Good Old Games.   It’s kinda like steam.. I guess? But you can get a lot of old games where you buy it and you get the install files as if you held the cd-rom to the game in your hand.

Pricier cosmetics can be fine. The problem is that they were supposed to fund F2P games that didn’t have box prices and support ongoing development in lieu of subscriptions.

No one is coming out and releasing “Football 2".

I’d be okay in Andromeda as long as it’s within a better game. 

I mean...dude. While you can absolutely make the argument that all people that sell the same kinds of products are in competition with each other, it also misses the forest for the trees. This is like saying that Barnes and Noble is in competition with my local games store. They both sell books and games, but in such…

Well I think the image maker and the people using it are certainly in alignment, but what it demonstrates does not support their argument at all.

What it actually shows is that Steam is such an entrenched monopoly that rather than having genuine competition, what it has is an entire ecosystem of leeches that…

Why would he do that? What about the last decade of Valve has made you think they have any other interest than making as much money as possible?
Even the one game they released recently was made just to sell hardware.

Hopefully Epic sticks around. I’ve only used the store a few times but I use it like an actual STORE—go in, buy your shit, get out—not a weird, “hanging out at Walmart” that kids use with the Steam Store.

The 3 part story is essentially all the same story though:
1: The Void lady Xalatath is doing stuff inside the world that’s worrisome, go there. Also, the world is a Titan
2: The Void is going to try and attack a bastion of Light on Azeroth
3: The truth of the Titans purpose on Azeroth and the nature of the world are…

That’s been the primary criticism of the playerbase since the end of Legion - events happening with no indication of where they’re going or if there’s resolution in sight. So you either have to a) make sure every expansion is self-contained and neatly wrapped up in a bow, or b) create a roadmap of what you’re getting…

Your point being? Yes, I’m playing it on Game Pass – whether you think that means I “paid for it” or not, my point remains: I’ve played a lot of it, so I’m able to determine whether in my opinion it handles microtransactions well enough. In my opinion it currently does, to the extent that a jump to free-to-play could…

As someone who’s actually played it instead of making assumptions, it’s actually surprisingly restrained with the microtransaction side of things, and it’s perfectly possible to play the game and its large selection of quests without any timers, DLC or anything like that. It’s so laid-back with it that I was worried…

Larian is, to my knowledge, a private company so they don’t need to answer to shareholders. Their strong back catalog (i.e. Divinity: Original Sin 2 and now BG3) + early access revenue allows them to invest more money into their games than other independent studios can afford to and the lack of publisher means they…

Hate to break it to you but pretty much any demonstration of a AAA game that’s still pre-alpha (or earlier) will be staged. Pre-alpha is very early in development and not even remotely polished. If you’re showcasing a AAA game, you’re not going to just do a raw pre-alpha walkthrough. You’re far more likely to show off…

Starfield was different than its predecessors, the exploration element was lacking.

Cyberpunk 2077 is the director’s baby. They DID in fact take the criticism and expressed dismay when it was meme’d to hell and back in its disastrous release, and even offered refunds. The difference is that they acknowledged they fucked up, went through the stages of grief, decided to improvise, and improvised.

Pretty much this. Games don’t get pushed out prematurely because the developer/publisher is worried about gamer complaints. They get pushed out prematurely because:

You can think the truth is terrible, but Minthara being killed in good playthroughs has been known for well over a year. Again, Early Access since 2021. No one is obligated to not spoil something for you that’s been in circulation that long.

But now you have smash n grabs in LA at an alarming rate, and they can’t get prosecuted now, or let go the same day, so what’s the point in even having cops? You either make laws that give citizens the right to use force to defend property, or you just let it happen...ah but this was in 2017 so I guess that’s a moot…

I’ve noticed a lot of people don’t like the ending, but I think this article nails why it’s so spot on: the player needs to decide what’s important to them, because at the end of the day, most people you meet fell in love with V the hero, and running away from dealing with Mikoshi means V is no longer that person, and…