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Palworld dev isn’t impressed by "so-called" AAA,prefers indies since they "include the kind of systems you can’t find in other games":"AAA titles are overwhelmingly about graphic quality and fidelity (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago

This seems like the kind of conversation we were having 10-20 years ago. Are we not a bit beyond that now? Over the last few days I played:

  • Anno 1800 (AAA, highly regarded, more-of-the-same sequel)
  • World of Goo 2 (Indie, highly regarded, more-of-the-same sequel)
  • Valheim (indie, highly regarded, one of any number of survival/crafting games)
  • PlateUp! (indie, highly regarded, fairly unique concept except for Overcooked)
  • Elden Ring (AAA, highly regarded, more-of-the-same sequel)
  • Blue Prince (Indie, highly regarded, unique)
  • BF6 (AAA, so-so regarded, more-of-the-same sequel)

And I enjoyed all of them.

I don't give a toss if you aren't impressed by graphic quality and fidelity. Elden Ring is a beautiful game and it does impress me. Somehow people will praise the soundtrack of games but it's still faintly taboo to want high-fidelity, beautiful graphics. I have absolutely zero issue with paying good money to buy a sequel which is giving my similar content to what I've already played: improved graphics, tweaked gameplay and a couple of new mechanics, and my friends all joining in on the latest thing are all worth it.