I will take this opportunity to recommend Crosscode, one of the best action RPGs of all time according to 90% of people who play it.
But yeah even amazing games like that fly under people’s radar in the huge deluge of games. I wish it were easier for good games to find their audience
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
And the discoverability pipe is breaking.
No one reads oldschool curators like RockPaperShotgun anymore. They’re barely afloat.
Generic algorithmic social media like YouTube tends to snowball a few games.
Forums are dead. Reddit is dystopian.
That leaves Steam’s algorithm, and a sea of sparsely used solo curators. But there are billions of people ignoring passion projects they’d love, and playing AAAs or phone games instead.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 14 hours ago
There are dozens of us reading rock paper shotgun!
But yeah, the modern web sucks. It’s all soulless algorithms and profit/rent seeking.
Even if someone tried to make forums again, they’d probably fill up with AI slop.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I mean, many forums are still live.
The problem is engagement. Discord, YouTube, even Lemmy all ping you in your pocket and offer more “instant” dopamine hits than a forum or news site, hence they’ve sucked all the attention.
criss_cross@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
And even if you don’t a lot of your friends and community do. Forums aren’t fun when it’s just you there.
Melobol@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
For finding new games Steam peek is pretty good. And playtester io isn’t bad either.
Chingzilla@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I still enjoy Yahtzee on Second Wind since the whole Escapist debacle. They seem to be trying to stoplight more indie games which I really appreciate.
techt@lemmy.world 50 minutes ago
I know you meant “spotlight” but that typo made me chuckle
jeeva@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
John Walker (founder of RPS, back when it wasn’t a window to Eurogamer style content) is currently doing Buried Treasure, a small review blog for things that aren’t being appreciated by the masses. Well worth checking out!