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Firipu@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Why mindless? Why can’t I enjoy a multi-player arcade shooter without being called mindless?

I almost exclusively play AAA games, with the occasional indie in between. The indies I play are basically all the famous ones that got really big.

It’s my entertainment, my time. Why call me mindless? The only issue Lemmy has, this whole “rebel without a cause” attitude against everything that is mainstream :)

A friend of mine is a top level director on a recent AAA game that wasn’t very well received. I can assure you, he was very passionate about his game.

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Statick@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I think he was referring to people that mindlessly purchase and then complain, then repeat the cycle again… And again… Etc.

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- Firipu@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Fair enough. Even if I like cod, I’ll still bitch about the campaign this time around. It’s not original and not exciting at all. I still don’t regret getting it for the mp/zombies.
  
  Complaining is in human nature :p
  
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verysoft@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Sorry, I wasnt calling people mindless, you are right that anyone can enjoy whatever they want. I was referring to 'mindless consumerism', where people arent really frugal and just buy whatever thing the big companies want to you to buy.

And the passion thing, obviously theres a lot of passionate people at big studios, but the leads of such places usually dont and bring it all down in the name of profit for them and their shareholders. Triple A is a money making machine, there's not a lot of innovation there anymore and a lot of the games are very unimaginative, regardless of how passionate the individual developers are.

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- Firipu@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  No worries. Thx for your thoughtful reply. I understand your point now and certainly don’t disagree with it.
  
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