afromustache@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve basically just stopped buying AAA games at this point. They are invariably worse quality than indie and AA titles and filled with microtransactions and other predatory bullshit, and the icing on the shit-filled cake is that by buying them you are legitimizing this kind of behavior.
There are just so many good games to play across so many genres that there is no reason whatsoever to buy them, and buying indie games you can feel good about supporting a small dev.
Depends what you define as “AAA”
Baldurs Gate 3, for instance, has no nonsense, and every word out of the director’s mouth is “we made this decision because it’s what our developers wanted.” But while the dev team is “AAA” large, Larian doesn’t really fit the mould of Ubisoft, EA, Rockstar, Blizzard or whatever.
I think we need a new designation for what are basically megacorp operations.
I think they self-defined themselves as AAAA because infinite growth has infected their every thought so the number of As must go up too
Wasn’t that ubisoft? I might be mistaken though.
I mean honestly aaa at this point to me kinda has an ironic meaning. It just refers to big budget shit titles that have tons of marketing behind them. I would never refer to an actually good game as aaa because the vast majority of aaa studios make bad, buggy, unfinished, and overpriced.
So we call them what they are: megacorp games!
I just don’t like the term “AAA.” It feels like these mega studios are hiding behind that as a badge of quality.
The Battlefield series are the only games I played from EA. I stopped after 4.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Most of the devs from the Bad Company era left EA to form Embark Studios - maybe check out their games like The Finals?
elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
the finals is dope, arc raiders too
lorty@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Isn’t The Finals struggling to keep its players?
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I’d say it’s more of a dedicated following that just isn’t viral. Keep in mind crossplay means that the steam charts aren’t an accurate barometer by themselves.
elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
idk, but also don’t care, Im enjoying playing it
afromustache@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I was very interested in The Finals when it was announced but something about it after it released kinda turned me off. Arc Raiders I definitely want to try though.