- itslilith ( @itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 30•11 months ago
the original was better
- MudMan ( @MudMan@kbin.social ) 14•11 months ago
I hate to break it to everybody sharing either version of this, but… yeah, it’s not the graphics.
I mean, it’s also the graphics, but it’s not just the graphics.
Shorter helps in narrative games, though. Shorter is easier. Makes for better games, too, IMO.
- 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️ ( @Kolanaki@yiffit.net ) English10•11 months ago
Dwarf Fortress is an amazing game.
But if something came along and duplicated the game play exactly, from the surface down to the very depths of the mechanics, and also had passable 3D graphics even just like Minecraft style it would be even better.
- moonsnotreal ( @moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 7•11 months ago
I’d rather have a polished 10 hour game than a buggy 50 hour game
- MudMan ( @MudMan@kbin.social ) 3•11 months ago
Cool, that helps a bit, if they’re both the same kind of game.
But just so we’re clear, you can have a 10 hour game that results from abhorrent crunch over several years. Or that is super buggy and unpolished.
Personally, I find that there is no perfect length for all games. If it’s a narrative game it’s easier to pace a shorter game, sometimes, and it’s often easier to at least see the end, at least.
Of course you can also make a game with no ending at all. I am less and less interested in narrative games as time goes on.
- Afghaniscran ( @Afghaniscran@feddit.uk ) 2•11 months ago
I’m a sucker for a good story or just brainless fun. For example, rdr2 story would’ve been fine for me even without the open world, the storyline drew me in. I also like rocket league cos big ball and explosions.
- overkill0485 ( @overkill0485@lemmy.ml ) English7•11 months ago
I’m fine with ps1 and N64 grade polygons as long as the gameplay is good. Hell, even 8-bit is fine in my book.
- mogoh ( @mogoh@lemmy.ml ) 7•11 months ago
It’s not the critics. The games are there, it’s just thap people buy AAA games.
- Mustard ( @Mustard@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 6•11 months ago
There was no fence here but you built one anyway just so you could ride it.
- Stuka ( @Stuka@lemmy.ml ) 5•11 months ago
Stop buying AAA games then?
- jernej ( @jernej@lemmy.ml ) 4•11 months ago
I hope to think No Man’s Sky falls into the non-abused devc category
- shadowscale ( @shadowscale@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English3•11 months ago
Pseudoregalia
- LoamImprovement ( @LoamImprovement@beehaw.org ) 2•11 months ago
I hope the dev gets some serious mileage out of the engine they built because that game is one of the precious few that makes the act of ‘getting from A to B’ a hell of a lot of fun. The shmoovement is real.
- shadowscale ( @shadowscale@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English1•11 months ago
dude holy shit the movement is so fucking good. it was also made in unreal in like, 4 months. the whole thing, not just the gamejam version.
- duxbellorum ( @duxbellorum@lemm.ee ) English1•11 months ago
Just recently replayed the No One Lives Forever series with my SO and it holds up so wildly well. Highly recommend, fun gameplay, low grind, excellent narrative storytelling. Slightly more grind for the second game, but still nothing like AAAs now.
- ILikeBoobies ( @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ) 1•11 months ago
From a promotional image one of those is easier to prove than the others