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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Despite everything you might read from gaming journos about corporate greed destroying the gaming industry I still think it's an amazing time to be into video games. I'm absolutely spoiled for choice with games to play and I think it's just down to not caring about online multiplayer or getting caught up in marketing hype.

You don't have to pay through the nose to buy a fancy machine to play half-finished blockbusters, there are decades of classics that you can still play. Borrow a friend's old console and play some old games-of-the-year, find some random classics on Humble Bundle or GOG, see what random freebies I've posted in [email protected], stick an emulator on your phone or find one that runs in a web browser.

Example: I played Metroid Prime after seeing a Lemmy post talking about. I could either:

  • Dig out a GameCube or buy a Wii on eBay for £5 and find a copy of the game at CEX if I fancy the retro experience
  • Buy the remastered Switch version if I fancied splashing out
  • Just pirate a ROM if I feel rebellious
  • Dump my own ROM and play it on PrimeHack if I feel like tinkering

This is just one example of a great game that passed me by, there are thousands of others out there. We have a crazy amount of choice not only of what to play but how we choose to play it. The bittersweet part is that this could all change so enjoy it while you can!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Loads of old Doom WADs too.

And a remake of Gloom.

But yeah, totally get your actual point. Not to mention the amount of Indie games out there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

That's a point, I forgot about the reverse-engineered build-your-own native binary projects. The Mario 64 one was amazing!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

There's a fantastic racing game called Split Second on the PS3 that I always go back to. I tried the PC version and there's an audio bug which means you can barely hear the engine noise. So the PS3 lives on!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's easier than ever for indie developers to make and release games, and the amount of quality content coming out just keeps going up and up.

No matter what the greedy corporations do, there will always be small teams and individual devs who are thinking first and foremost about how to build an exceptional game that puts the player first, not profits.

So yeah, its a great time to be into games, for the new ones too =)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The flip side is that it's easier than ever to release rubbish, but as long as you can find the good stuff then you've got more than you could ever want!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

The low barrier to entry naturally runs both ways, yeah. Thankfully the crap is pretty easy to spot :)

My number one rule is to avoid anything with microtransactions.