I’m begging game developers to take more risks in gaming. Give us cheesy, give us cringe, give us comedy, give us emotion. Give us all that you can. We can definitely tell when a developer puts their heart & soul into a game, but also doesn’t take things too seriously & makes sure it’s fun too. IJS!
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its crazy how mid the industry has been lately.
quality is dropping fast.
sell sell sell
The problem is that game dev is very expensive, especially these days, and the margin of failure is razor sharp. One flop can sink an entire studio.
The only exceptions are indie devs, typically solo, whose livelihoods don't depend on the success of a game. They can be as risky as they want.
But they didn't sell as well as they needed to, and now those studios are scattered to the wind.
But at least we have much better avenues for the indie devs to reach people now. So many great little indie games nowadays.
Before anyone jumps down my throat, I would love triple A games to take risks as well, but it isn't 2003 anymore.
Maybe we'll get back there, who knows 🤷♂️
“Maybe we’ll get back there who knows” - Me
Lot of pressure for one game to “save” gaming. But we can all agree it’s a step in the right direction.
And mentioning squaresoft, Forsaken, Parasite Eve, and Nier: automata
I just wanna play an arcade style racing game 😫
What even was that game.
It was so much goddamn fun.
For a bigger title, I adored the world & story of Stray… like I wanted more. I wanted to be IN the game. It was so good. 🥹
I still think Untitled 🪿 Game was 🤣🤣!!
also yeah most indie devs absolutely deliver! Some highlights of mine are:
Undertale/Deltarune
Lil gator game
A short hike
Any Cat Dev game
Night in the Woods
I dislike this intensely fwiw.
It's why ceos and corporate don't belong in the development of games
It also makes me think of how emotionally impactfull FF7 was, despite its silly nonsense.
https://youtu.be/xPwGgCeqUBI?si=8eAgjpNdRpVjlWtJ
Exhibit A, shooting a Pirate in the booster pack...
https://youtu.be/EIgljJskFKs?si=MwDfkPZctrGNL1qP
Exhibit B, these two UC guards...
https://youtu.be/V7DQWChY7_s?si=QnieOsfTbpwyZbd6
Most games don't have this many quirks....
Give us Easter eggs like that!
BETA TEST YOUR GAMES FFS. Quality control is absolutely part of the price of the game, despite Bethesda’s worst effort lol
Indie games have zero access to that. They have to rely on artistic ->
Appreciate what they can do with what they have.
The developers thought this was so hilarious they kept it IN from that point on.
That's quality gaming developing. Good people.
If you want more risks in terms of style and content, it needs to be a cheaper product.
Meaning no AAA-style high-fidelity graphics...
They’re indescribably weird and objectively awful games, but I love every single one of the games he’s made.
Developers taking more risks would be aided by gamers taking more risks and being less fixated by angry influencers upset that a game is different or unlike something else. 😎
Projects should be able to have the mood the artists want.
Also what inspired my skeet was me talking to so many others about FF X-2. It was all of this plus more and AAA.