I love Edgerunners anime, it's pretty good tragic story about how NC burns its legends.

What I don't like is how its existence made people forget what was promised by CDPR regarding Cyberpunk 2077 game — its immersive RPG experience.

Now the term "RPG" is of course subject to the usual debate of "what counts as RPG". But for Cyberpunk 2077 thankfully we get promised that define what CDPR claimed to be "deep immersive RPG":

https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/s/vm3XesTAKc

Besides the game is supposedly inspired by a TTRPG that lets you do just that, RP as a guy living in NC.

The premise seems pretty simple, a 3D open world game that has such a deep role-playing you thought it's a CRPG, kinda like Fallout New Vegas if you will.

But we didn't get that, no. What we got is a game whose RP is closer to NBA 2K MyCareer than it is to Skyrim. Stats and builds with some dialogue choices here and there.

Aside from select few gigs (Maelstorm in the prologue, Sinnerman, saving Takemura, the ending, etc) the game is pretty damn linear. Your Lifepath only matters for the prologue and some "[Nomad] I live in cars" dialogue that doesn't really change the outcome.

The Night City itself is fucking dead. You can't "interact" with the world. The civilian NPCs are literal drone (that info scan gimmick is literally nothingburger) you can't even interact with, even Bully (2006) allows you to taunt/praise the civilians. There's barely any activities aside from, what, boxing and street racing (with its terrible controls). Like I initially want to compare it to GTA but GTA V has a lot of pastime activities for one.

And the level design. "You can approach combat however you want" and it's mostly just one more vent to slip into. Most of it is just choosing between guns blazing vs stealth, in a very linear way. I've seen ppl compare this to Deus Ex and they're crazy I say.

The enemies. For such a colorful bunch w their lore and with the amazing skill tree we got due from 2.0 Update... They fucking suck in terms of variety, they blend into each other. Sure there's a bit of commonality with some gangs like Animals have a lot of muscle bruiser or Tygers use katana and pistol... But these doesn't meaningfully change how you fight them. Biggest crime is VDB fighting near similarly to fucking larpers in 6th Street. Citing Bully (2006) again, every cliques there fight uniquely. Like the Nerds in Bully sucks in hand to hand, so they rely on their inventions (or some who are pretty good at wrestling, wrestles). Or the Preppies fight with various martial arts and can dodge your attacks while spamming eggs. Or the Jocks being the toughest enemy in the school with their HP bar and effective fighting style related to sports (using baseball bat bc they're playing baseball, charging tackle bc they play football, etc).

And to cap this off, you can even look at CDPR marketing team themselves lol. Their Twitter handle removed the phrase "role playing game" in June 2019, coinciding with them being listed in game stores. And they quietly changed their Steam description in February 2022 to add back the "RPG" (spoilers, they're still not that far off in terms of RP compared to version 1.0).

There's just something about it that burrows under my skin like crazy, it's not catchy, and it belongs in a category of performative media that makes me want to shave myself entirely bare and lay belly first on a slab of dry ice

It also celebrates MTX which I dislike, it makes me clench both fists and steam comes out of my ears and makes a train noise

EDIT:These are not instances of 'casual' racism with the exception of the third example. The first two are blatan. I apologize for misusing the term.

The first two are pretty straight forward, right? But you may not get why the last one upsets me. I'll explain. Really briefly.

The last one is based off of the racial stereotype that poc have to act a certain way and that only white people can do/say certain things.

Hopefully this isn't too heavy for this server. If so, I apologize to the mods for it.

When I play a non-sandbox pve game, I expect to engage with some level of an intended experience. If a game gives me access to something that isn't explicitly stated to lower the difficulty (ex. easy mode) or imply that it is a sort of overpowered mechanic meant for mindless fun (ex. cheats/secret weapons) then it is reasonable to expect that this is part of the experience.

It is unreasonable to expect players to have to self-police for an engaging experience when there are no more further in-game options for increased difficulty. It is especially annoying to see this argument used for games that have a consensus expectation for difficulty such as in a franchise that has had challenging games before or an action game that is aimed at older teens to adults. Avoiding certain buttons, mechanics, weapons, or other such things due to them ruining the game balance is a fault of the game. Expecting people to do that is just asking that people play some less complete game, one that has some amount fewer weapons or mechanics.

Scalding hot take: I would say this even applies to unintentional bugs and glitches depending on how easily they are first encountered and replicated. Though I have a significantly milder reaction as to whether or not developers bother trying to fix them.

Even if we ignore the numerous times he has been referred to as he/him, a boy, a guy, a dude, a prince, we must also realize that just because he isn't traditionally masculine, he isn't transmasc (or transfem)

There is no Easter Bunny, there is no Tooth Fairy, and there is no Princess from the Dark.

'Oh but Deltarune is all about breaking free from fate' I can hear exactly two of you say in your heads (I can read your mind,) I know one thing, and it's that I can't break free from the fate of going through Undertale 2 and finding that both routes lead to the same goddamn ending of Gaster Friend Inside Me Penumbra Phantasm Big Shot World Revolving Jarona Shadow Crystal Always Bet On Papyrus Knight.

ZHOTAN!

(Also, I'm not transphobic, before you try to spew that label onto me)

I want to eat it sooo bad but I can't because it's in a video game so all I can do is just watch in agony as the player character eats it right in front of me. I sometimes cope by chewing my Xbox controller.

This trend of player death being facilitated through jumpscares were popularized by the original few FNaF games because those did it really well, but unfortunately anything newer completely misses the point!

Why it worked so well in the original few was that it interrupted an action YOU took, throwing you off the loop and scaring you. See FNaF 1 for example, the jumpscare happens when you flip the camera down, then Bonnie can hijack your view and catch you off guard. Or in FNaF 4 where the hallway characters jumpscare when you take the risk of flashing the light

…yet the only thing modern horror games learned from these examples is “jUmpsCAre tHe plAyEr wHeN thEY DiE”, resulting in these horribly awkward camera snaps that are incredibly immersion breaking and worst of all NOT SCARY IN THE SLIGHTEST

JUMPSCARES ARENT SUPPOSED TO BE DEATH ANIMATIONS

THEY SHOULD JUMP AND THEY SHOULD AT LEAST TRY TO SCARE

(the first 2 are good examples and the other 2 i hate)

Edit: this post isn’t about “old game scary new game bad”, it’s about mascot horror devs not understanding what a jumpscare is supposed to be and slapping it onto their game anyway. the games’ overall quality is a much broader topic

Can't express how much I despise this, it's on the same level as constantly deflecting imaginary attacks as an 8 year old.

Probably the worst thing that could happen to anyone is to get so invested in a game and then womp womp, some of the coolest items are unobtainable because they are "team exclusive" what bs.

It's on par with items from a seasonal event 4 years ago that will never return again, what is the point of flaunting something awesome infront of your fans like you are a god it's just unbelievable.

Could you imagine spending hours of development to make special items for specific people just to stand out? Aren't they already part of the team? What kind of delulu cult fantasy are these BUMS living in?, it's so unfair it just makes me so MAD

Oh hey there is that thing you really like, too bad you won't get it because you didn't spend 100 days sucking up to the developers on discord for them to "know you". Great. I hope every single "developer" who has ever done this bs will have to go to the hospital but be denied treatment because a VIP needs it more. You deserve nothing.

I never thought I’d be writing here but I guess hate consumes people. My issue is not with Aabria as a person because she seems like a very fun person overall.

My issue comes from her and Dungeons and Dragons/ Tabletop RPG’s. I don’t think she is suited for it for several reasons!

I followed Critical Role from the very beginning and I dislike her style so much I could not bring myself to follow Campaign 4 after what she did at the Campaign 3 finale, which is sad because I really was looking forward to the next Campaign.

But to my gripes.

As a DM/GM:

1- Player rolls don’t matter! Sometimes she requests a roll and completely disregards it!

2- At several points she is very confrontational to her players that comes across as personal.

3- Her story is ALL OVER THE PLACE!

4- All her NPC’s have the same abrasive personality.

5- She tells players what their characters are feeling and when, even dismissing important character hard-felt feelings (like telling Robbie his character’s fears have passed just like that!)

I was told to watch her in Dimension20 and even then I could not find any sympathy!

As a player:

1- MAJOR PROTAGONIST SYNDROME.

2-She doesn’t know how to let other players take the spotlight!

3- She doesn’t understand that despite being comedic, being disruptive is a disrespect to all the players!

3- The best example — AND SPOILERS— is the moment Fearne and Matt were having at the end of Campaign 3. It is clear Fearne is to have her moment when Aabria says she will just follow them. Then Matt puts a wall of fire as a first warning. Then Aabria starts shouting at Fearne and Teven, then comes the SECOND warning with Teven casting Silence at Aabria. And she still doesn’t STOP! She keeps distracting the whole group and ruining a great moment for Ashley.

And I don’t know why Matt Mercer didn’t put a stop to it like a DM would by telling her to calm down or kick her from the table. Maybe cause it’s a live show or maybe cause they are friends.

But she does not seem to have an understanding of what social skills you need to play a tabletop RPG and it affects every game she is in!

It infuriates me to see people treating her like a great DM or player when she absolutely isn’t! URGH.

Again, this is ONLY in relation to Tabletop RPG’s, Dungeons and Dragons, and Critical Role. This is not about her as a person!

I’m using Call of Duty as an example*

$70-$100 base game that doesn’t give you everything there is to offer. Paid Battlepass, shop, and then it erases every year for the next game.

At least when Fortnite does it, it’s a FREE game! You KEEP the cosmetics because there isn’t a new game coming out every year.

Battlefield 6 has a Battlepass and shop now. Rainbow Six has a Battlepass and shop. Even GTA6 base cost doesn’t give you everything.

I cannot stand a game where you pay a premium price for a free-to-play monetization model.

AND

What makes it all worse, most of the playerbases are OKAY with it! Sure there’s a few vocal members but for the most part, they just deal with it. They will never change unless you stop using your wallet.

EDIT: Sorry, I bought rainbow back when it cost money. Did not know it went free to play.

So many games just put platforming in them without making any effort to make the movement good

If you’re gonna have a game with movement designed to simply walk around a flat plane then keep it at a flat plane. Don’t make me use your shitty unrealistic “jump” that’s impossible to control and feels terrible.

I actually fucking hate how every game has that fuckass walking running animation it's so fucking infuriating to look at and the game weighs like 50 terabytes and some chud says it's the best game ever as if it isn't a walking simulator (cough cough circletoonsHD)

Like it actually pisses me off it's insane it feels like the game was made by Israel themselves please come up with a different style omfg

like, dude, some people are just dumbasses. the amount of times i have seen please call this game a 'fetish' game or just not being able to understand the fact the game is very visceral is to many to count.

this is for two main reasons.

1. its a 'furry' game: if you have been on the furry side of the internet (like i have been, because i am a furry myself) you would know this game is EVERYWHERE (is the creator a furry or not?). and ever since 'changed' came out, the furry fandom hasn't really had the best reputation when it comes to making games (regardless on your opinion on changed, changed is a fetish game). this had lead people thinking: because 'changed' = fetish game and furry game, and C:U = furry game, therefore C:U = fetish game. you can see that this is very bad logic. the creator made the idea C:U when they were depressed (and from what i have heard, maybe even suicidal. they are better now).

2. the viscera: this is where the 'torment fetish' argument comes in. and as you could tell, this argument is also very dumb. C:U is a game about survival, and to survive, you need something to die to. in order to protect the Expie (nickname for the main character), you need something to protect it from. in the great words of DoshDoshington "but if you want to strip down any form of art just because it could be taken that way, might as well rip apart all the challenging culture we have".

thanks for coming to my TED talk (and if anyone send me to r/FoundTheSawian i put the milk before the cereal)

Here’s the thing, I love black and red shinys like Charizards and rayquazas, what I don’t like is when someone fixes a shiny and just makes them all “black with the Pokémon’s main color as an accent” like for the love of god do something unique or original for the shinies and not just make them edgy

I hate the false hydra and the phenom it was in the dnd community and the ttrpg community alltogether. With even articles saying "best homebrew monster". While its design is uninteractive as fuck. So, the hydra sings and that way it is undetectable to the people in range, and when they eat someone people forget their existance all together. So usually while playing as a well, player character, you just have to go allong until your dm give you a change for the FALSE HYDRA BIG REVEAL, without any agency for searching them since the song makes you ignore everything about them. I hate also how a lot of DM tell tales about how cool were their sessions when they included a false hydra and you can usually tell their party was misserable.Its the p3rfect monster for a DM that wants to feel smart.

The only thing I like about their popularity is that my DM could never run one since everyone already knew the trick, even then, he did something similar in another sistem with a telepath that manipulated our memory, but that was more organic, even tho if at the end of the days I also had to wait for her to do her big reveal trying to kill my character when she was alone with her and I simply was stronger than her and defeated her solo. So still after all the False Hydra infiltrated into a game of mine as a concept.

(image by me (not AI generated, drawn on markup))

While I am one who is against generative AI and LLMs, I hate how generalized and hated the term “AI” is.

I am a game developer in training (going to college for it) and AI in gaming is one of my absolute obsessions.

When I say this, I don’t refer to generating code. I refer to pathfinding or entity ai within the game. I love simulating how an entity would interact with the environment around it. But whenever I express my interest in the topic, I get nothing but funny looks or awkward silence. I am required to explain myself and bore the hell out of people.

I hate generative AI with a passion. But I also hate how watered down the term ‘AI’ is and I wish we could separate the good AI from the bad.

(This post is not directed towards any party at all. Just me complaining.)

That stupid video games are calling and i must go shirt has gotten on my nerves its so corny and gosh darn stupid and also its not gona let you get out of a place like school or work without yes i do play video games but im not gonna wanna wear a stupid corny shirt that only 3rd graders who play call of duty and fortnite wear. And also i hate that most of these shirts use this weird wanabe playstation controller that you wouldnt see on any other consle and i hate that they use a wire for a couple of them even though most controllers like that are wireless unless there palying old playstation games or other retro games but no one in the age of the people who were these shirts use gosh darn wired controllers. I wish they would actually be good and not so lame.

newer minecraft updates have COMPLETELY lost the plot. nothing fits with anything else. things like the sulfur cube are only ever going to be used by most players in multiplayer!!!!!!!! this goes all the way back to POLAR BEARS. THEY DO NOTHING!!!!! the SNIFFER is a DINOSAUR and what does it do??? it digs up two plants that do nothing except make dye. "be happy youre getting free updates" if i go to a party with pizza and its mushroom pizza im complaining shut up bro

The only fucking game that has ever handled shotguns well is a single player game that never had any official multiplayer functions. What game am I talking about? MAFIA II, THEY GOT THIS SHIT RIGHT IN 2010 AND NEVER AGAIN. The hardest difficulty in mafia 2 can be pretty frustrating sometimes, but the shotgun in that game was handled SO well, you can one shot enemies and enemies can one shot you; the pellets don't just fucking dissappear at a range, and you can two shot most enemies from a pretty far range. Every fucking game ever with a shotgun in it besides mafia 2 (and maybe 1 but I never played the original) has treated shotguns like their pellets turn into wet paper at a range (unless you're using slugs but even those usually have limits.) The WORST offender of this in my opinion is the call of duty games. It would be super unfun if you could get one shot from any range and instantly kill anything in front of you, so let's make shotguns just not work at a range..... wait that's EXACTLY WHAT MOST COD SNIPERS DO and it's complete dogshit. I think quickscoping is cool, but I think it's fucking ridiculous that people pretend that shotguns should be balanced to not do good damage at long ranges while snipers can just quickscope and instantly fucking kill you from any distance, and I get that it's a videogame, but if we're already pretending that shotguns suck ass, why are we also pretending that people sprint with 50 cal snipers and are able to fucking quick scope with them? And this is WAY WORSE in the new games, at least with the older games you could say "it takes skill to aim suddenly and shoot someone accurately with the wide crosshair" but in the new games, theres a fucking dot in the middle of the screen at all times and you can make most snipers aim REALLY quickly, it still takes skill, but it's overpowered as fuck. The way snipers are handled in some other games like most battlefield games is perfect to me, no one shotting to the upper chest, but if you got a headshot then it will one shot. It is a way to express your skill that isn't a complete crapshoot to fight.

One quick addendum, the combat in all of the mafia games kinda suck ass tbh, but I really think the way Mafia II did shotguns is good, everything else about the combat sucks ass though. Also I should said hypocrisy instead of fallacy, my bad lol

Okay, so im a massive gta fan. I've played all the games, sunk hundreds of hours into all the games over the franchise, Vice City, san andreas, Liberty City, you name it. I loved the story of 5, so much that i believe i replayed that campaign like 5 to 8 times just for the shits and giggles.

Now, why am i upset? Cause this fucking company, after, what, 13 years now? And they didn't think, for a second, that maybe having it on pc would be a good idea, one of the largest most expansive gaming platforms in the world.

Im pissed because i have to wait a year just to play the damn thing, on top of them basically charging 80 dollars for it.

I've argued about this with my friends, and they keep coming up with the "it took a year to get to pc for 5 why is this a problem." That doesn't defend it. Im not buying a playstation 5 or a xbox to play this fucking thing. This has been the most anticipated game of, well, gaming as a whole. This is the most anticipated game there is. And they genuinely didnt think people on pc wanted to play it also?

So basically, the story will be spoiled for me, and all that'll be left is online, and i dont even want to touch that with a 12 meter pole

So basically i have to give into the hatred, so that i dont get excited about this fucking thing so that i dont get spoilers.

Thank you for coming to my rant.

I can get behind going so insane/over the top that it circles around and becomes entertaining, but I hate when convoluted writing is excused for being deep.

Complex doesn't mean good, and franchises like these come across as manipulative because they don't have interest in telling a compelling story, it's just breadcrumbing to sell the next product to the point of being frustrating. They want you to be invested in the continuity, but don't put in the actual effort.

Just to get it out of the way, I play a lot of online social games (like ponytown) that involve…. Socializing…. And talking to people. I’m also autistic, disabled, traumatized yada yada so I understand some of the reasoning behind TT’s.

But literally someone needs to make it make sense to me how you can be so chronically online that someone’s pixel character “touching” your pixel character triggers you. A lot of people say “it’s because they have trauma involving touch” which is valid, I get it, I don’t want to be touched by strangers IRL either- but you are playing a SOCIAL GAME. Especially in ponytown, booping/touching another character is a very common way to start a conversation or compliment someone.

It always ends up as “play a social game, someone socializes with you, unspeakable horrors have been committed against you”

If you want to be left alone… play a single player game? It’s like walking into a restaurant and wearing a tshirt that says “DON’T SERVE ME FOOD” and then yelling at the waiters for serving you food.

Also there are functions to block/hide people if you get THAT triggered over being “touched” in a distal space, yet most people with TT’s will end up harassing other people for touching them.

It makes absolutely 0 sense to me how you can have your trauma triggered over pixels. You cannot feel it. Literally just chronically online behaviors.

1. Patient 1 and 2 from the smile tapes
2. Sonic.exe from creepypasta
3. Jeff the Killer from creepypasta
4. Catnap from poppy playtime
5. Charles from Choo Choo Charles

The wide eyes and fixed smiles just look more goofy than scary, and I'm tired of seeing it in every mascot horror ever. "ooh happy expression doing not happy things" Shut the fuck up. Have a single expression other than manic grin please.

C'mon, Nintendo. You announce a remake of one of my favorite games is dropping this year, and all you can give us is five seconds of footage of a sleeping child straight out of Dan Schneider's private stash with all the visual energy of a UE4, "Nintendo, hire this Man," meme?

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No game; no hype.

Imagine having the chance to fight an enemies thousands of time bigger than you and all the possibilities with it but because the devs are too lazy or unskilled to make good cutscenes/animations. The giants feel like they have no IQ and our victory unearned, why would they keep slamming their fists or stomp their feet in the same place then leave it there for multiple seconds so that our character can hit them until their HP turn to 0 ?