1y ago

The CEO got Community Noted for a minute

https://twitter.com/Pilestedt/status/1786417563628437933

It's not there anymore, but was earlier.

80 comments

This is where we are now in 2024.
Check if Game is Safe to Buy Checklist:
The game is available as a direct download, on Steam, GOG, or a console I own (if I want to play on console)
The game functions
The game is complete, has launched publicly, and has mostly positive reviews
Exception: If I believe enough in the product to purchase it early access
The game is compatible with my system
In my case, this also means 32x9 support in Windows
AND Linux because I’m heading there soon no doubt
The game’s performance is generally good on a system with my components
The game’s bugs aren’t a dealbreaker to me
The game is fun
The game price is a good value to me
The game is not PTW
The game has minimal/no MTX
If the game has MTX, it’s not intrusive
If the game has in-game currency, it can be earned in-game without grinding for ages
The game has no advertisements (unless it’s just for a joke)
The game is not from the following developers:
Bethesda Games Studios (post FO4)
Battlestar Games
Psyonix
Whoever developed the Gollum game?
Starbreeze Studios
[more to come]
The game is not from the following publishers:
Sony/Playstation
Bethesda Softworks
EA
Activision Blizzard (post D3)
Riot Games
WB
Deep Silver
Ubisoft
Psyonix
Gearbox (post BL2)
[more to come]
The game does not require 3rd party launchers
The game does not require 3rd party DRM
The game does not require 2nd or 3rd party account linking
The game does not require kernel-level anti-cheat
The game is not related with a blockchain, NFTs, or crypto
The developer of the game treats their employees well
The publisher of the game treats their developer well
The game is not a live service game
If the game is co-op, it allows local hosting
If the game is single-player, it does NOT require an Internet connection to play (optional net connection OK for things like Elden Ring features)
Red Flags:
Games developed by:
Hello Games
CDPR
Rockstar
Nintendo games (it supports Nintendo’s crappy business practices)
*some exceptions still apply
- So... We're down to solitaire and minesweeper.
  
  Don't those have ads on Windows now?
  
  And Doom. Don’t forget Doom
- Whoever developed the Gollum game?
  It was Daedalic Entertainment and their older and more indi titles are fine. Since they closed down their dev team after gollum, I don't think you need to avoid them.
  
  All of their point and click adventures are great. Unfortunate things went downhill after Poki left the company.
- Why CDPR? They just had a single game with a disaster last gen console launch and a kinda rough PC launch, they made up for it in basicly no time and iirc they own Gog the platform without any drm always online crap
  
  it was only in "red flags"?
  maybe more of a "never pre-order" type comment?
  
  I think you answered your own question in the first part, and for the rest, I was mostly interested in the immersion in the game via roleplaying, like NPC's having their own routines, living, breathing world, etc. A.K.A. the stuff they lied about that still has not made it into the game.
- You should definitely check out this video to understand hello games were the good guys fucked over by a bunch of hype and then Sony, the publisher, giving the studio barely any support while pushing the blame on them for everything.
  https://youtu.be/O5BJVO3PDeQ?si=S5grsjEigZVumO4a
- Sounds about right. You should add Paradox Interactive as they added a launcher to Across the Obelisk.
  
  I think that's not the only game to which they added their own launcher. I don't know exactly which one, but from what I have read my impression is that it's most of new games.
- Why Psyonix? Rocket League is the only game they still work on.
  Edit: Psyonix isn't even a publisher
  
  Only things I can remember for Psyonix was they dropped OS support for Mac and Linux, pulled the game from steam, and required an epic account to continue playing. Luckily refunds were being honored when it happened.
  
  It feels like they should have replaced that one with "has epic bought the game or developers"
  Like, with rocket league for example, almost every negative thing they mentioned on the list that applies only happened to the game after Psyonix was bought by epic.
- Why Hello Games?
  
  I agree, why Hello Games. They are a studio that has gone to great lengths to make the game better and haven't charged a single penny more. Sean Murray has learnt to not overhype things. I'm looking forward to Light No Fire and having seen what they are capable of following all the NMS updates I have confidence they can succeed.
  
  No Man's Sky wasn't all it was hyped to be on launch, it's actually much better now (I'm literally playing it right this second lol)
  
  Hello Games sold a game that was not what was promised. It is not common to have a game be released in the state that NMS was released in get the support that NMS received. Definite red flag. I would stop, and really think hard before purchasing another game from them. Not that I wouldn't buy one, but I would use some brain function before doing so.
- maybe I should make one of those meme / concept review accounts on steam and run games through this list.
  
  Feel free to copy, improve, and spread the list.
- You forgot to include Epic Store, and itch
  Also forgot must be open source and self hostable (if multiplayer)
  
  I wouldn't buy something from the epic store. Though I agree with Itch and direct download.
  
  Direct download is already listed there. No Epic store. Games do not need to be open source. I already included local hosting.
  
  Must be open source? Would be nice, but you are excluding 99.9% of games. Which is fine as a stance, but you don't need the list then, your stance is just "I don't play games*".
  Must be self hostable? How would that work with MMOs? Releasing the server software would spoil everything, and discovery of how new mechanics and content works is part of the fun. It would also allow cheaters to learn how the server-sidr anti-cheat works.
- Bethesda Why?
  
  I assume you died in 2011 and this is your ghost trying to catch up with the last decade and a half
  
  Skyrim wasn't objectively good, but it was well-liked and infinitely moddable.
  Fallout 4 had some interesting mechanics, but the story was bad, the in-game radio host was awful, and the engine was a decade old at that point. It was also the game where Bethesda introduced paid mods.
  Fallout 76 is a tale of its own. It failed at every conceivable point, including promotion, merchandise, and post-release content.
  Starfield is a loading screen simulator with 1700 near-identical planet and a bad story, and is overall so insignificant that I almost forgot to mention it.
  Most recently, Fallout 4's newest release broke mod compatibility, the only thing that kept it relevant.
  It's fair to say that Bethesda hasn't developed an objectively good game since Oblivion, and that was the game with the horse armors. Plus there are all the games that are owned by Bethesda, but not developed by them. Redfall, Deathloop, and what Id did to Mick Gordon.
- The game is not a live service game
  I don't know about you but I enjoyed my time in RuneScape. And haven't paid a cent for it!
- Omori fits
  
  Being created by omocat is a red flag by itself
So arrowhead are 100% telegraphing that this is Sony not them
- They've literally stated it. ~~I'll see if I can find it again.~~ Found it. https://old.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1cj8p0x/from_the_community_manager_on_the_discord/
- Getting strong "our hands are tied" vibes from everything they say 😞
  
  Fun fact on Sony:
  Warframe, regardless of what you think of Digital Extremes, had cross platform play pushed last year out, more recently cross platform save too. Both worked out of the gate when launched, they did their homework.
  At its inception, each platform had its own little icon beside the player name to indicate what device they were on.
  Sony took a look at the system and apparently freaked out that there was the potential of a PS player losing a PvP match to an Xbox or Switch player and demanded via legal threats that it be changed immediately.
  MS didn't seem to care and I think Nintendo was just amazed a half decent looking game with as many mechanics as Warframe can run on the Switch.
  So now, players can see who is on their platform, and a universal icon if they aren't.
  
  All suits are losers who bend the knee to money. Bigger corps are like a bigger money pot to their twisted brains. OFC they'd bend the knee to Sony, a world renound brand name.
  
  I mean, they had them tied willingly in the first place.
But you still have to have the account, no? Is that not the issue?
- Not right now. It's been optional for a while, definitely when I bought it. They're making it mandatory. That's a bait and switch.

80 comments