• UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 hours ago

    I’ve honestly gotten tired of the formula at this point and I really don’t care what he said or meant. There have been, what, 5 borderlands games so far? and they all play the same with little variation. I bought them all and maybe actually finished 2. I can sit this one out.

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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      9 minutes ago

      I liked The Pre-Sequel most of all because it did do new stuff that 1-3 didn’t while still being the same type of game (they also have a bunch of PnC adventure games and turn based RPGs that are nothing at all like the main series).

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      3 hours ago

      Dude’s not wrong, serious fans will find the money for it…but I think he vastly overestimates how many people are serious fans of Borderlands.

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        I’m a serious fan of BL1, 2, TPS, and Tales. Preordered BL3 for that reason. BL3 showed me that I cannot count myself a fan of a game before I’ve played it

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      Especially when there’s stuff like Clair Obscur coming out for $50. Polished to perfection. All it needs is a proper visual indicator for when to dodge enemy attacks and it’ll be a solid 10/10 for me

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        1 hour ago

        I completely agree. Clair Obscur feels genuine in a sea of live-service, in-game store laden modern AAA games. Almost like it was made for gamers and not investors.

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          Basically my metric for finding a game to play lately is “how much did they spend on marketing?” My favorite games I’ve played in the last 5 years were Project Wingman, Hi-Fi Rush, Atlas Fallen, Eternal Strands, The Finals, and now Clair Obscur. The first time I’d heard of any of them was when I was downloading them.

          Crazy how good a video game can be when it’s made entirely by people who like video games

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            That said, there are some games that had an advertising budget that I liked. Sekiro, Nier Automata, Baldur’s Gate. The common denominator being a lack of monetization. If you’re selling the game, don’t sell cosmetics.

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      7 hours ago

      I bought almost every Doom and Wolfenstein, for $34 CAD. And got Doom Dark Ages for 10% off. With a bundle. Without the bundle, and coupon, it would have costed around $450 CAD.

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      8 hours ago

      But people well and the price well creep ever upward. Look at graphic cards.

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    I’m sorry but that’s just not at all what he said. He said “If you really want it, you’ll find a way to make it work.”

    If you don’t complain when it’s €60, you don’t have to buy it on day one. Take a month or two, or a year, to save up 20 extra and buy it when you’re comfortable.

    You’ll have known about this game for over a year now, if it’s that important to you you’ve had a year to save up.

    And if you’re struggling to make ends meet to the point that you can’t really afford video games, maybe wait for when it gets hugely discounted.

    These are all ways of making it work. The end result is the same, you’ll have played the game.