Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

[Dark Cloud]

@Heat I dunno honestly...

[Fabricant451]

Why do people get so worked up over meaningless awards? Lmao. It’s the same with the Emmys, Grammys and Oscars. It’s hilarious how upset and salty some Gamers are getting over TLOU2 (again).

Ghost won the fan voted game of the year anyway.

@Heat

It's this weird habit a lot of Gamers™ have where they personally attach themselves to a game or product and take any slight against it personally despite having no skin in the game apart from spending money on it. Just look at the people who got legitimately angry because one reviewer gave Cyberpunk a 7; it couldn't be true, there's been 8 years of hype, it has to be at least a 9!

TLOU2's discourse is fucking tiring and it was before it even came out and at this point there's still an active community of people who just...can't...get over the fact that the game they wanted to be a masterpiece didn't land for them for whatever reason and they refuse to think that it could for anyone else, especially those 'out of touch' game reviewers that for some reason they still follow despite constantly saying how pointless they are and how they're not real gamers or whatever the fuck. TLOU2 isn't even a bad game, it's just a dull one and the problem in that game doesn't start or stop with the writing or the fact that some people think that 'revenge bad' is all it's trying to say.

The worst part of any fandom are the people who just can't get over the fact that something they like/dislike unconditionally can be liked/disliked by someone else. There needs to be that validation, that stupid thing in the brain that makes you feel like buying into the hype of a marketing machine wasn't a waste of time or else if it was a waste of time then you have to convince everyone that it sucks and that you're objectively wrong for liking it. The Game Awards have tried to be taken legitimately but this is the same thing that, in its very first show back on Spike TV literally announced the Game of the Year in the opening fucking seconds of the broadcast.

When every publication, podcast, and content creator has their own GOTY thing, it makes something like The Game Awards even less meaningful. How can anyone truly take it seriously when they give out genre awards on the pre-show, don't let every winner say their piece, and rattle off awards in batches because they have to squeeze in more trailers for games that won't be out for five years. It's less of a wank-fest disguised as prestige than the Oscars, which acts like only America and sometimes England makes movies, but that's only because game developers aren't celebrities though plenty of them act just as entitled and in their own bubble as celebrities do. This is why they treat Hideo Kojima like some kind of god and still go like "Hey remember that time Josef Fares said 'fuck the Oscars'? Boy that was something, huh, wasn't that something?" because it was the only time there was anything genuine and noteworthy in that artificial environment.

Play what you want, like what you want, and who gives a shit if it doesn't win an award, who plays games like they're looking for entries into the Criterion Collection.

[Dark Cloud]

<Snipped quote by Heat>

It's this weird habit a lot of Gamers™ have where they personally attach themselves to a game or product and take any slight against it personally despite having no skin in the game apart from spending money on it. Just look at the people who got legitimately angry because one reviewer gave Cyberpunk a 7; it couldn't be true, there's been 8 years of hype, it has to be at least a 9!

TLOU2's discourse is fucking tiring and it was before it even came out and at this point there's still an active community of people who just...can't...get over the fact that the game they wanted to be a masterpiece didn't land for them for whatever reason and they refuse to think that it could for anyone else, especially those 'out of touch' game reviewers that for some reason they still follow despite constantly saying how pointless they are and how they're not real gamers or whatever the fuck. TLOU2 isn't even a bad game, it's just a dull one and the problem in that game doesn't start or stop with the writing or the fact that some people think that 'revenge bad' is all it's trying to say.

The worst part of any fandom are the people who just can't get over the fact that something they like/dislike unconditionally can be liked/disliked by someone else. There needs to be that validation, that stupid thing in the brain that makes you feel like buying into the hype of a marketing machine wasn't a waste of time or else if it was a waste of time then you have to convince everyone that it sucks and that you're objectively wrong for liking it. The Game Awards have tried to be taken legitimately but this is the same thing that, in its very first show back on Spike TV literally announced the Game of the Year in the opening fucking seconds of the broadcast.

When every publication, podcast, and content creator has their own GOTY thing, it makes something like The Game Awards even less meaningful. How can anyone truly take it seriously when they give out genre awards on the pre-show, don't let every winner say their piece, and rattle off awards in batches because they have to squeeze in more trailers for games that won't be out for five years. It's less of a wank-fest disguised as prestige than the Oscars, which acts like only America and sometimes England makes movies, but that's only because game developers aren't celebrities though plenty of them act just as entitled and in their own bubble as celebrities do. This is why they treat Hideo Kojima like some kind of god and still go like "Hey remember that time Josef Fares said 'fuck the Oscars'? Boy that was something, huh, wasn't that something?" because it was the only time there was anything genuine and noteworthy in that artificial environment.

Play what you want, like what you want, and who gives a shit if it doesn't win an award, who plays games like they're looking for entries into the Criterion Collection.

@Fabricant451

Tis be quite thine hoteth taketh!

[Jeep Wrangler]

Just be happy with games that make you happy and dislike whatever you dislike, is it really too much to ask for?

[Dark Cloud]

@LetMeDoStuff No it is not too much to ask and I will like stuff too.

[Dark Cloud]

I really enjoyed playing the Witcher 3 it was a roller coaster of emotions, great storytelling and was well worth replaying.

[Mao Mao]

I will forever laugh at CDPR (and or to a certain extent, Cyberpunk 2077 defenders) simps for defending an international corporation instead of human beings.

[Dark Cloud]

I will forever laugh at CDPR (and or to a certain extent, Cyberpunk 2077 defenders) simps for defending an international corporation instead of human beings.

@Mao Mao

I keked very hard at this...

[Crimson Paladin]

I never bought into CDPR's hype or that "CDPR are the good guys" stuff, but this is still too disheartening for me to get a laugh out of it.

[Fabricant451]

But they made The Witcher 3 and they said they care about Gamers™ there's no way they could actually be a corporation that does questionable things for monetary purposes, that would mean they're just like other companies that care about money more than the consumer! It's fine that they have their employees crunch because they will make the game I want to play and it's only bad when the crunch is for a game I don't like!

CDPR out here doing a goodwill tanking speedrun. Normally it takes more than one game not just one but damn they're on world record pace

[Dark Cloud]

But they made The Witcher 3 and they said they care about Gamers™ there's no way they could actually be a corporation that does questionable things for monetary purposes, that would mean they're just like other companies that care about money more than the consumer! It's fine that they have their employees crunch because they will make the game I want to play and it's only bad when the crunch is for a game I don't like!

CDPR out here doing a goodwill tanking speedrun. Normally it takes more than one game not just one but damn they're on world record pace

@Fabricant451

Actually they were forced to crunch because the public was being whiny about the delays and couldn't let them do their job. I don't read Internet 'news articles' that spout conjecture and spew shit about partially true/false facts.

Originally their employees had a vote on wether or not to delay in favor of improving or crunch to get it out, nobody is asking the employees the story are they or is Kotaku opening its mouth and saying the no no word of gaming just to smear CDPR?

[Dark Cloud]

That was back in September when the employees had a vote. The thing is in this day and age everybody is out for blood. The news using the term crunch in a way that when people hear it they think mob mentality thoughts without data to back themselves up. In short what I'm saying is that CDPR caved to the public at some point.

[Dark Cloud]

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Actually they were forced to crunch because the public was being whiny about the delays and couldn't let them do their job. I don't read Internet 'news articles' that spout conjecture and spew shit about partially true/false facts.

Originally their employees had a vote on wether or not to delay in favor of improving or crunch to get it out, nobody is asking the employees the story are they or is Kotaku opening its mouth and saying the no no word of gaming just to smear CDPR?

@Blackmist16

That was back in September when the employees had a vote. The thing is in this day and age everybody is out for blood. The news using the term crunch in a way that when people hear it they think mob mentality thoughts without data to back themselves up. In short what I'm saying is that CDPR caved to the public at some point.

@Blackmist16

@Fabricant451 Okay I kind of jumped the gun when I misread your post, sorry for blasting you. I just got triggered when I thought you were being sarcastic.

No hard feelings? :)

[BangoSkank]

What was the deal with "Devotion" anyway?

Why were Chicoms unhappy with it?

[Dark Cloud]

What was the deal with "Devotion" anyway?

Why were Chicoms unhappy with it?

@BangoSkank

What do you mean Dale?

[BangoSkank]

From the CDPR article Hank

[Dark Cloud]

@BangoSkank Alright Dale.

[Fabricant451]

What was the deal with "Devotion" anyway?

Why were Chicoms unhappy with it?

@BangoSkank

It had some unflattering things to say about Xi Jinping and his resemblance to a certain hunny loving bear.

[Dark Cloud]

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It had some unflattering things to say about Xi Jinping and his resemblance to a certain hunny loving bear.

@Fabricant451

Heheheh you mean Dictator Pooh Bear?

[BangoSkank]

Hah. Now I love that game. Gotta to buy it.