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What are some game genres / styles you like that aren't being made anymore, or are being mde but not very often? (beehaw.org)
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For me it's first person puzzle games. I can think of maybe a dozen off the top of my head that came out in the last decade. I especially enjoy when they're open world. The ability to just quit a puzzle that's stumped you and go try something else for a little bit is incredibly refreshing.

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[–] fuzzywolf23@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just follow a YouTuber with similar tastes and play the indie games they play. AAA is creatively dead

[–] Mandy@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you but I trust youtubers opinions as much as a gaming "journalist" which is to say, not at all

[–] fuzzywolf23@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  1. Willing to paint an entire swath of people with a broad, negative brush
  2. Unwilling to spend any effort finding media you might actually enjoy.

The problem might not be with the industry.

[–] Mandy@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Youtubers are inheritor by the virtue of their existence just are a little to biased like the gaming magazines, I also find text much easier digestable than 2,5 minutes of invideo ads, sponsors selfplugs, like button smashing.or whatever else they want to subject me to

I spend far more effort trying to find gold than one really should have, there shouldnt be a need to spend so much time

Take a genuine hard look at this industry, an industry full with exploitation, lootboxes, micro and macrotransactions, the same 5 ideas ad naseum, where for every cuphead you have 10 slendermans, (thats just the tip of the iceberg)

you mean to tell me in THAT industry its ne with the problem? Cause thats a fair assassment and ill support whatever conclusion you may or may not draw

[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I think it's more that, in absence of a gaming social circle, games discovery in the indie scene is hard. So, the easiest way for a lot of us is to find a gaming content creator who played games we like and play whatever they're playing.

There's a YouTube streamer I've been following for over a decade and every single game he plays is a 5/5 for me. At least ½ of my gaming is just games from his channel. It's super easy; I don't even watch him on Twitch much, but I can scan his recent broadcasts for gaming suggestions, and watch him play for like 30 minutes to figure out if it's for me.

[–] fuzzywolf23@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I have hundreds of games in my steam library with no in game purchases or lootboxes which I have enjoyed for between 50 and 2000 hours each. If you really have that much trouble finding games you can enjoy playing, then you need to change your habits.