You should read up on the situation a bit more. Buying the game actually helps the people he tried to fuck. There’s a threshold where the bonus gets paid out and Krafton actually loses money per sale for the next several million sales.
M1ch431@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Krafton won’t be getting my money.
“Thanks for pirating a game that I’ve spent years working on,” game design lead Anthony Gallegos replied to one such self-reported pirate. “I’m disappointed that you’d do that when it’s kind of how we make our living. I hope you rethink your life choices.”
Thanks for working for a studio that sold their soul for $500 million and a $250 million bonus.
(I’m not pirating the game.)
Abyssian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
M1ch431@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I am read up. I see the franchise and studio as dead. Krafton has shown their bad faith.
PapstJL4U@lemmy.world [bot] 2 weeks ago
Are you this harsh with food and hardware from companies?
M1ch431@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Yes, but it’s not that I am being hard on the companies. I just buy different things.
Are you selective about the chocolate you consume? I am, because I don’t support child slavery.
MetaStatistical@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’m not buying it because the first one was buggy as shit, had a draw distance that’s laughable even for a Unity game, had incredible music that’s it’s barely heard because it cuts off all the time, wall “suggestions”, clipping, other graphical glitches, and has the gall to advertise “Hit F8 to report bugs” every moment it’s showcasing its own bugs.
And don’t get me started on the design flaws. The Insulting unrealistic O2 meter. There’s not enough keyslots. Torpedos are useless. The Cyclops is useless, and yet, you have to spend all of these resources just to get some material for the final rocket. It dies to leeches in very short order, and moves around like a space cow.
Also, the whole game taunts a story and then delivers a milquetoast ending.
petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
The Insulting unrealistic O2 meter.
You’ve got to be over 50. I have only ever heard dads and grandpas complain about mechanics that are clearly meant to introduce conflict and tension.
MrQuallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.place 2 weeks ago
the insulting unrealistic O2 meter
Have you heard of this thing called fiction?
lauha@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t think that’s fair. Not everyone get to choose where they work.
You can hate mega corporations, CEOs and board members but most of the lower lever employees are not there by choice.
M1ch431@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I do not hate any of the above. I don’t agree with their decision to move forward with Krafton. They obviously wouldn’t retain full sovereignty by letting a publisher buy them completely out for $500 million.
This is a design lead speaking as far as I know, and all employees are there by choice.
lauha@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well, in a sense yes, but for many people the choice is either work there or go unemployed, especially the lower you go on the corporate ladder.
Like I said, I don’t think it’s a fair choice.
M1ch431@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Well, we agree.
As for myself? I chose to not be a slave and I’m sticking with that.
Virtvirt588@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m contested on this. The thing is, this logic applies everywhere even the extremely evil corpos like nvidia, palantir, etc. There will always be someone scraping the bottom earning for scraps in all different types of companies.
So where do we draw the line? How evil must the company be so it is fair to leave the lower level employees behind?
Ultimately, I dont think it is fair for the consumers. We are drawned in this choice where support for the lower class means feeding the executive class. It all trickles down, and thats the problem.
lauha@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No, I am not saying we should buy anything from megacorpos just to support lower level workers. I am saying we shouldn’t blame the lower level workers for the evil of corporation because they often don’t have a choice.
Virtvirt588@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well in that case I can agree.
M1ch431@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Funnily enough, the workers of the megacorps you mentioned likely have more choice than most to tread their own path. They very likely have significant financial reserves (at least compared to a poor and sickly person like me).
When there is a mass exodus of NVIDIA/etc. workers, I will be chipping in to support them directly.