NGL, I thought this was just a steam link and did not see there was also an article in the post.

It can be grindy but it isn’t that bad when you know where to get things. I think what handicaps this game though from a wider audience is that this game really does not hold your hand for crafting things and in-game systems. It really wants you to experiment yourself and figure out what is most efficient.

The quest system as well has very little direction at what to do sometimes and it being heavily interconnected makes encountering a random roadblock very frequent, which many people probably get frustrated at when they are used to modern games and quest structures.

Wait a minute? What?

Oh hell yea. Finally a game to actually be hyped about.

Oh hey, I just started play this again last night.

Fantastic game. Great tongue-in-cheek humor.

This was covered in the “capitalist dystopia” thing at the end of my comment. What are you so hostile for? I’m not blaming developers. I’m not even blaming anyone. I’m making analytical criticism of our societal structure. You seem to completely not understand the point of what I’m saying. Like, I’m not even disagreeing with your points. I’m just saying you’re not engaging with my point. You’re arguing with yourself about things I never said or even implied.

If you’re just here to be hostile and argue then you can fuck off.

Also, you’re the odd one out here. This thread literally started about how this game was cancelled before any of us had even heard of it. Like congratulations dude but way to miss the fucking point, again.

No, you just completely missed my point.

Like, those games can exist. I don’t care. Nothing is inherently bad with an always-online multiplayer focused game. In fact, the game in question from the post is an always online extraction shooter.

The issue is how smaller titles just can’t gain visibility in how our society is structured with the endless bombardment of advertisement and information. You just don’t even hear about these games ever existing at all. Then gaming platforms are sorely lacking in proper moderation; they’ve been inundated with garbage, cheap asset-flips and abandonware meant to nickel and dime people, that keeps people averse to trying out anything that isn’t from a trusted name or has managed to break out as a viral hit.

Not to even mention how the capitalist dystopia we all live in is inherently antagonistic towards pursuing or maintaining passion projects, forcing them to satisfy financial barriers placing arbitrary constraints and limitations in order to simply exist at all but I’m digressing.

The issue is far wider in scope than simply “AAA/always-online gaming bad”

It’s hard in today’s media landscape to break through the noise.

So many games that are fun, not fantastic headliner by any means but still enjoyable games, fall through the cracks, lost in a sea of slop and asset flips.

No one wants to risk money on a mid game that has an incredibly high chance of being just another slop title so they wait for the next big blockbuster title taking over YouTube and Twitch streams or familiar titles pining for a bit of that joy they used to provide.

Modern gaming fucking sucks.

Oh the fond memories of the riverboat, the freeway, and Bowser’s castle. Doing the lap skip in the dirt bike track and the jump on Rainbow Road were so fun to pull off. And that secret cave+sandbar in the beach level.

Then the immense hatred of that damn brown valley/dirt pit level. Falling back down off that curve and ending up so far back was painful.

I want to play this game but man is it grindy without friends to play with.

Yea. Probably just fat fingered it and autocorrect changed the word without me noticing.

Just add it to the pile of evidence that capitalism is the antithetical to creativity and innovation.

Same way water is different prices depending on if it’s from a gas station or the airport.

Cause those who own the means to sell you the water want to exploit you for all your worth.

Oh gotcha. I thought I read the won the patent in Japan or something so that’s why it was removed.

Good to hear they are still fighting it.

Damn, didn’t know that.

One problem with that: it’s actually made by Nintendo. Fuck Nintendo.

And, somehow, fucking won. They forced Palworld to remove the ball throwing mechanic.

It’s fucking stupid.

Nintendo spent a load of money and resources in a protracted legal battle trying to get the project canned by suing them for everything they could think of. It ended in them forcing Palworld to remove the ball throwing mechanic, because apparently Pokemon has that copyrighted or something.

Same. I like commentary and just people explaining their thought processes. Watching someone just silently play the game is so boring to me.

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I have already decided I am pirating it. Not a chance in hell Krafton is getting a single cent from me.