Expectations in Gaming (Rant)

This is my first post in this forum, so I hope you enjoy it.

I think we've all been there before: going to the nearest game shop to buy that new title you were waiting for the release of. It's pretty great when the game delivers a great experience, engaging story and characters, and innovative mechanics that really take you by surprise. But when a game doesn't happen to deliver what it promised or it fails to make for a good experience, people get upset about it, rightfully so. This tends to happen when games are part of a commercially successful franchise and the developers just make a half-assed copy of the original, resulting in an underwhelming or generic experience. Take Fallout 76, for example, Bethesda used the hype surrounding the Fallout series to make a quick cash grab for the company. Even the game without bugs wouldn't be worth $60 because of its shallow content.

This lack of depth in games happens due to franchise milking. When you release games from the same franchise very often it's easy to take the magic out of these entries because all of them typically use the same mechanics, concepts, and characters, resulting in a predictable experience for those who have played other entries of that franchise.

In another case like No Man's Sky, the developers just overpromised, resulting in a game that didn't live up to the fans' expectations when it got released, however, the developers owned up to their marketing errors and are trying to improve the game by updating it frequently. This also happened with Sea of Thieves where Rare added more content to the game to make the game less empty and repetitive and add an extra challenge for players.

Sadly, this doesn't apply to most of these games, when companies see that they're games aren't selling well or aren't being well received they just run away with the money and leave us with a shit product. Of course, I'm not saying it's justifiable to release a game that isn't good and fix it later with free DLC, I'm just saying it's better than doing nothing about it.

This really says a lot about the current game industry, most companies just care about profit and nothing else, at the cost of our enjoyment, so they stick to the same characters, mechanics and core gameplay and are always milking the same franchises instead of being innovative and creating games with a different spin to them, that feel fresh and brand new. And since they believe in quantity over quality, they end up with a rushed piece of shit game that was made just to be a cash grab. At least some of these companies and developers have the decency to make the experience better by updating their game regularly. And others take this even further by adding paid DLC, just to make the game even remotely acceptable. AnywaysI'mmaend this rant here..

Understandable. But who goes to a IRL shop to buy games, wtf OP?

03-02-2019, 01:47 AM

Faded Wrote: Understandable. But who goes to a IRL shop to buy games, wtf OP?

People who wants physical copies, this is relatable as it's pretty fun to collect them and actually see them physically instead of on a list.
Same with physical money makes it feel better rather than seeing it on a number on a screen.

03-02-2019, 01:47 AM

Faded Wrote: Understandable. But who goes to a IRL shop to buy games, wtf OP?

I've got shit internet at home so when I buy console games I prefer to buy them physically and I also can add them to my collection of games. When I buy PC games I buy them digitally because it isn't common to find them physically anyways.

03-02-2019, 01:50 AM

uwu Wrote: People who wants physical copies, this is relatable as it's pretty fun to collect them and actually see them physically instead of on a list.
Same with physical money makes it feel better rather than seeing it on a number on a screen.

I mean I could understand if they were like hardcover exclusives, but what's the point of collecting ugly plastic boxes?

03-02-2019, 01:52 AM

bored Wrote: I've got shit internet at home so when I buy console games I prefer to buy them physically and I also can add them to my collection of games. When I buy PC games I buy them digitally because it isn't common to find them physically anyways.

I guess it depends on the country since here it's very difficult to get bad internet, all the plans are quite cheap too.
In you case, I could see why you'd buy them physically.

03-02-2019, 06:55 PM

Faded Wrote: I guess it depends on the country since here it's very difficult to get bad internet, all the plans are quite cheap too.
In you case, I could see why you'd buy them physically.

I sure envy you for having good internet, here I get 2 MB/s on a lucky day. I remember waiting almost 3 days for some games to finish downloading...

03-02-2019, 01:47 AM

Faded Wrote: Understandable. But who goes to a IRL shop to buy games, wtf OP?

i do in some cases, but it's very hard to keep track of them because after you take the game out of its case it's useless plastic trash. i'm pretty much just keeping them for the day that i might sell them.
overall i prefer digital copies because no waste and for handhelds like switch or 3ds you don't have to worry about stupid cartridges

03-02-2019, 06:53 PM

Faded Wrote: I mean I could understand if they were like hardcover exclusives, but what's the point of collecting ugly plastic boxes?

Smash ultimate, Nier Automata & Kh3 box art isnt ugly

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I personally believe that this sort of hype culture is extremely toxic for every form of media, not just video games. Take the "Sweet Victory" Super Bowl thing. Did everybody really think they were going to interrupt a multi million dollar show for a 3 minute SpongeBob bit? And now it's being regarded as terrible even though most of the songs / performances (except girls like you) we're really great.
I feel like although companies contribute to this in some way, the general public has loves to hype things up to unreasonable levels, and companies get trapped. If they don't play along with it and are real, they get berated because it isn't going to live up to it, but if they try and play with it, they get berated because the actual experience isn't like what they played with. Like No Man's Sky, Kh3, etc.
There's never been a time where something extremely jhled has fully paid off. When there's hype, there's going to be disappointment, no matter how good the actual product is. Yet people still have these unreasonable expectations.

04-02-2019, 06:41 PM

Zenith Wrote: Smash ultimate, Nier Automata & Kh3 box art isnt ugly

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I personally believe that this sort of hype culture is extremely toxic for every form of media, not just video games. Take the "Sweet Victory" Super Bowl thing. Did everybody really think they were going to interrupt a multi million dollar show for a 3 minute SpongeBob bit? And now it's being regarded as terrible even though most of the songs / performances (except girls like you) we're really great.
I feel like although companies contribute to this in some way, the general public has loves to hype things up to unreasonable levels, and companies get trapped. If they don't play along with it and are real, they get berated because it isn't going to live up to it, but if they try and play with it, they get berated because the actual experience isn't like what they played with. Like No Man's Sky, Kh3, etc.
There's never been a time where something extremely jhled has fully paid off. When there's hype, there's going to be disappointment, no matter how good the actual product is. Yet people still have these unreasonable expectations.

Sure but it's still a plastic box which is ugly either way, doesn't matter how good the box art is. I mean it's fine to collect stuff, I'm not saying it isn't.