I really hate that this has become a trend now… I really don’t know why and how, but at least in my opinion, this changed drastically over the last view years.
Agree 100%. To borrow a phrase that’s popular atm, I think it’s the ‘enshittification’ trend at work in games just like social media. Games used to be made by comparatively-smaller teams, devs often had a very deep passion for what they were creating. I’m sure that’s still the case for many devs now but with so many big developers now being owned and controlled by publishers… it’s becoming less and less a passion project, and more a “how much juice can we squeeze out of this lemon” scenario. Then you’ve got stuff being outsourced massively to lots of little providers in order to deal with the scale of modern games, which causes fractures and lack of cohesion in the overall vision (imo).
TBH, NMS taught me a valuable lesson, not to overhype anything. And that’s not to say I’m now a pessimist, more I’d say I’m a realist… prepare for the worst, hope for the best kinda thing. Then CP77 reinforced that, the one studio I still had faith in did exactly what all the others did by releasing a half-baked game that didn’t live up to their claims (though I’m definitely looking forward to the new update, tempering expectations as always now).
Yeah, it really feels like enshittification… gaming just got so big over the last few years. It really is not as niche as it was.
Oh yes, NMS was actually the first game I pre-ordered (digitally as well) and played it at midnight - hyped beyond the stars… to be disappointed. Then I was stupid enough to run across town to a shop that sold CP2077 a day early - to be massively disappointed again. Do you think I’ve learned my lesson - no, I also pre-ordered with a group of friend BF2042, because “they cannot possibly drop the ball” - we all now how that turned out.
At least with NMS, they really turned it around and added so much free content.
With CP2077, we will see with the new 2.0 update and the DLC, but I wait for sure for reviews this time.
And yeah BF2042 is now in the state it should have launched in… this is the one I regret the most.
So by now, I have learned my lesson and am proud to say that I’m pre-order free and never in my life will pre-order something again.
As you said, keep the expectations low and wait for reviews and the feedback of people here on lemmy. I any don’t have so much time to play games anymore and a few days longer also don’t hurt.
Agree 100%. To borrow a phrase that’s popular atm, I think it’s the ‘enshittification’ trend at work in games just like social media. Games used to be made by comparatively-smaller teams, devs often had a very deep passion for what they were creating. I’m sure that’s still the case for many devs now but with so many big developers now being owned and controlled by publishers… it’s becoming less and less a passion project, and more a “how much juice can we squeeze out of this lemon” scenario. Then you’ve got stuff being outsourced massively to lots of little providers in order to deal with the scale of modern games, which causes fractures and lack of cohesion in the overall vision (imo).
TBH, NMS taught me a valuable lesson, not to overhype anything. And that’s not to say I’m now a pessimist, more I’d say I’m a realist… prepare for the worst, hope for the best kinda thing. Then CP77 reinforced that, the one studio I still had faith in did exactly what all the others did by releasing a half-baked game that didn’t live up to their claims (though I’m definitely looking forward to the new update, tempering expectations as always now).
Yeah, it really feels like enshittification… gaming just got so big over the last few years. It really is not as niche as it was.
Oh yes, NMS was actually the first game I pre-ordered (digitally as well) and played it at midnight - hyped beyond the stars… to be disappointed. Then I was stupid enough to run across town to a shop that sold CP2077 a day early - to be massively disappointed again. Do you think I’ve learned my lesson - no, I also pre-ordered with a group of friend BF2042, because “they cannot possibly drop the ball” - we all now how that turned out.
At least with NMS, they really turned it around and added so much free content. With CP2077, we will see with the new 2.0 update and the DLC, but I wait for sure for reviews this time. And yeah BF2042 is now in the state it should have launched in… this is the one I regret the most.
So by now, I have learned my lesson and am proud to say that I’m pre-order free and never in my life will pre-order something again. As you said, keep the expectations low and wait for reviews and the feedback of people here on lemmy. I any don’t have so much time to play games anymore and a few days longer also don’t hurt.