I think, while it’s ultimately a very fair comparison, that knocking the game for its so-so writing/world building and lack of narrative options (and/or lack of lore) also invites/necessitates that we also talk about the developers behind the games we’re comparing it to.

Time and time again, De Sardet’s optimal path is one where all parties are placated. The emphasis on pleasing every faction lasts throughout, and far from being a Tyranny-esque commentary on the difficulty of facilitating change, this choice mostly feels like a lack of imagination.

It’s a Spiders game. Reach exceeding grasp is their thing. Even most Spiders fans go in wondering how close they’ll get to the mark this time, not if they’ll actually hit it.

I mean, if people are removing your game(s) from their wishlist, that means they weren’t all that interested to begin with. To me, wishlists are basically just used for bundle tracking. 95% of the games on my wishlist aren’t ones that I’d pay for individually.

That makes sense - and is frustrating to be sure. Though I’d prioritize figuring out why people are deleting the game from wishlist in the first place.

Never rely on an algorithm you don’t control for your business. This applies to YouTube, it applies to Steam, it applies to any sort of system like that.  It’s up to you to market your stuff, to spread the word as best you can.  I’m not saying that the indie devs are wrong here, it’s difficult to know quite frankly,…

Their changes are likely zero sum because for every group that might get a bump from changes another group is going to get a decrease. I guess in a perfect world someone could develop the perfect algorithm so that it’s a net increase all around but good luck with that. Steam has ~32,000 games listed, you can’t…

“Thanks to the changes, more people are deleting [the game from] their wishlists than adding them.”- While adding to wishlist may be directly tied to the algorithm, blaming the algorithm for people deleting them makes little to no sense. 

“I am outraged that this store recommendation engine is preferring games people can buy today over games that people can’t buy yet!” is exactly the sort of hatchet piece I’d expect from you, Nathan. Good job, good effort.

Perhaps “preserve” isn’t the best word for it. Maybe it’s better to think of ROM sites as libraries, offering free access to vast amounts of media that most people would otherwise have no chance to experience. Of course, libraries are legally protected and “legit,” so the analogy still isn’t perfect, but you get the…

Awful comparison. It would be more like a museum handing out free 3D-printed copies of dinosaur bones.

My gut reaction at the headline was not great, but given that they were trying to charge people for priority, it doesn’t get much more scumbaggy than that. I mean, there are plenty of private communities that do this, but any site so brazen to do it in public deserves to get nuked tbh.

Never understood how trigger-happy Nintendo is with suing these websites, since it does not make a difference. Finding these ROMs is INCREDIBLY easy, especially on torrent sites, where suing the “perpetrator” is borderline impossible.

Indeed. Due to its genre (Arena Fighter), this fighting game was never gonna capture the hearts of hardcore FGC players. So, why not try something quirky and true to the source material, even if doing so sacrifices some competitive clout.

Even if it turns out to suck in practice, I’ve got to give them credit for at least trying for an accurate depiction of the character. If they hadn’t, there would always be this nagging annoyance when he came on screen and was just another fighter instead of a dude who can end every fight with a single punch... the…

This is a different case than sites offering roms of classic games. Offering Switch games makes it not okay. Charging for access to roms is also ridiculous and not okay.

Yeah, I think this one is a much more clear-cut case than Emuparadise. This site wasn’t “preserving” anything, and considering it was also offering pirated movies and ebooks, it was bound to be shut down eventually regardless of Nintendo’s involvement. If it wasn’t Nintendo, it would’ve been Disney or Warner Bros. or…

Bold move to host ROMs like that to begin with. But this:

The way to gain access to the game is to have Randy do a magic trick for you.

I’m nowhere near pro status but I’ve always played Bastion as an attacker when it makes sense or the synergy was there. I suppose my casual play never introduced me to “attack Bastion” as being a meme, huh go figure.