I think it’s due to the little guy making a huge wave that other people don’t feel they’re “allowed” to make. These other devs work on “AAA” companies working on big name titles from studios everyone has heard of so. But now a small, indie studio comes along with a grand slam and they don’t like it kind of makes them look bad by comparison. Showing you can release a big complex game without it being an absolute buggy mess, doesn’t need microtransactions, doesn’t need to sell millions of copies to be considered a success, and isn’t just a copy paste of the previous game with a handful of modifications made to slap a new “FOR SALE” label on it…
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Atomic@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Why are they getting so much attention for it?
Nintendo does the same with BoTW and ToTK. Long dev cycles that releases a functional game without micro-transactions.
FromSoft does the same with most of their games. Where people actually beg them to release DLCs.
But no… it’s Larion they seem to go after.
Nintendo is huge. FromSoft has their own cult. But Larion? What’s can they blame there? Nothing. Most big studios that bitch about this is larger than Larion. Maybe because they are more scared that if Larion can do it. There’s no excuse anymore.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Goronmon@kbin.social 1 year ago
But now a small, indie studio comes along with a grand slam and they don’t like it kind of makes them look bad by comparison.
Larian is similar in size, if not significantly larger, than Bethesda when they made Skyrim.
Syo@kbin.social 1 year ago
"AAA" in price tag only.
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Atomic@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
You’re not referring to Larion as a small indie studio right? They are not a small indie studio.
FeelsGouda@feddit.de 1 year ago
I think the “problem” for those people is that the game broke out of its bubble nintendo, from soft and also larion up until now all had their own bubble of fans. Larion broke that mold and even people who have nothing to do with the genre celebrate it.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Critical mass has been achieve.
bonfire921@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I agree with you, thing is: Nintendo produces Nintendo exclusives, so it doesn’t affect the gaming space as much as other games might
assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There was plenty of distaste for Elden Ring when it came out – devs at Ubisoft I believe ridiculed how the UI wasn’t informative and such.
I think AAA studios are terrified because they’re seeing just how much consumers value quality over quantity and MTX bullshit. Games that should be in self contained bubbles are now hitting mainstream and becoming absurdly popular.
CheezyWeezle@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Lmao Ubisoft of all folks should shut the fuck up about UI, they are literally the source of the meme about cluttered and overly complicated UI. If Ubisoft is complaining about a UI I have to automatically assume it is a good UI.
Also, if AAA developers have been paying attention for the last decade, they would know that consumers have valued quality and shown disdain for MTX since MTX started becoming pervasive. MTX overall can generate a lot of revenue, but it isnt sustainable, hence why there is always some sort of FOMO characteristic included with the MTX system, making things limited time and constantly shovelling low effort “new content” to fill out the MTX system.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They’ve been working for almost a generation now on changing the mindset of gamers as to what they should expect from a game, and here comes a really good game from a little known studio doing exactly what games used to expect before the mind changing was attempted.
CoolBeance@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The lesson here is you can trust most Japanese publishers/developers and it’s the opposite for American ones. Christ, Death Stranding was almost ruined by all the “subtle” product placements they put
chickenwing@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Kojima got away with his product placement in mgs3 because nobody in the west knew calorie mate was a real product lol.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Most of the Sony exclusives are the same. God of War, Spiderman, Ghost of Tsushima.
Just solid AAA single player games, no nickel and dime bullshit.
Every F2P model is predatory as fuck, and relies on taking advantage of whales over a prolonged period.
Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
…but I paid full price for D4 and still got a half baked game with an invasive in-game shop.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Not to victim blame, but if you looked at everything Blizzard have done over the last 10 years, and thought “maybe this one will be different” then perhaps the problem is you.
Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not to X, but…
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Wilibus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Don’t forget the battle passes.
Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ironically I’m less concerned with battle passes as long as they don’t sell power. The actual mtx itself doesn’t bother me, I’ve easily spent hundreds in path of exile. But I prefer to enjoy the game first, and then at some point decide that I want to support the devs, and then maybe I buy something.
GenericUsername28@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
I’m as frustrated with D4 as the next guy, but I’d hardly call their in-game shop invasive. Their MTX has been minor and cosmetic thus far. There are far better examples including one within the Diablo universe.
Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The shop had an un-clearable red alert notification any time they released a new skin for your character chat.
The only way to clear it was to open the shop and scroll to find the new item and click on it, opening the store page. Then when you backed out it would go away.
You had to do this for every single item that was released.
Maybe I’m neurotic or autistic or OCD or all three but those stupid red alerts trigger me and I need to clear them all to keep playing the game.
I don’t even want the fucking store in my game. Give me an option to turn it off for fuck’s sake.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 year ago
While not exactly their in-game shop…
gamingideology.com/…/diablo-iv-unleashes-player-r…