Always good to see someone in the industry push back on all of these shitty tactics the AAA publishers want to push.

  • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 months ago

    I swore off buying ‘new’ games close to their release dates because I was sick of overpriced, unfinished games that are just trying to squeeze every cent out of me. Then BG3 came out and everyone raved how great it was, but I stuck to my principles and said I’d play it a year or so after its release. Then someone pointed out to me that the game plays well, has no charge for online play, doesn’t have microtransactions, and is complete. So I bought it, figuring that this is the type of game we should be rewarding, and I’ve not been disappointed.

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      10 months ago

      To be entirely fair, BG3 has its share of bugs and act 3 is not as polished as the first two.

      But still, it is by far the most polished AAA game I’ve seen in a long time, and very satisfying, too. So I’m ok with some roughness

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        10 months ago

        In fairness, pretty much all games have some bugs, even far after launch. The issue is launching games that are clearly not finished.