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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

I still stand by the whole "Glorious PC gaming master race!!!!" Circlejerk had a profoundly negative impact on video games, as for about 10 years the mainstream gaming community seemed to only give a shit about frame rates and resolutions and Devs where happy to just focus on that instead of making their games fun to play or have interesting stories.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, I think that's more of a business thing. Numbers are something execs can compare on spreadsheet. Putting more budget into making number go up is something execs will do. Creativity can't be quantified as anything other than risk.

Of course anyone that likes video games knows making the same game over and over just with more pixels is boring. But how can you explain that in the form of a spreadsheet?

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Of course anyone that likes video games knows making the same game over and over just with more pixels is boring

I wouldn't be so confident in your average video game consumer. How many "HD Remake" games sold like hotcakes?

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, I'd have to agree with you. I recently got told by my brother that he a late thirties piss ant, thinks my 1440p 144hz monitor is shit compared to his 4k 260hz. Piss ant plays only dota. Only game he plays is dota. FUCKING DOTA. he is fucking herald 3. It's like he is bottom 20%, he lives life in 30 fps and thinkshe can get use from 260hz.

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

I don't even want to know what the price tag on his monitor / TV was.

[–] ken@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Stories?! In MY games?! We have AI for that at home.

do you even raytrace lol

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