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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ubisoft is the sexual abuse place right?

...or is that Activision Blizzard?

...or Rockstar Games?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Is there a funny GIF that says "why not all three of them?"?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it isn't Ubisoft to thank, it's the "ex". suddenly not having to waste your life peddling more assassin's gray sludge can do wonders for your creativity.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a sarcastic thank, like thank you for firing them, or thank you for driving them away from AAA studios.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love how theres always someone in the comments that's like "this game is so mid" or "this one mechanic in the game is missing"

Stray was fantastic. So was expedition 33. Both of them are objectively good with overwhelming positive reviews.

They were successful in everyway a game can me... But according to some bloke it was "mid". Jesus.

I hate how people think how much they like something automatically qualifys that as an official critique. It doesn't. How much you like it is totally irrelevant!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

They're just giving their opinion man

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ever notice how the best games out there are either indie games or made by ex-devs formerly from a big developer?

Capitalism does away with ingenuity and creativity. Look at the biggest developers, like Ubisoft or Activision or EA, and their most flagship product(s), and you'll see that none of them are inventive in any way, they're all just regurgitated forms of whatever sells.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No wonder ML text and image generators are so popular with large corporations.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Stray was so mid... If it didn't have cute cats it would have been forgotten instantly.

I was most flabbergasted by the fact that you never hunt anything!! What a miss! How do you make a game where you play as a cat without any stealth stalking of prey??

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I remember when the first screenshots for it came out years ago as a cat game inspired by Kowloon Walled City and thought it would be this profound game where you play as a stray cat who weaves itself in and out of all the lives and stories of the people there...and then it turned out to be this really basic linear game. I was so disappointed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

So... you found it mid because it didn't have more robust stealth mechanics than dealing with the Sentinels? It wasn't GOTY material, but it was one of my top games that year. Do you also find games like Destroy All Humans, Portal, and Firewatch mid?

Disclaimer: I'm not mad if you find all those mid, just want to know what your baseline for a "good" game is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I loved it. Even bought a plush of the cat, backpack and all

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

If all the games didn't have the stuff that made them enjoyable then they'd be mid.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Yeah, but it did have cute vibes and a lot of people love things just for cute vibes

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Highly recommend Expedition 33. The game play is exactly what I've been looking for in a game, and the story and world are both amazing.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I am concerned about expedition. Everyone I know that’s played it, finished it in 3 days. That is a lackluster amount of gameplay. And that’s with a job. It’s not like they were no lifeing it or something. It’s on Gamepass though so I’ll play it soon

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Story is about 30 h and side content another 30, I think that's pretty solid 🤷‍♂️

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean Ubisoft has probably tens of thousands of ex employees

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

And growing!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Don't forget about Outlast, Astroneer and Sifu!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Played through stray for the first time recently

The game was great, especially for how relatively small the team was, but honestly the reveal of the largest mystery in the game was very underwhelming.

It's still a good game though, I do recommend it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The reveal that

Tap for spoilerthere's a dedicated meow button
? I thought it was incredible.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hey, your cat thinks you're underwhelming as well, but she's fine with that as long there's food and scritches.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

scritches

🤎🤎🤎
Awww, and here I thought only my family uses that word.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

No, no.. It's the proper denomination favoured by our kitten overlords. They whisper it into our ears as we sleep so that we may subconsciously start using it without getting suspicious.

It usually happens only when they plan for long-term associations.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Scritches and snoot are words to identify people who love their pets

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't wait for upper management to stop trying to make games.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The unfortunate truth is there are likely a lot of very talented developers at most big studios who ultimately don't have a say on what goes into the game.

Many don't turn around and try making a start-up game though, most just burn out of the industry forever.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The way business is structured in the modern day completely strangles progress and innovation by ignoring and sometimes even punishing workers trying to improve. Companies should be run by workers not businessmen so that there's a focus on the product rather than profit

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I worked at a company run by a SWEngineer.

He was code-smart for code, but really bad for business.

You need to get a real CEO who does management, but keep that person in firm check by mandating half the board be stacked by engineers. Even as advisory roles, like if your company makes widgets you should have some Serious Fucking widget people dominating the board for big decisions.

"You make one thing" is like "you had one job."

(And if you make two things so disparate, spin one off into a sub)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

My argument is not "have someone better in charge" rather it's "we should have less hierarchy in the workplace"

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