• gizmonicus@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Games aren’t objectively better or worse than they used to be. AAA devs can release unfinished trash and patch it later, which I think is super annoying, but we enable this behavior when we pre-order games simply because it’s the next iteration of our favorite series instead of just waiting to hear the impressions of other gamers.

    Also, as an adult I lack the time and patience to play the same kinds of games I used to play, so I’ve had to adjust my play style to suit my schedule better. That means I enjoy casual singleplayer games more than what I used to play growing up. It also means you have to avoid the temptation to buy games you like, but you know damn well you won’t ever actually play.

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      10 months ago

      Games aren’t objectively better or worse than they used to be.

      Untrue. Games were at their absolute worst during the Xbox360/PS3 era. Games still have a lot of problems but they’re better now than they were then.

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            10 months ago

            What the honest fuck are you on about?

            I don’t recall Dead space, gears of war, dead planet, rainbow six Vegas and Vegas 2, Halo 2 or 3 (to name a few) being “jingoistic Brown shooters”.

            Are you really under the impression that 2000s gaming was all extremely politically incorrect?

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              10 months ago

              Bro gears is about as brown and jingoistic as shooters get

              Halo is better on colours and varies on the jingoism a lot

              Dead space is fantastic and also grey as shit (It makes sense for the game though so I can’t make It a criticism though)