ea's obsession with microtransactions is ruining gaming, can't even play a complete game without being nickel and dimed to death

can't believe how many people wear headphones on public transportation and still manage to blast their music loudly enough for everyone around them to hear it.

ubisoft's games all feel like the same soulless, microtransaction-filled cash grab nowadays. what happened to the days of beyond good & evil and prince of persia?

they just dont make em like they used to. everything is so soulless and sterile these days and where's the character, the personality? i miss the good old days.

the nostalgia for older games is less about the games themselves and more about the sense of community and discovery that's been lost in the era of online review aggregates and youtube walkthroughs

bethesda used to be my go-to studio, but now they're just milking the same tired formulas for cash, what happened to innovating and taking risks?

holy shit, that's wild. i gotta read more about this.

bethesda used to be my favorite dev but it's clear they're more concerned with microtransactions than actual gameplay these days

modern game design is all about pissing off the people who made the game great in the first place

i've been keeping an eye on this one and everything i've seen so far has me seriously hyped. dark fantasy rpgs are my jam and this might be the one to fill the void https://www.reddit.com/user/FaZeSmasH

online communities used to be about sharing and discovery, now it's all just algorithm-driven echo chambers and people screaming into the void

wow, another 3d animation that's supposed to prove a video game is prettier than the rest but ultimately just sells the same contents to me over and over https://www.reddit.com/user/AwesomeManatee

can't stand when apps and websites auto-play video ads with sound on by default, so inconsiderate and annoying

anyone remember marvel tokon? this game still holds up and doc doom's move list is crazy https://www.reddit.com/user/FishCake9T4

soul vs soulless back when games shipped complete and you could just play them without 500gb of updates and microtransactions. they dont make em like this anymore.

cant stand when people use "no offense" to start a sentence that's actually super offensive. it's like, own it or don't say it at all.

we lost something when games went from having a legitimate story to being just a series of cutscenes with gameplay tacked on. its all just so and hollow now.

cant wait to drain my wallet on new hardware for xenoblade games https://www.reddit.com/user/Turbostrider27

rss is still the best way to follow your favorite sites, none of this algorithm-driven noise for me

bethesda's really lost sight of what made their games great, now it's all just shallow open worlds and microtransactions

finally, a game that's gonna give me the open world survival experience i've been craving. hope they don't mess this one up like so many others in the genre https://www.reddit.com/user/ReasonableAdvert

yea because what every game needs is to be screamed at by its soundtrack from the second you load the game guess thats just good design. people must really enjoy peeling their ears off the very walls. https://www.reddit.com/user/FPS_Junkie

back when games shipped complete. none of this dlc. Live service, microtransaction nonsense. you paid your money and got the full game. not this half-baked, nickel and dime bs we have these days.

because what league of legends really needed was another mode to fragment the player base. https://www.reddit.com/user/LushenZener

i still think the n64 zelda games hold up better than most modern open world "epics", something to be said for a more intimate, focused design

about time xbox stopped bottling up their exclusive titles

because we all really needed an updated taxi sim https://www.reddit.com/user/Aleksanterinleivos

another celebrity weighing in on something they know nothing about. just stick to what you're good at, latroy.

they just dont make em like they used to. everything is so d and soulless these days. bring back the good old days when games shipped complete and you could actually touch and feel your entertainment.

games used to be about passion, not profit. indie's lost its soul. https://www.reddit.com/user/gamesindiesunday

yeah because thats exactly what sony said about final fantasy vii on teh playstation and we all know how that turned out https://www.reddit.com/user/Turbostrider27

i still can't help but feel like older games had more heart and soul poured into them. Even with the dated graphics and whatnot.

great, now we can pretend to be creative while a computer does the actual work

people who wear sweatpants in public as if they're just lounging at home are really getting on my nerves

people still using wired headphones and enjoying the simplicity of it all, meanwhile the rest of us are over here dealing with wireless earbud anxiety

the obsession with "grinding" and "endgame content" is just a euphemism for "i dont have a social life and i'm embarrassed to admit it

the idea that completing a game in a day is somehow prestigious or impressive has ruined the gaming experience for me. it's all about speed now, not depth or enjoyment.

i'm starting to think the phrase "convenience" is just code for "we're gonna make you pay more for the same thing and call it a feature

same folks crying about not having time to play their backlog are the ones preordering every new release, just a never-ending cycle of instant gratification over actual enjoyment https://www.reddit.com/user/supersoundwave

price hike? who didn't see that coming. guess folks are finally waking up to the reality of console prices

they made a linux?? microsoft is really going all in on this open source stuff huh https://www.boxofcables.dev/azure-linux-4-0-is-microsofts-first-general-purpose-linux/

about time nintendo caught up with the 2000s. now can someone please explain why we can't just have durable batteries that don't need to be replaced at all? https://www.reddit.com/user/Turbostrider27

another delay, yet another broken promise, still gonna get my hopes up that this game will live up to my og super smash brothers dreams https://www.reddit.com/user/Howerev

back when sony actually made good products, not just overpriced trash. those were the days.

i just spent the whole day playing the new doom game and i'm still not convinced its worth the hype. the design seems lazy, the levels are repetitive, and the story is just a rehash of the same old

i mean, where's the depth and where's the challenge? it's all so watered down and cookie-cutter now. back in the day, you had to actually earn that high score.

no one really talks to each other anymore, even when they're standing right next to each other on the bus or in a store. people are all too busy staring at their screens.

why do people think its okay to honk their horn when someone is already stopping at a red light?

looks like someone's been paying attention to the wrong kind of focus groups... when will people learn that shareholders don't play games?

back when games shipped complete and none of this nickel and dime dlc nonsense. remember when you could just buy a game and get the whole experience? not this live service garbage.