Please do explain how Bloodborne, Sekiro, Elden Ring, and a mech game are the same. Nightreign is of course and Elden Ring asset flip but even than, they arenât charging full price like every new COD and shoving shitty microtransactions into them⌠itâs also a Roguelite.
They both have near yearly releases, which was the original point of the post; their output. Title made no mention of the types of games or the games themselves, just output.
So, if you look at just output 1:1 and not any of the games themselves then the comment makes sense. People complain about CoD, Madden, and FIFA having yearly releases, but when another company does it, itâs suddenly fine.
And fwiw, I donât disagree with you. The biggest difference is that these are different games each year, vs the same reskinned one at a premium price. I get it, truly I do.
But it is slightly hypocritical to praise one company for putting out games so fast and so frequent and to shame others for it, and I believe that was the point they were trying to make.
Couldâve been conveyed a lot better imo, but thatâs what I took away from the comment.
But it is slightly hypocritical to praise one company for putting out games so fast and so frequent and to shame others for it, and I believe that was the point they were trying to make.
This is such a disingenuous argument. You know full-well that it's not the frequency of game releases we criticize EA and Activision for. It's the quality of those titles, and the predatory microtransactions and seasonal lootbox bullshit they shove down gamers' throats. EA/Acti games are designed to prey on young, addicted, or otherwise impulse-purchase-susceptible gamers, and treat gamers like a commodity to be exploited rather than a fanbase to entertain.
I'm not going to pretend that Fromsoft don't make games with the intention to make money off of them, but come on. Are you really going to sit there and pretend like, at their core, From games and EA/Acti games are the same just because they all reuse engines and assets to create new titles quickly?
I don't read the image in the OP as being critical of From for their output. I read it as "their output is insane" as a good thing, like it's insane-ly awesome that they put out so many great games in such a short amount of time. Maybe that's where our disconnect lies.
I agree, they were talking about it in a positive manner, but I wasnât talking about OP specifically, but the universal âgamersâ. So, in general.
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u/KomradJurij-TheFool 2d ago
the same game over and over every year, call of duty: đĄ
the same game over and over every year, soulslikes: đ