Fun meme, but honestly I think the only folks it’s gonna be a bad year for are AAA game devs, who I already sympathize with.
I think indies are gonna keep rocking some outstanding content. Content made with and for love will always beat content made for money IMO :)
Yeah the flow of great indie games isn’t going to dry up any time soon. So many developers willing to actually take risks with their games and not just churn out another copy of a copy of a copy. Art needs passion to be good.
Hey now, teamforetress 2 got a 64 bit beta that improved the game performance by a solid 20-30%
Valve might finally make the Heavy update
Call me when they make an update that removes the nazis.
EDIT: The joke is that they never will because they’re a white supremacist company who wouldn’t even say “black lives matter”
Curious question: when was the last time a large scale “Triple A” title released and actually met expectations?
Resident Evil 4
Final Fantasy 7
Elden Ring
Tears of the Kingdom
Does Alan wake 2 count?
Forgot about Elden Ring.
I Always forget that Nintendo games are Triple A, I always get that indie dev vibe in spite of being as far from indie as one can get. Not in community engagement, rather in the notable detail and unique art style each game has, like you can tell the developers care about what they’re working on. You can definitely tell when Nintendo themselves develop a game vs. when they publish a game. (cough Game Freak cough)
I fail to see how that question is relevant since this game is a AAAA game /s
You forgot about the 5th A and the 3 Rs
Correction Ubisoft said this a quadruple A game.
God of War Ragnarök and Spider-Man 2 were phenomenal.
Doom Eternal
I bought the Doom collection like a year and a half ago but all I’ve played is like half of Doom Classic. I need to get around to Doom/Doom Eternal.
Worst game of the year so far.
I’ll be over here playing my dwarf games.
Rock n Stone!
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth came out this year. There’s literally nothing to complain about. Best game
This - I hate when gamers have too much attention on which games are bad, and none on the good games.
I have a page of Steam reviews where I give a thumbs up to a bunch of indie darlings, then a negative review to a live service game, and only the negative review has votes on it.
The worst game of the year so far.
Worst game of the year so far
Games are looking great this year! Earthblade by the creators of Celeste, Hades 2, Silk song (I Believe) If you ignore AAA, it’s going great!
It’s ok, this game is AAAA so AAA will be ok. /s
Lol
Trails through daybreak, dragons dogma 2, avowed, Indiana Jones are all games I’m looking forward to off the top of my head. Trails through daybreak is actually the game I’m most excited about.
Did anyone say Silksong?
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There’s a bunch of videos on YouTube now separately comparing Batman Arkham Knight to Gotham Knights/Suicide Squad, and AC4: Black Flag to Skull and Bones.
There is absolutely a trend of brain drain in game development that no amount of contractors can fill now.
To be fair That usually comes from the shareholders that have never played a video game in their life
tbh the game this seems to be about “Skull and Bones” isn’t even that bad… The character models (especially faces) look pretty bad and I haven’t tried intentional multiplayer, but that’s all I’ve really noticed (played it for about 6-7 hours, including open beta)
I think that in a vacuum the game isn’t that bad, but given the context of how much it costs, how long it’s been in development, being hailed as the first “AAAA game”, and the fact that they literally made a better version of this game 11 years ago and the game is only mediocre I totally understand why this game has gotten the reaction it has.
Ahh, I didn’t know about the AAAA part, with that in mind, yeah it should be mocked to death
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Me hoping that the next Obsidian game isn’t disappointing.
Are you telling me the world’s first “quadruple A” game isn’t very good? I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you!
Please calm down ComradeChairman! It was a mistake, honest! Our next release will fix all your qualms, please pay $69.99 to see for yourself.
I got it for 38€ and I actually really like it.
We already had a couple fantastic games this year tho
People still watch Sub Optimal Gaming? His content is boring and he was a literal gamergater.
