Yeah, exactly the same thing at play in the movie industry as well.
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SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Triple AAA games are usually very polished. But polish doesn’t make games fun. Polish is important with accessibility, and it’s easy to see why accessibility is important for a big studio casting a wide net.
But fun? That comes from creativity and innovation. Big studios are averse to risk taking, and struggle to attract creative individuals, because the corporate culture seeks to stamp out individuality in the name of process and procedure.
So yeah, more evidence of this. My money is going to Indy devs who prioritize fun over polish. (But polish is good to have too).
Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Agreed. I think it’s why TV exploded so much and led to things like Netflix making 1 billion shows a year. Breaking Bad showed people you can get away with deep stories with engaging character development on the home screens imo. Or that’s when I saw the change or awakened to the tide.
ItalianSkeletonGaming@mastodon.social 6 months ago
@SkyNTP @IndustryStandard Indie games may be janky, but jank is experimentation, jank is risk, jank is beautiful
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
When PUBG was just coming out, it was absolute jank city and I LOVED IT. I was driving a motorcycle and my partner was in the sidecar, and we were suddenly jettisoned into space, apropos of nothing… flat ground.
We laughed but it was also a bit sad, as only about eight other people were left.
We fall down from space and land… and we don’t explode. We don’t even bounce. The motorcycle is on fire. We have taken no damage. We get off the motorcycle and walk away, laughing our butts off.
YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I believe both are pretty important, at least to me. I highly value accessibility as someone with various disabilities and particularities and limited concentration, a game that is accessible to me is easy to start playing and for any amount of time so I can stop and afk as needed. It also means difficulty and quality of life options and features so I can choose how I want to play and play efficiently at my own pace. However if the gameplay/fun factor isn’t there I’m not going to enjoy it regardless. So both are very important in my experience.
VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Yeah, I think also worth remembering that people love games that serious gamers consider beneath them. I love indy games but I also understand why AAA games are fun, simple handholding game play is great sometimes.
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Tommy:
Let’s think about this for a sec, Ted, why do they put a guarantee on a box? Hmm, very interesting.Ted:
I’m listening.Tommy:
Here’s how I see it. A guy puts a guarantee on the box 'cause he wants you to fell all warm and toasty inside.Ted:
Yeah, makes a man feel good.Tommy:
'Course it does. Ya think if you leave that box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter.Ted:
What’s your point?Tommy:
The point is, how do you know the Guarantee Fairy isn’t a crazy glue sniffer? “Building model airplanes” says the little fairy, but we’re not buying it. Next thing you know, there’s money missing off the dresser and your daughter’s knocked up, I seen it a hundred times.Ted:
But why do they put a guarantee on the box then?Tommy:
Because they know all they solda ya was a guaranteed piece of sh*t. That’s all it is. Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for right now, for your sake, for your daughter’s sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality item from me.Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
What’s this exchange from? I feel like I’ve seen this somewhere, but maybe not?
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Tommy boy
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Thank you! I haven’t seen that since the late 90s. Chris Farley was such an incredible man.
SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I absolutely love AAAAAAAAA games
Zink@programming.dev 6 months ago
Oh you mean the Serious Sam series? Tons of fun!
neidu2@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Ah, the memories… 2001, lan party at a friends house just after we’d turned 18. Way too little sleep, and playing Serious Sam on coop. Good times.
Zink@programming.dev 6 months ago
I remember being so psyched about the original Serious Sam that I pirated a copy to play right away, and then bought a boxed copy as soon as I saw it in Best Buy.
Hype confirmed!
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Love me Serious Sam. Really wish Croteam wouldn’t try to be a AAA studio. SS4 only real issue was it was an optimized mess. Great game mechanics, great levels, great music, great writing and VA work, but uglier and more stuttery then their previous games. They switched to using Unreal Engine for Talos 2, so I’m guessing they prioritized on just making the game rather then trying to make their own game engine, which had previously been a point of pride for them. Really looking for to their future games. Expecting a Talos 2 expansion before a new Sam game, but looking forward regardless.
dezmd@lemmy.world 6 months ago
distant screaming noises grow louder
Kowowow@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Sounds like dankpods
Dicska@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“You don’t suppose he meant the Camauuuugh?”