Space Bar, you savage.
Modern Gaming Sucks!!! Or Does It?
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Okay how about this: "A or B" to Jump, Space Bar to Jump, Cross to Jump (Sony Consoles), or all of the above
My apologies if my taking your hyperbolic misrepresenting my sentiments as direct attacks misled me to construe your own as very lopsided. I don't recall saying "I don't give a shit if you don't agree, fuck you," but if your own misrepresentations of what I actually said are how you took it, know that it was not my intention. Next time, quote me directly, and I can address you in kind.
Hence my point, that gaming has changed in a direction I feel is closer towards the negative than the positive or even neutral. I'm happy you got a FFVII remaster you're happy with, but some of us would much rather have had a NEW FF (not me; I don't care, but it adds to my point of the lack of creative effort in the era of modern gaming that they're reaching back to +20 year remakes to garner positive attention.)
But can we agree that those business practices are worse and more prolific than in the past?
You honestly expect me to believe that had these modern practices been as pronounced as they are today 15 years ago, it wouldn't' have garnered the same amount of ire that has led this thread to 2 pages already? If 20 years ago 3 out of 20 cops were bad cops, yeah, it'd have been a problem. But 15 out of 20 cops today is appreciably different, so dismissing it as "the same problem" is, well, extremely dismissive.
I don't think "overwhelmingly the exceptions" is admitting they're "exceptions," quite the opposite, but continue to read my words as they suit your narrative. You're biased. And that's fine. Gaming is entertainment. If you think it's better than it's ever been, that's fine too. I disagree.
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Fuuuuck... I have no idea if modern gaming sucks compared to previous eras and I've been there for most of them (cut my teeth on pinball machines and pong as an anklebiter).
Sure, there's a lot of shit I don't like but there's always been a lot of shit I don't like, I've always been a grumpy arsehole. As with any hobby, you find enough good stuff to keep you going or you quit.
Sure, there's a lot of shit I don't like but there's always been a lot of shit I don't like, I've always been a grumpy arsehole. As with any hobby, you find enough good stuff to keep you going or you quit.
Don't forget that this is a remake of game that people were duped in to buying twice at full price (a game split into two at $60+), while you had some others complains about Tifa's boob size being "too small". That is not a net positive for gaming as a whole, and is more corporate nostalgia manipulation.
Thank you. Glad to see some others that get it.
Welcome to (hopefully) Late Stage Capitalism. Are there any industries where the same question doesn't apply?
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Actually, I've changed my mind. Ever since PRINTED manuals thick enough to choke a goat with disappeared gaming has sucked beyond the point of recovery.
Not so literally, but... yeah.
If it makes you feel any better, niche Japanese games, AA games and most indie games with physical releases actually get a full color manual of some kind. Won't choke a goat, but at least its something.
I miss being able to read up on ALL the controls and whatnot instead of shitty tutorial levels that miss half the important stuff... and also the fluff in manuals was, imo, better for immersion than NPCs that agressively spurt exposition at you without any provocation.
Due to the mentioned documentation issue, this is debatable. The interpersonal relationships within these businesses is certainly worse as I don't think sexual harassment was much of a problem when companies where basically all men. So that much as certainly gotten fucked up.
To me it's kind of like the argument that sports fans use when talking about their all-time best players. They argue that modern NBA players like Lebron would have gotten their asses kicked by people like Michael Jordan, because back in Jordan's day the players were allows to be more physical. So if I were to apply that metaphor to gaming businesses. IF the technology was possible back in the NES days, would we see lootbox-like practices then? It's rhetorical as we can't ever know, just like we can't know if Lebron is really better than Jordan because the conditions in which they played are drastically different.
Since we can't directly compare, then yes I have to admit that business practices today are shittier than ages past. But bad business does not equal gaming itself being bad.
Just means that this is a discussable topic. Which is great. Discussion on a discussion forum. Mission Accomplished!
i mean a new FF is on the way. FF 16 was announced over a year ago. And FF15 was only 6 years ago which for modern FF games is a short wait. And as we know there have been a few extrenuous circumstances that have likely affected development of all games being worked on since 2019.
I'm so tired of being told my disenchantment is illegitimate. Funny how they always care so much, like they have to defend the state of gaming or movies.
Because they know they have nothing else to stand on otherwise. Or they're not interesting, nor have much talent outside of their hobby. Any criticism of the industry and its problems are "an attack" on their pathetic egos and insecurities.
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