• barsquid@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    If they want me to buy AAA releases when they come out; they need to be actually fun, no rootkits, no microtransactions.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      Exactly. And no game-breaking bugs at launch.

      Nintendo for all the awfulness that is their legal department got this right. I pre-ordered Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and it worked absolutely fine when I plugged it in. Yeah, there was a day 1 patch (didn’t check the state of things before the patch), but I haven’t had any issues with it so far.

      Indies also often get this right. There are plenty of devs I trust to have a solid product day 1. No stupid DRM, microtransactions, etc, just a fun game.

      I don’t care too much about graphics, I just want a fun game to play, and I’m unwilling to pay to be a beta tester.