Like bro it’s a fucking toy, you would think that it’s a religion the way these dingleberries talk.

Every major game company is greedy and terrible, your favorite gamer shit isn’t any less mindless consumption-y than the gamer shit that you don’t like.

It sucks because the whole industry is shitty and instead of acknowledging that they distract from the real problems facing the industry by squabbling about which souless company is the most souless.

The same kind of people complain when game industry workers try to unionize.

I always assume it’s just children on Reddit that act like that… I hope.

  • Judge_Jury [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    I am the media I consume and I will defend myself. If you tell me why you like something else instead, that is an attack against me. Also if that media changes in a way I don’t like, the creators are insidiously stealing a part of me

  • stigsbandit34z [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    I’m still pissed they keep making new ones tbh

    “Next gen”

    soypoint-2

    What about this console I got in 2017 because I could afford it you bastards. Why must we go ok to the next new thing when the last one worked fine

    Better yet, how about you keep supporting the old systems for the people who don’t have 1K to throw away

  • Parzivus [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    You already mentioned this, but I feel like a big part of this is because a lot of people getting into really heated gaming discussions are kids. It’s easy to go crazy about treats when your biggest problem in life is homework.

    Most of the adults I know can still be passionate about media, but also don’t mind if you say “it’s not really my thing.” Funkopop adults do exist, but they’re over-represented on reddit, you don’t run into those people IRL very often.

  • enkifish [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    It’s beyond video games, you see this with music and movies as well. Gamers are just particularly odious. A lot of adult children NEED their choice of treats to be validated by others.

    • KhanCipher [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      0·
      11 months ago

      There are people here who start malding if you talk shit about Dark Souls any popular fromsoft game from Dark Souls onwards lmao

      Fixed it.

      Which that qualification just excludes AC4, ACFA, AC5, and ACVD… problem now is if you try to talk shit about armored core 6 you now have a bunch of souls tourists jumping you like you talked shit about dark souls.

      And yes I will die on the hill saying armored core 6 is just not much of an armored core game.

      • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        any popular fromsoft game from Dark Souls onwards lmao

        Don’t be so hasty, I wouldn’t discount the idea of Hexbear having an enclave of toxic King’s Field fans.

        • Helmic [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          11 months ago

          My first AC so I don’t know the history, but the weapon balance practically revolves around stagger. Everything is about stagger, either building it up or exploiting it when it happens for a big dramatic finish. I could see people who were used to the game without it disliking it, but I’m enjoying the distance manipulation , pressure, and footwork game it encourages as you need to make sure you’ve got a punish ready to go - or at least a kick. Deciding betweem going for a melee strike before they’re staggered to build up stagger for your other, not as damaging weapons and risking getting staggered yourself in the approach or during your feint cancels or using feints to force a panic dodge to land a missile hit to then actually punish with a nasty melee direct hit is all exciting.

  • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    since i’ve seen some of the other comments go the way i was gonna, i’m pivoting to try and see/express a different perspective. I’ve been thinking about the complete dearth of culture in today’s world and how people react to living in a world devoid of meaning. the consumer tribalism we see (beyond its overt manufacturing in media) and the strong feelings we humans get about our treats could be a kind of coping device we use to give meaning to a meaningless and joyless existence.

    At this point in history capitalism has wrung the value and pleasure out of every corner of our lives. After another day getting absolutely gobsmacked by the machine, if one doesn’t give one’s treats meaning, comaradarie, and weight, where the hell is one supposed to find it?

  • Deadend [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Having Gamer as an identity and tying yourself into it as a passive consumer does a mindfuck.

    As it means if someone doesn’t like a game, they don’t like you.

    Gamers are the end-state of consumer identity politics

    • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I watched the official Nintendo trailer for the game and I couldn’t get over the narrator speaking like she’s addressing a kindergarten class.

      I’m sure the game is fun but dang, it really made me feel like I was looking at an ad for the latest vtech console. I don’t actually like 2d platformers though so its not even relevant for me. It was just a shock since I haven’t watched an ad for a nintendo game in so long.