This meme is giving "I have only played Ubisoft/ea/actizard titles for the past 4 years" and I mean do whatever you want but it seems silly to complain about games you continue to buy no?

I loved Pokemon, but it hasn't really changed in like 20 years. I'll play some romhacks, maybe I'll "try out" a newer pokemon game, but I haven't bought one since like omega ruby/alpha sapphire. The point I'm making is if we stop buying repetitive garbage, we can bring the small devs up and let them determine the course of game design moving forward.

Or I mean you can just.... Keep playing assassin's creed: (insert vague cultural name here) I guess

[–] chocosoldier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 9 months ago (21 children)

I actually had Cyberpunk in mind because my friend is currently obsessed and acts like the issue is that I failed at liking it and need to be fixed by having it crammed down my throat. I'm a brokeass with very few dollars to vote with but hard agree on "stop giving big studios money for making franchise shovelware", especially those three you mentioned and also bethesda.

[–] licherally@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hey that's fair, cyberpunk is a very "safe" game in the rpg genre.

Honestly you might just not be into RPGs at all, and that's totally fine. Don't let other people tell you what to play ya know?

There are good games out there, but the big studios are not making them. Except maybe from soft and larian (imho)

[–] chocosoldier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm fucking vocal about not liking RPGs, specifically fantasy games, and specifically DnD. Now observe everyone in this thread trying to cram BG3 down my throat, despite the fact that i went and watched a video for them and thought it looks fucking dreadful.

[–] licherally@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think the issue that people are responding to is that you're comparing it to Diablo, which is fundamentally a different game. Diablo is a hack and slash game with rpg elements and a god awful loot system. Bg3 is pretty much just playing DND on a computer without a dungeon master. They're just two completely different games. You can't even hack or slash in bg3, it's turn based and tactical.

That said, if you don't like the aesthetic of fantasy games, then clearly none of this will matter to you.

Frankly, it seems like you mostly care about the aesthetics of a game (no shade, just saying) so I'm kind of curious what your favorite game is?

[–] chocosoldier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

well that came later in the discussion after the cramming had begun and hey i was definitely wrong for that but it does look basically the same until you look close. telling me "go look up a video" was probably the worst way to explain what he meant so thanks for clearing up what that other person was trying to say. I hadn't looked into this game before but I already didn't think it sounded very interesting, and now I'm certain I don't want to play it.

I don't mind a fantasy aesthetic as a strict rule but the genre staples have been done to death, everything is stale dollar store middle-earth (with some le edge and gritte because GoT did well so gotta copy that) and I'm pretty over it. if it's got personality that's one thing but fantasy games almost never do anymore, it all sinks into that low-effort stock setting and medieval camp.

I'm not going to mention any particular game as my favorite because this is still basically reddit, and I am talkig to gamers, and my experience informs me that if I say what I like it will definitely be weaponized against me. But I do like platformers, driving games, turn-based strategy, spaceflight, and the odd RPG that manages to hit that rare sweet spot where it's not flavorless stock narrative but not incomprehensibly up its own ass either.

[–] licherally@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah for sure, gamers get so fucking sweaty and cringey about people who like different shit. It's annoying. I'll take the heat and just say windwaker is my favorite Zelda game.

If you like platformers, I highly recommend spark the jester 3, it's like a good new sonic game. Also I guess Ghost runner is like a platformer/action game that's supposed to be good? Haven't played it yet but it looks cool.

Anyway I wish you luck in your search for good new games, and I hope you continue to be a chill ass viber

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, none of the items on your list I would contribute to BG3.

But since nobody knows you hate BG3 and it is a well received RPG that recently released, of course people are going to mention it.

It is fine if you don't like it. But please don't claim it is worthless when it just isn't your type of game.

[–] chocosoldier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How can I hate a game I haven't played? All I've said it that it looks like a chore and I can't see myself playing it. I'm sorry you're butthurt someone else isn't impressed but don't go putting words in my mouth.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So you don't have an informed opinion, but are fast to judge a book by its cover.

Do you just hate it because it is popular and are envious of others people fun and want to shit on it to make yourself feel better?

[–] chocosoldier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Why do you feel the need to whiteknight for a game when someone takes a good look and concludes it's not for them and they wouldn't enjoy it? Don't you have better things to do than try to strawman and shame someone on the internet into complying with your opinion about a video game?

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