in games. It feels like they are just trying to take our money at this point. They need to come out with some SAO technology already so we can have fun in those games man. That will be epic. Hopefully we are around to see that tech.
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Darmik
08/01/21 9:26:47 PM
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LordYeezus posted...
Been trash since patches became a thing. Devs don't put the effort to get it right the first time (the rise of early access)

Try living in a PAL territory where most games ran 30% slower because of televisions.

Also re-releases that fixed issues with games were always a thing.

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