@beardalaxy@justnormalkorean@Shadowman311 yeah imagine getting praised by consumers for doing what they're all supposed to be fucking doing anyway. 'haha we may have made Mediocre-ass Mario™ 143 times, but it works, right? :^)'
@memeextremist@justnormalkorean@Shadowman311 they're not just mediocre, they're all really fucking good games. is there a 1st party mario game that isn't insanely polished and fun? i don't mind if i'm playing "the same game" over and over again, if it's more of the same good thing i see that as an absolute win. clearly, a lot of other people do with the ongoing resurgence of retro-inspired indie titles that just take the same thing we have seen time and time again but refine it further or introduce some small new things here and there.
bethesda has the community aspect right, with a few blunders along the way but they have the right spirit at the very least, but their games are just blech. very ambitious, but unrefined.
nintendo is the opposite. it frequently seems like they actually hate their fans. however, their games are incredibly refined, especially given the hardware they run on.
at the end of the day, i'd still rather play a good game from a developer i know doesn't give a shit about me, than a bad/broken game from a developer that claims they give a shit about me but doesn't actually deliver a solid product.
@memeextremist@justnormalkorean@Shadowman311 this is why, despite Nintendo being shit with their consumer relations, are still such a celebrated game company. They make really good games that work when they come out and they have been doing that ever since the first Mario game.
@beardalaxy@justnormalkorean@Shadowman311 yeah it's sad that the first few months a game comes out are actually the beta these days. consolefags get it the worst too because very few mods or none
@beardalaxy@justnormalkorean@Shadowman311 yeah apparently in 2023 you need more than a gt1050 to play a fucking isometric 2d arpg [or grinding gear games can't graphics render their way out of a fucking noodle bowl] yet both nier games run perfectly fine on it, and torchlight infinite [china I know but its good] runs on fucking phones and pc
@memeextremist@justnormalkorean@Shadowman311 I'm gonna play it on game pass day 1 just because I think it'll be funny. But I don't actually buy the game until it is stable and there are some serious mods for it.
@justnormalkorean@Shadowman311 2023 is the year that any and all game optimization just went straight out the fucking window. if you need a 1080ti to play starfield at minimum settings that's just fucked.