I’m talking about buying from small indie studios.

Every giant we have now all started as a small studio, doing their thing.

All we have to do, is shop around and make sure that whatever we buy isn’t affiliated with a big publisher.

And there’s some really good stuff out there in the Indy scene

Time to build the new giants.

That would be fun

Zelda like? You’ll have to specify a bit. What installment are we talking about?

The key words here being “I bet…”

OP is just raging at no one in particular.

Yes, but it’s by choice. Big companies aren’t trying to impress nerds. Their demographic is everyone that is easily fascinated by “shiny” things.

The hardware it was made for also prioritized resolution over frames per second. So hyper realism became a focal point of many of the AAA games created. And hyper realism is a one-way street (aesthetically speaking).

It culminates in Hellblade. With ridiculously stunning visuals, but little else going for it.

At what point would you say that a game isn’t a game anymore, but closer to an interactive movie?

Ofcause it does. What part of a game that gets attention is a choice.

From visuals to gameplay to sound design and so on. Everything has a priority.

And with priority comes allocation of resources.

I don’t know about Elden Ring. Never got into the Souls games.

But yeah, quest markers in open world games is lazy.

To fair, the “peach fuzz” was a superfluous addition.

As much as I enjoyed Horizon, it was very much a ‘one and done’ game for me. I would have liked more emphasis on replayability than skin textures and raytracing.

But that’s just me. I’m old-school.

Remember the days when it was music?

Avowed is an established world, while The Outer Worlds was a new IP.

Vastly different scopes.

I expect TOW2 is going to be bigger in scale and depth.

Well, your taste is your own.

I’ve been burned by the bigger media companies before. But I seldomly buy anything at launch, anyway.

So you’re gonna go of the word of IGN, Pcgamer and the like?

Because I’m pretty sure they are gonna praise it to high heaven even if it sucks.

Hilarious

Didn’t Beth’ update F4 just before F:London dropped, redering the Mod partly incompatible?

The bar is pretty low, we’re talking Bethesda.

That being said, I have yet to hear anything negative about F: London.

It’s actually 20% off right now and until the 11/11-24.

I think the general consesus is that Origins is the way to go with Dragon Age. You’re also more likely to see it go on sale soon now that Vailguard is out.

Meh, of all the games… BG3 shouldn’t make you feel bad for buying. It’s one of the few games in recent memory that is worth the money in full, imo.