Something tells me this might not be a good year for games... : memes

[-] verysoft@kbin.social 132 points 9 months ago

Just ignore the "triple A" industry and games are usually great. Lots of small passionate studios still pumping out quality stuff.

[-] Dettweiler42@lemm.ee 31 points 9 months ago

Seriously. I've been playing Ready or Not, Palworld, and Helldivers 2 lately, and I'm having a great time with gaming.

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[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 25 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

While "AAA" has lost all meaning: even in that space we have some real bangers already

Yakuza/Like a Dragon 8 is already in the running as one of the all time great JRPGs (and probably a top 50 GOAT in terms of games period). FF7R2 is going to have to REALLY screw up for fans to not feel strongly about it. And Dragon's Dogma 2 is, somehow, showing all signs of actually being faithful to the incredibly weird original. We also might be seeing Elden Ring DLC sooner than later. Tekken 8 seems to be incredibly well received... accessibility aside. That gets us to the end of March (ER has a mysterious youtube entry but it has for weeks so who knows)? Even if nothing else happens this year, that already is a stacked as hell line-up.

Two months in and, gaming wise, 2024 is shaping up really well. Like most years, people see what they want to see. If you want to say things are a flop, there are flops. If you want to say things are awesome, there are some truly amazing games.

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[-] rish@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 months ago

This is not a triple A game actually. Ubisoft CEO referred it as a four A. AAAA.

[-] avater@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

To investors who know shit about gaming, not to gamers...maybe he meant the costs which could be in the 4A sector after all this time 😅

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[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 9 points 9 months ago

I played the demo for Mouthwashing and it was excellent. Nice little horror game without jump scares that really evokes dread.

The Deep Rock Survivors game is pretty cool too. Lots of neat stuff coming out these days.

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[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 39 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Pirating this pirate game would be funny. But it's a Ubisoft game, so even free is too expensive.

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[-] feoh@lemmy.ml 38 points 9 months ago

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 :)

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[-] mlg@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago

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

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[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago

Curious question: when was the last time a large scale "Triple A" title released and actually met expectations?

[-] TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 54 points 9 months ago

I think Baldur's Gate 3 exceeded expectations for many people.

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[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 51 points 9 months ago

Resident Evil 4

Final Fantasy 7

Elden Ring

Tears of the Kingdom

[-] A_Toasty_Strudel@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Does Alan wake 2 count?

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[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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)

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[-] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago

I fail to see how that question is relevant since this game is a AAAA game /s

[-] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 9 months ago

You have to wonder if they ever played Cyberpunk 2077 (incl. Phantom Liberty) before they came up with that line. The only AAAA game. Maybe not the best game ever, but it definitely felt like the most expensive game ever.

[-] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

To me that's honestly more RDR2. That games amount of detail is pretty staggering.

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[-] bighatchester@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago

Correction Ubisoft said this a quadruple A game.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 10 points 9 months ago

The fourth A rolled over past the 3 character limit, making it a single A game.

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[-] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

God of War Ragnarök and Spider-Man 2 were phenomenal.

[-] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 11 points 9 months ago

Doom Eternal

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[-] autokludge@programming.dev 22 points 9 months ago

Worst game of the year so far.

I'll be over here playing my dwarf games.

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[-] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 22 points 9 months ago

“Might not be a good year for games.” Idk, we’ve already had the surprise with palworld, which, while it didn’t really grab me, was a breath of fresh air for people. Helldivers slaps. I think the key is not to buy into hype, and play actually good games. People like to say 23 was a bad year too, but, I’d argue that stinkers like gollum just got more coverage and were on top of people’s minds. Not to excuse it at all, but, I played a lot of really good games last year.

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

How would a year with Zelda, Alan Wake 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Street Fighter 6 and Like a Dragon Gaiden be bad? It was a great year.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 20 points 9 months ago

Depends what you want.

I'm hoping it's the year of the live service graveyard though.

[-] feoh@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago

Holy cow I'd love that too.

I want to buy a game, not an ongoing financial leeching.

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[-] tombruzzo@lemm.ee 19 points 9 months ago

Forspoken came out at the start of last year and we also got Redfall. 2023 was a stacked year for games.

Maybe the more bad games that come out mean we're also getting good ones to balance things.

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[-] HelluvaKick@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth came out this year. There's literally nothing to complain about. Best game

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

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.

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[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

The worst game of the year so far.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

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.

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[-] FrostKing@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

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!

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[-] Grain9325@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 months ago

Worst game of the year so far

[-] Krzd@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

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)

[-] thehorsefromthehorseheresy@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

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.

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[-] Dettweiler42@lemm.ee 19 points 9 months ago

The CEO also called it "the first AAAA" game, hence the jokes being made about how shit it is.

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[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Me hoping that the next Obsidian game isn't disappointing.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 8 points 9 months ago

Honestly if Avowed just feels like a huge Skyrim mod they'll probably do well.

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[-] avater@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

I got it for 38€ and I actually really like it.

[-] storcholus@feddit.de 42 points 9 months ago

According to the reviews, you're wrong. Stop having fun

[-] avater@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Game is sitting on a 6/10 on opencritic, that's still an okay game for me 😅

I don't know why opencritic labels it as weak. For me its always 6=okay, 7=good, 8=very good, 9=awesome, 10=Masterpiece...

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago

It cracks me up how a scale of one to ten is always actually a scale of six to ten. Or maybe five to ten of they really hate the thing.

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

People still watch Sub Optimal Gaming? His content is boring and he was a literal gamergater.

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[-] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 9 months ago

Are you telling me the world's first "quadruple A" game isn't very good? I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you!

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[-] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

We already had a couple fantastic games this year tho

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