Re: Can Games Get Any Better (2024 Ed)

On 29/03/2024 14:43, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 09:04:10 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
 

On 25/03/2024 14:23, Justisaur wrote:

Sequels that are online only, often mobile, and filled with MTX.  In
that regard worse.  Diablo IV, Fallout '76, and others.
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The mobile gaming scene is just awful, low production values, games that
are just a rip off of a different game and as you say stuffed with MTX
and aggressive MTX at that. It's a shame really as it just crowds out
certain type of paid games which I find are more suited to my iPad than
the PC.

 Or just flat out false advertising. They'll show pictures of videos of
gameplay or visuals that appear NOWHERE in the game, and aren't even
close to representative of what the game is like. It's not even the
usual 'bullshot' images that used to adorn video-game boxes. It's
showing you pictures of "FarCry 6" and then delivering "Ultima V".
 

They are notorious for that and it's got to the stage where it's considered something that's worth mentioning in the advert. What you see is actually what the game looks like. Bonkers really that it's got to that stage.

There are good mobile games on the market... but they're increasingly
rare. It's a market that is best avoided entirely.