@Ben1000 yeah i just use it for other things now lol

@Ben1000 ikr? lol

@SleepingWithGhosts I still look back on the Super Nintendo as my favourite console, I used to love playing the original MarioKart with my pals

@Ben1000 That was a fun ass game. I used to play it on the Wii with my son when he was really little.

@Ben1000 shooting your mate with a red shell when he’s about to cross the finishing line never got old.

@caPnAhab honestly it's largely about capitalism - or rather return on investment. If you take a game like Baldur's Gate 3 and put it at a western AAA dev, then it would be viewed as kind of a flop financially. Acclaimed game, great critical review. It had AAA level sales. But it also took significantly longer and cost more to develop. AAA devs don't get the liberty to play in those margins, especially if they are publicly traded or owned by private non-gamer investors.

The indie space are the only ones with any room to breath and experiment. Even then, far more fail than succeed.

@ViciDraco and the Indy devs are turning out some good games, AAA games have been dull for a while now

@Ben1000 most of them are stuck in the safe sequel space. Assassin's Duty World Cup 2027 Remastered

@PrincessVelvet Good story, world and characters but the controls are shite, in boss fights I end up whistling for my horse, shooting the laser thingy you use to move stuff about into the floor (and it grips), The frame rate at 60FPS on PS5 Pro is also pretty shaky.
Feel like Digital Foundry after that

@PrincessVelvet But I am enjoying it

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Love Cyberpunk but I didn’t go for Clair Obsura as I can’t get into turned based combat

@Ben1000 The biggest thing for me is after the amount of effort that went into Cyberpunk I have much higher standards when it comes to characters. Very few games since have managed to get me to care at all about the characters. In RPGs especially it really draws attention to the low effort on side characters just being a cardboard cutout to give fetch quests to your MC. It makes it very hard to care or get into the story.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow 💯 my favourite game is Red Dead Redemption 2, fantastic writing, my girlfriend even cried at the end when Arthur Morgan dies.

@Ben1000 Like Star Wars Empire at War?

@MrBrownstone I’m slumming it on the PS5 Pro, never had a PC.
Appetite For Destruction, still one of the greatest albums of all time

@Ben1000 Thanks!

@ViciDraco do you still think WoW is as good as it once was?

@Ben1000 I spend about equal time in Midnight and Classic. I think both versions are good, but for very different reasons. New wow has really refined storytelling and there is a more active social player base. Classic feels more satisfying as an actual progression RPG. I like the pacing better and that the process of leveling up feels like part of the journey and not just an obstacle. Honestly, leveling in new wow doesn't feel like much at all anymore.

But ultimately, both versions good. But they are different games and I can see how they appeal to different bases.