What agenda is that referencing? I’m out of the loop.

Ok so they checked my account, but what about all the other users?

I get that they’re successful, and it’d be fantastic if this became the trend. But Battlefield and Call of Duty sell consistently with much less development effort and a lot lower risk of flopping.

It looks like Call of Duty is typically 3 year development cycles, and one took only 1.5 years. Baldur’s Gate took 6 years.

Don’t forget some states want us to give our government-issued IDs to porn sites. What could go wrong.

Think of the children.

Best:

• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Against the Storm
• Dave the Diver
• Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew - I usually hate tactical strategy games, but this one’s good. The quicksave/reload feature makes it pretty fun to experiment and goof around.
• Dead Cells (I’m behind)
• Grounded
• Tears of the Kingdom

Mediocre

• Dredge - It was a unique experience, but I never really understood the fear/consequences despite fully finishing it.
• Armored Core 6 - The balance in this series always ruins them, even though I try to love them every time. Being forced into a specific build takes the fun out of customization.

I guess I avoided the worst games this year!

Did Remnant 2 feel more unique than Remnant 1? I tried the 1st and fell off in the 2nd world because it all felt too similar with a handful of enemies and procedural chunks. Reluctant to try the 2nd if it’s got the same lack of variety.

What did you not like about Returnal? I haven’t looked into it much beyond the trailer, but was considering trying it out.

How did Remnant 2 compare to Remnant 1 for you if you played both? I started Remnant 1 just before the 2nd release, and I really liked the concept but everything felt too generic and started to get old really quickly. I think the biggest issue was the procedural generation made everything too similar. The worlds all felt the same with only a few enemy types.

Oh yeah Worth A Buy has popped up for me a few times for indie games, and he seemed like he was straight to the point.

I got a Total Biscuit vibe too. I miss that guy.

I suppose so, but if everyone does it at once within every market sector it seems to just become inflation.

Coincidentally, I was just reading a news article about Chipotle doing exactly that - raising prices while losing customers.

Even companies that have seen customers pull back due to the higher prices reported higher sales, because those higher prices offset volume declines.

PepsiCo, for example, reported … sales rose nearly 7% to $23.45 billion. The … company said it increased prices globally by 11% on average… In that time, PepsiCo’s volume fell 2.5%.

MMOs don’t feel practical these days with so many games to play. Who has that much time to dedicate to one game?

I’m not sure if the game market has changed, or just my perspective of time. Probably both.