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).
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
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.
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’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
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.