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• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That depends on what you’re looking for. From this year alone, there’s Split Fiction, Avowed, and Knights in Tight Spaces, and I haven’t finished Blue Prince yet, but it’s pretty cool so far. What is it about indie titles, however you define that term, that doesn’t interest you? Because at this point, it’s most video games (AAA games take a long, long time to make these days), and that would go a long way toward explaining how you feel most good games have microtransactions, if you’re willing to ignore most good games.

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  • pulido@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I don’t like the trend of having to accept cheaper entertainment just so that the businesses behind it can make more money with less effort.

    I’m not really interested in anything you mentioned, for example. It seems more like ‘quantity over quality.’

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    • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You’re not accepting more expensive entertainment either. You’re pirating it. None of these games were made with less effort; they’re typically just made by fewer people. Adding more people to the project doesn’t make the game any better, or else Ubisoft games would be the greatest games ever made. I think I see why you’ve got this perspective that’s completely divorced from reality. Yes, most games have microtransactions if you completely disregard most games. I’d encourage you to give some of those games you’re ignoring a try.

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      • pulido@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You’re not accepting more expensive entertainment either. You’re pirating it.

        Buying it is unrelated to accepting it.

        None of these games were made with less effort; they’re typically just made by fewer people.

        I respectfully disagree.

        I think I see why you’ve got this perspective that’s completely divorced from reality.

        Lol, what? I think you’re just getting upset at me because I don’t like the low-effort games you enjoy.

        Yes, most games have microtransactions if you completely disregard most games.

        Right, and most of the games that interest you don’t interest me.

        I’d encourage you to give some of those games you’re ignoring a try.

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