Exactly I haven't bought a game since Battlebit Remastered and the stupid devs completely squandered their opportunity to be a Battlefield competitor. Possibly the most depressing thing looking at the most played and top seller list is how many of these games are really just old, it's all 2017 releases and earlier aside from Elden Ring.
I simply don't trust devs to do their jobs these days, may as well have fun in a game engine. It's also worth noting that in their pursuit of shitty live services, there are game genres that most devs have completely abandoned.
Path of the Goddess came out last month and its legitimately a game out of a time lost. When rentals made you less stingy about every game needing to be 100+ hours of masterpiece to be worth it, and AAA companies releasing AA experimental games to do weird shit with. And then it still ended up being way longer than expected anyway.
Rusty's Retirement was a dumb little game that had an idea and committed to it harder than you'd ever expect. Which is being in a tiny window across the bottom of your screen to be an idle game you do between work sessions to help relax. It even adds a mode that makes things grow slower if you are playing too much.
Against the Storm came out of EA to show that every game in the roguelike genre doesn't need to be a fucking deckbuilder and can even be a wildly unexpected genre like a city builder and it work out flawlessly.
And for consoles, Unicorn Overlord was there being both maximum horny and fucking art in terms of its presentation/graphics. While still being a solid enough strategy/RTS game.
Rogue Trader came out in november and that was a day one purchase for me. Mechanically it isn't great but the characters and world are so entertaining that I don't care at all. I'm happy that combat isn't a challenge, and I still like playing dress up dollies with my party as we loot new gear.
What games have come out in the last year that were worth purchasing?
Helldivers II, Palworld. Both came from small studios and neither were AAA.
These are also the only two games I've bought this year.
Exactly I haven't bought a game since Battlebit Remastered and the stupid devs completely squandered their opportunity to be a Battlefield competitor. Possibly the most depressing thing looking at the most played and top seller list is how many of these games are really just old, it's all 2017 releases and earlier aside from Elden Ring.
I simply don't trust devs to do their jobs these days, may as well have fun in a game engine. It's also worth noting that in their pursuit of shitty live services, there are game genres that most devs have completely abandoned.
ah yes battlebit, the game i refunded with 20 seconds due to it being spyware.
Such a shame :(
Path of the Goddess came out last month and its legitimately a game out of a time lost. When rentals made you less stingy about every game needing to be 100+ hours of masterpiece to be worth it, and AAA companies releasing AA experimental games to do weird shit with. And then it still ended up being way longer than expected anyway.
Rusty's Retirement was a dumb little game that had an idea and committed to it harder than you'd ever expect. Which is being in a tiny window across the bottom of your screen to be an idle game you do between work sessions to help relax. It even adds a mode that makes things grow slower if you are playing too much.
Against the Storm came out of EA to show that every game in the roguelike genre doesn't need to be a fucking deckbuilder and can even be a wildly unexpected genre like a city builder and it work out flawlessly.
And for consoles, Unicorn Overlord was there being both maximum horny and fucking art in terms of its presentation/graphics. While still being a solid enough strategy/RTS game.
I'm replaying Bloodborne right now. Also, remakes like Super Mario RPG.
So, I guess we have remakes and Zelda.
Star Ocean: The Second Story R.
Can't sing its praises enough.
But I've tried.
Rogue Trader came out in november and that was a day one purchase for me. Mechanically it isn't great but the characters and world are so entertaining that I don't care at all. I'm happy that combat isn't a challenge, and I still like playing dress up dollies with my party as we loot new gear.
The System Shock remake is pretty good.
Super Mario Bros Wonder was alright.