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Anyone else getting sick and tired of all these survival wannabe sandbox games?
Maurgrim
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Looks like we are all in a sandbox survival era now, when every little indie studio making a game based on that concept with little resources and a massive feature list with a kickstarter backing them up or a alpha key store.
I need a AAA company doing something soon.
I need a AAA company doing something soon.
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What if I told you that most of the AAA talent who did know their ass from elbows, left to make indie studios?
I self identify as a monkey.
Just the ones that are only 15% done in Early Access which I guess is 95% of them
I would like to see @immodium and anyone answer this, really.
I am not in to zombies,** and I pretty much detest the whole FPS/'just shoot stuff' experience, so I don't play all these survival games myself, as they are usually a mix of the two. I do understand why the small/broke/indie studios choose this path. On a technical and financial level, it's viable and relatively risk free since such a broad demographic are eating up zombie entertainment and merch. I don't like it, but I get it.
** (I do love the walking dead, but not BECAUSE of zombies. Rather, the quality and content of characters/development, writing, comics, etc. I feel this is relevant to include in case anyone else gets upset at my generalization based on their like or dislike of TWD. That is not what I'm saying.
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When it comes to MOBAs I am especially baffled. Race to level up an overly simple character by killing tiny little AI squishies, so you can beat the other team of overly simple characters - the catch? There are over 100 of these characters to be familiar with. It sounds completely awful to me, and my few times playing MOBAs have made it clear that I will never enjoy the genre.
I can't say i am tired of it because i never really got into it,played a bit here and there and never liked any of it.
What sure seems obvious to me is what is actually catching players is the "NEW FACE" that a new game brings.Example ARK used Dinosaurs and idea i have not seen in a long time,like since the days of 3DFX.None the less after you remove the face/skin they are all the same only worse gaming we can get elsewhere.
It really is sad to see so many gamer's claim "GREAT FUN" then a week or two later nobody is playing that game and have moved onto the next NEW FACE.
It is even more comical to watch on Twitch,i see some game out of nowhere hit number 2-5 ,then it totally disappears right off the charts into oblivion a couple weeks later.
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I will admit that The Forest looks really good too.
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Indie games are lemonade stands in a world of fancy restaurants. but occasionally an indie game comes out that does something really innovative and you spend more time playing it for free than you do playing the 5th sequal to the $65 AAA graphical Museum games we keep buying.
Indige games have their own categories on just about every site now. they used to be a big joke , now they get a lot of attention through Kickstarter and steam greenlight.
People talk about the Indipocolypse but honestly the indie games I've tried are a lot more entertaining then the full priced stuff. They are almost free, they are small installs, they run on my phone or browser I don't need to register tons of information etc.
It's kind of like leaving $150 a month Cable TV for $8 a month Netflix
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My bottom line is this.Things have turned into a cash grab and there aren't many titles being worked on that seem to be in it for the long haul even if they proclaim to be. There are two main titles that I highly anticipate. Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen and DOOM4. I started gaming career with DOOM2 and as much as I enjoy some FPS titles out there for a brief amount of time. I feel this has the potential to be the next big throwback and push forward of the arena shooter genre. In regards to Pantheon, I've been impatiently waiting for the next _SOLID_ mmorpg I can delve my time into without remorse as pretty much anything out there has no long term viability / and or challenge.
If they're devs then people flipping burgers at McDonalds are chefs.
Also I don't know why you're asking me that. I never implied that's all "indie studios" make.