• MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Well, I guess that’s the end of video games for me. We had a good run there for a while

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      1 year ago

      That’s the end of new AAA games. There’s still loads of older and indie games out there.

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        1 year ago

        Yup, the golden era of AAA games has been over since after the 360/PS3 days arguably.

        Now it’s all corporatized and basically trying to nickel-and-dime users - which apparently a large amount of users are perfectly okay with (more or less) due to devs still pushing out battle/season passes, $20+ MTX skins, and lootboxes.

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        I don’t think all AAA games would go that route. A bunch of them definitely would but some of the publishers that have a passion for games and not just cranking out the same shit year after year would definitely not go that route.

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      1 year ago

      My Steam/GOG/Epic/Xbox libraries alone can sustain me forever. Hell, Civ 6 + Doom mods could do it theoretically.

      Let gaming die. That’s just mean no more needing upgrades ever.

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          Raging barbarians replaced with literal demons. XCom unit replaced with BFG squads. I could see that working. There’s a mod I play for Civ 5 which adds a barbarian civ which - when they defeat things - turns units and cities into MORE barbs. It’s fucking brutal and turns the game into a ‘last man standing’ rather than anyone being able to win. I love it!

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            DOOM: Battle for Earth. A 4X strategy/survival game. Basically you try to save Earth with limited resources or prolong it’s death. Kinda like They Are Billions.

            At least that’s my elevator pitch.

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          Damn I wish. Who would win, a stack of spearmen or one pissed Space Marine boi?

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      1 year ago

      You can still play real video games through emulators tho, there are tons of hidden gems in every console! I’ve been finding joy again by playing those

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        I have all the 8 and 16 bit systems on my hard drive! Turbo Grafx 16 (aka PC Engine) is probably my favorite for hidden gems lol

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          1 year ago

          Same here, plus PSX, PS2, Dreamcast, GameCube, Wii, WiiU. There are hundreds of great games on all of those.

          For some reason I seem to really enjoy everything up to 2017. After that it becomes scarce.