Burnish1619

The Indie Game Awards were always a joke but now they're admitting it.
Just look at some of the award categories, it's all performative. They've taken a hard stance on this, so much so that devs could get disqualified for disobeying it. But why? If they actually cared about rewarding the best indie game this year I doubt they would have made such a black and white rule for gen ai use when they're fully aware of how prevalent its use is. I don't think The Indie Game Awards standards have been out-paced by industry norms - I think this is all about virtue signalling.
They have since doubled-down and revoked another award because the devs admitted to working with ModRetro, the CEO of which is openly right-wing.
The question is not whether E33 should be disqualified or whether its use of AI is damning, but why such a hard anti-AI rule exists, regardless of whether Sandfall lied or not.

I've been playing Lorn's Lure - a first-person climbing game with great exploration and level design, and Viewfinder - that weird visual perspective game with a camera and... quirky dialogue 😁

@PerpetualBoredom Except I'm right and game studios are companies which need to generate a profit to survive.
Look at what Sven said - "if somebody finds the golden egg and you’re not using it, you’re dead in this industry".
But takes like yours don't add anything to the conversation. Simply saying "cApItaLiSM bAd" is ridiculous and highlights the mindset of some of these devs, which is a non-capitalist utopia where they can sit around all day drawing furries and everything else will magically take care of itself. Its easy to critique capitalism when you can't put forward a better alternative.

@NieR_Dark Yeah I can appreciate that. My comment was not bait but when I see the same sort of people giving the same takes its hard not to assume there's a pattern.
Yeah maybe cushy isn't the best descriptor but the point is more about the value that they bring to the company they're at rather than how difficult their job is. It all seems like a knee-jerk reaction from these people and its as if they keep parroting the same reddit-brained narrative over and over again without nuance.

Are people so quick to forget that Larian was in debt when making BG3 because they didn't want to lay anyone off? They stood by their devs and took a big risk but they had faith in their team that it would pay off, so they would be the last dev team I would expect to put their team's jobs at risk.

The only people who are so openly negative about any possible use of AI are the people who are most likely to get laid off when it exposes how expendable they are. All they wanna do is keep their cushy job so they never have to get better at what they do and in the long run they'll probably fail upwards if they're lucky.

@PuppetMaster I think it might end up being a financial flop cos they've spent longer than they wanted developing it and might've put too many eggs in that basket.
But those other games you mentioned that flopped - I wouldn't say people didn't give them a fair chance, I would say they just weren't very good games, at least not the quality of game that gamers expect from Capcom (except for Godhand, thanks IGN) and therefore didn't sell well.

After being disappointed by Killing Floor 3 I've decided to jump into Control because I forgot it was in my library! It's a good game so I was pleased to see Control Resonant get announced at The Game Awards

Not a big Star Wars fan but as a racing game this shows promise

Animal Well!
It's a fantastic metroidvania, would highly recommend

I'm starting Darkest Dungeon 2 and Dragon's Dogma 2!
I've heard neither are as good as the originals but I want to see for myself

I'm here for Sony backing talented and passionate devs that want to make single-player games that they think are fun

Great game and not as grindy as others in the genre - would recommend

Nearly Halloween so I'm playing Resident Evil Village. Really enjoying it!

Heading back to Nier Automata to do the 9S playthrough

Shadowrun Dragonfall

Forza Horizon 5 this weekend

Metal Gear Solid 2

Two excellent games this weekend after getting through the first part of Nier: Automata:-
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 which is awesome;
and Halls of Torment... which I think I prefer to Vampire Survivors even!

Just kill it. It's embarrassing at this point.
No one wants this type of bloated budget, live service slop.
Restructure your management, get rid of the suits, Karens and middle managers and realise that you can't simply throw money at projects and have them succeed if you don't have the talent onboard or have passionless moneymen dictating what you make.

I had to stop watching after about 45 mins. Who has the time to watch this live only for one of the better announcements to be a LEGO game?

Finally finished Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth yesterday - fantastic Yakuza game and pays a wonderful homage to Kiryu's journey.

This weekend I'll start either Furi or Nier: Automata... or both!

@sorteddan Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is a gem. Amazing OST too

Not generally a fan of remasters or remakes but if they remaster DW5 that would be some nice nostalgia bait personally. Loved that game as a kid

The fact that DMC5 has broken 10M in sales is incredible and entirely deserved. At least Adi Shankar did some good

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth!
Might take me a few weekends to beat...

Dead Space and getting to the end of Another Crab's Treasure

This sounds great. If it's anything like PoP: The Lost Crown or Metroid Dread and it's starring Greek Kratos then I'll definitely play it

lol. lmao even.

The best character action game and its not even close.
Probably the best and most versatile combat in any game... ever!?

Starting Another Crab's Treasure after finishing the excellent Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

It deserved a trilogy. Happy days

Fantastic show. Jam-packed with bangers. Honestly really impressed

Rare industry W

@saffeqwe THIS.

People act like they're pitching to a select audience when it's been shown that, in general, both men and women prefer to play as attractive characters rather than the ogre-like protagonists AAA studios have been pushing recently.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and spreading democracy for Super Earth

I'll probably get:-
Another Crab's Treasure
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Animal Well

Helldivers 2
I'm getting hooked

Been playing Dave the Diver all week so more of that when I can amongst the fun in the sun with friends

Returnal and Superliminal!
Tried to get into Destiny 2 this week cos the expansions were on sale but it started to seem like a boring time-sink pretty quickly unfortunately

Not a fan of the recent remake craze in games but DMC1 and Viewtiful Joe remakes would be tempting

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes and maybe a bit of Hotline Miami

Right after Gearbox moved Borderlands 4 forward too lmao
Would be hilarious if they moved it back again

@Alps_Stranger it is basically crack in card game form

Definitely a better month but I've played all three!
Anyone who hasn't tried Balatro and knows the basics of poker should absolutely give it a try, you won't regret it

Hitman Absolution cos it's paired with Blood Money which I've never played. Beat Absolution on my 360 back in the day but felt like going through it again

Starting No Man's Sky and Psychonauts 2 this weekend

Are people still pretending that they enjoyed the second game?

Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster
I can see why people think it's one of the best if not the best FF
Really enjoying it