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[–] Zeroxxx@lemmy.id 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Personally I disagree.

I am having fun playing some excellent indies that is released this year. This is not possible 25 years ago.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 14 points 6 months ago (3 children)

So glad the indie scene exists and is thriving. Media outlets/youtubers give AAA way too much airtime.

Even if it's them complaining about bad AAA games, that's still time that could be shouting out truly creative games.

[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I been avoiding AAA like the plague lately. It's $70 for half the fucking game and you got to consult a spread sheet to make sure you don't get the wrong one. Your lucky if you put 10 hours in on it total.

I found an indy game today for $15 and binged it for 10 hours. Hoping for a slow week at work to play more.

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The number of gamers that are still entirely unaware of games like Noita or Project Zomboid (to name a few) is absolutely criminal.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

Have not heard of project zomboid, will check it out. Noita is on my radar.

[–] Cyberspark@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

It's because of algorithms. Anything well known gets boosted because it thinks people will be interested. Honestly as gamers we should take a leaf out of the FFXIV community book and advertise the games we love more.