This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Maybe gamers are getting older in general and realizing they don't have the time to dedicate to intensive games that are like taking on a 2nd job and studying for college.
I prefer games now where I can do the grindy stuff mainly AFK and do the challenging stuff solo in short bursts. No more 2-3 hr clan raids and shit like that anymore. Hell, sometimes I just start up MAME and set some classic arcade scroller to god mode because I just want to blow stuff up for a few minutes.
I was pretty surprised by the barrenness of my wishlist. There's been shockingly few titles I've been that excited about. Almost nothing in the AAA realm. And the few things that I am waiting to come out have been on that list for several years already...
The article (as far as I read) fails to mention the that layoffs have hit then entire tech sector. Not just games.
I lost my job (iOS dev and actually a games dev job) twice in ‘24. I don’t think it is necessarily a reflection of the games industry.
There are some really nice games this year, if you know where to look. I’m playing Uncle Chop’s Rocket Repair and it’s awesome. So fun, so inventive, great visuals, mechanics and soundtrack.
Deadlock has also gotten a fair chunk of my time. I scratches the same itch as DOTA and a little bit of CS too.
Creeper World got a new instalment, too. Different from the 4 mainline games, it’s new and fresh and fun.
Jesus man that is brutal sorry to hear you’re going through that.
Yoooo how the fuck did I miss a new creeper world ?
I am in IT, also lost two jobs this year, and getting a new one took like 3 weeks and some trying, which is unusually long
it's good to hear things like this because my friends are taking 6 months to a year to find a new job and they're all smarter than me
Another article i scrolled past before seeing this was stating Steam broke their record releasing over 18,000 games in 2024.
How can anyone have enough time to even try them all?
most of those are anime role-playing, porn games with tits
Lots of AI-generated/asset-flipped trash that can be safely skipped.
I dunno about you but I don’t play every genre of game. So like 70-80% of those are off the table immediately. I’d also be curious how many of those are the drop in the bucket nsfw games that get released every few days. Really need to toggle the ‘adult’ setting on my Steam account. Although sometimes the title alone is gold like ‘Hitler: BDSM Bunker’…
It’s really hard to imagine something dumber than “Gamergate 2.0.” I sincerely hope it’s all 12 year-old trolls and there’s no grown adults with jobs and responsibilities getting all in a tizzy over the race or gender of a fucking video game character.
Or journalists desperate for material trying to stir something up. "I saw a comment about a game. There's an article!!"
Well diversity has received a ton more spotlight and discussion for past 10 years with many developers and games being "canceled" for their views, opinions and many games have been heavily criticized for not being diverse enough or containing elements that are offensive for group a, b or c.
Now the pendulum is swinging back with those canceled or holding more conservative or religious opinions banding together to crusade against whatever they consider woke.
Result is a minefield where your game can be attacked if its not woke enough or too woke resulting in bunch of bad press.
You'd be surprised or disappointed to know that there are infact, mid-20 and 30+ year olds who even get themselves tied up in a knot over this shit. So I don't think it's really an age thing, more like, a matter of these people not living fruitful lives and have nothing better to do than orchestrate and manufacture imaginary problems to give themselves purpose.
I am done buying games I don't play lol
Oh fuck, I replaced you...
Lord willing, One day you will fill that void inside of you 🫡
Until then the merchant is there to take your money.
Khajiit has wares, if you have coin.
I believe it, the last games I remember buying and enjoying start to finish were Hi Fi Rush (1/25/2023) and Hogwart's Legacy (2/10/2023).
Coming up on 2 years with nothing memorable.
Just going to be the one to say it...
Ew, HP.
What?
Coming up on 2 years with nothing memorable.
This implies Baldur's Gate 3 (8/3/23) was not memorable, and I take issue with that.
I wanted to like that game, but the turn based combat was fucking mind numbing.
I'm glad it's not just me
Play it on hard mode so every move matters and the combat gets a lot less boring
Awhile ago they released mod support, and I'm pretty sure I remember hearing about a mod that made it real time with pause.
I ended up dropping it too, but it's more that I'm just not as into rpgs as I was in the past. I can recognize how good it is, but the genre just doesn't do it for me anymore.
Stalker2? Helldivers? V rising?
Some good stuff has come out this year
Stalker 2 was a straight fucking banger. Sunk 70 hours into it with my first play through and I’m already craving another run. I swear I’m probably the only person who’s played through the campaign with only like 3 bugs in 70 hours
I've got almost 100 hours and have only had 1 bug. I broke my don't preorder rule for it since its Ukraine...but even day 1 I had no serious issues.
Stalker 2 is buggy as hell, that's a pass.
Helldivers is just another live service game.
V rising? Can't say I heard of that one.
I haven't played most of the popular games released this year but I know they're not any good
-- this guy
Stalker 2 is not buggy as hell. I've been playing it since launch. It's got euro jank for sure but nothing that has stopped the mass majority of us from enjoying it.
Helldivers 2 has some stuff you can buy but doesn't require it at all. I've only bought the game and not spent another dime on it and have been having a blast with friends.
V rising is top down coop rpg. It's a ton of fun as well.
There have been a few good indie games. Been playing a lot of Timberborn this year for instance.
That said, it’s just helping me catch up on my backlog.
I thought it went into early access a few years ago?
Yeah, it's got a steam release date of 2021 and it's still in early access. That said, I also bought it early this year or late last year and have played a lot of it too.
(IDK where I'm going with this other than to say that anyone with even a passing interest in the genre should get Timberborn, it's fantastic and just getting better.)
Timberborn is among my all time favorites
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I don’t even look at announced or new games anymore. It’s the same open world sandbox go on fetch quests shit but it takes 3x the hard drive and costs over $100 cad.
People hate Nintendo for being a shitty company but I really enjoyed Zelda Echoes of Wisdom. Prior to that though I think the last game I actually enjoyed was Horizon Forbidden West from two years ago.
It's just Nintendo's turn to be in the spotlight for being crappy. Most game companies, especially if they're big enough are crappy in different ways from each other.
