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I love video games
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A.Romero
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I'm not concerned about the future of video games. AAA games are probably stagnated and can't take many risks because of how much they cost to make. However, game development threshold has never been as low as it is now. Many indie games even surpass the quality of the older 16 bit gen games (viewed as the golden age of video games by many) so it's unlikely that someone looking to scratch that retro itch would run out of stuff to play.
The advent of GenAI will lower that threshold even more so many more people will be capable of creating professional performing games without breaking bank.
IMO people complaining about the state of gaming is just people that don't want to change and fail to accept that they are not the demographics companys are looking for (because of age, spending habits, ideology or whatever).
The advent of GenAI will lower that threshold even more so many more people will be capable of creating professional performing games without breaking bank.
IMO people complaining about the state of gaming is just people that don't want to change and fail to accept that they are not the demographics companys are looking for (because of age, spending habits, ideology or whatever).
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
I mean shit, doesn't this apply to all entertainment? Movies, music, art, books, etc.
Money is simply incompatible with art and entertainment. they go together about as well as water and oil. The most financial incentive should have on a game's development is "how much can we sell it for?" and that should be it.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
to be fair, that was in the 2010s, nowadays the real nostalgia is for the 2000s. Which tbh is fair because I think that was the golden age myself in terms of creativity and new IP. Indies will need to compete more with games like Silent Hill 2 and Half Life more than they do games like Mario World and Sonic.
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Guilty_AI
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Cum has different flavours? How would know that now
semiconscious
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me, 1996...
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ShadyAcshuns
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Now think about how those who don't have great internet feel when they'd love to play Alan Wake 2, but can't. They can't appreciate or understand the wholesomeness of games when they don't have access to them.
Otherwise I agree: gaming is great.
LordOfChaos
Member
If you have to ask, you don't love sexCum has different flavours? How would know that now
A.Romero
Member
I still think the same approach applies.
LordBlodgett
Member
Hey me too! 
My wife, and some of my friends give me crap for liking gaming because it's "childish" but these same friends enjoy TV or movies as a hobby. One of gaming's biggest strength is in giving you some kind of agency or challenge while also telling a story, whereas TV and Movies especially are completely passive. Overall I feel like gaming has come so far from when I started playing as a kid back in the 80's, and some of the games you listed like CyberPunk and Alan Wake 2 really show how compelling it can be. I'm not too worried about where gaming is headed because I think there will always be options. Bad games generally get punished, and well done games make money. Market makes things better most of the time.
My wife, and some of my friends give me crap for liking gaming because it's "childish" but these same friends enjoy TV or movies as a hobby. One of gaming's biggest strength is in giving you some kind of agency or challenge while also telling a story, whereas TV and Movies especially are completely passive. Overall I feel like gaming has come so far from when I started playing as a kid back in the 80's, and some of the games you listed like CyberPunk and Alan Wake 2 really show how compelling it can be. I'm not too worried about where gaming is headed because I think there will always be options. Bad games generally get punished, and well done games make money. Market makes things better most of the time.
Iced Arcade
Member
basically lolDamn I like how you started with another love of games post but it turned into another fear of gass post.
Fredrik
Member
Yeah, been gaming for 40 years by now, loving it, hoping my body allows me to do it for at least another 20 years or so.
In general I feel like people are too negative now, and almost digital, games can apparently only be awesome or shit, no middle ground, and people almost boast about dropping games fast.
Meanwhile everything I play is 7/10 to 10/10, I know my gaming taste well enough to not stumble into games I would rate lower. And the games I do enjoy I spend hundreds of hours playing. I think I’ll cross the 200-hour line on Starfield this weekend. Will probably surpass 100 hours on TOTK before the year ends. Hopefully I can manage to play BG3 for minimum 50 hours too over Christmas.
Gaming is awesome!
In general I feel like people are too negative now, and almost digital, games can apparently only be awesome or shit, no middle ground, and people almost boast about dropping games fast.
Meanwhile everything I play is 7/10 to 10/10, I know my gaming taste well enough to not stumble into games I would rate lower. And the games I do enjoy I spend hundreds of hours playing. I think I’ll cross the 200-hour line on Starfield this weekend. Will probably surpass 100 hours on TOTK before the year ends. Hopefully I can manage to play BG3 for minimum 50 hours too over Christmas.
Gaming is awesome!
anothertech
Member
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
isnt she like a pedo in the movie ?Damn I like how you started with another love of games post but it turned into another fear of gass post.
It's from Donnie Darko I think
Tangerine
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WitchHunter
Banned
This is where toxic masculinity leads. It tears long lasting relationships apart.
veterangamerUK
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Someone on a gaming forum loves video games. In other breaking news the Pope is Catholic and a bear shits in the woods
abstract alien
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I don't care what anyone says, there isn't a movie that could be created that will ever be more horrifying than a proper survival horror 
DaGwaphics
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OP letting a bombshell secret like this drop on a public forum, that takes courage.
If I was going to put on my Sherlock Holmes hat, I'd say that most users that frequent video game discussion boards do have some appreciation for the medium.
If I was going to put on my Sherlock Holmes hat, I'd say that most users that frequent video game discussion boards do have some appreciation for the medium.
Humdinger
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I like games. Some trends in modern videogames make it less fun for me, but games have always been a part of my entertainment diet.
I'd disagree with the remark about games being "on another fucking level when it comes to creativity," compared to other forms of art. The level of creativity found in books far exceeds that found in videogames (or TV or movies). That is because books do not have nearly the amount of hurdles and compromises that other media do.
I'd disagree with the remark about games being "on another fucking level when it comes to creativity," compared to other forms of art. The level of creativity found in books far exceeds that found in videogames (or TV or movies). That is because books do not have nearly the amount of hurdles and compromises that other media do.
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Crayon
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It's that movie but I can't remember. I think patrick swayze the self help guru was maybe a pedo? idk.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
ah yeah you are right. He was the bad guy.
She was just some teacher
Hahaha, you can't miss anything like that.Me too, OP. Look at my gaming skills.
RAIDEN1
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Gaming now will continue to go on the half-baked course, with games like Robocop, Blur, Split-second, Top Spin Tennis, a definitive "soccer" game, becoming VERY few and far between....on top of that longer development times will be par the course...especially for titles like the Mass Effects of this gaming world....
mitch1971
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SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
and futa mermaids