Recent content by Daozang

I don't know, between vampires and a Jill sandwich, I think the quality has been consistent for the last 30 years. :P It's fun, I like it. With the exception of 6, now that was an unintentional nightmare...

There are objective ways in which we can measure parts of what makes a game. A game that is good/mediocre/bad in terms of technology is one way. (Elder Ring is technologically mediocre, and in this forum, I believe most of us would agree). How the controls feel, (mouse acceleration and a first...

My favorite bug is when you have to stealth kill a decapitated guy a few times in a row to make him stay down :P But overall, I am enjoying the game a lot. I can't say I enjoy the mission structure, (there isn't any really), but everything else is top notch. If the main missions were more...

The problem is that entirely subjective takes, are presented as universally correct with an air of expert authority. I'll say it again. I personally intensely dislike From Soft's take on action combat. Do I think Elden Ring is a bad game? No. It is not for me. I am not the target audience. If...

You beat me to it. I really don't get this entirely entitled behavior. I don't like it, therefore it is hot garbage, the people responsible for it are talentless hacks, and it should never have existed. That is the summary of the sentiment expressed, when, the only "sin" that was actually...

Even that, (on it's own) does not make it an objective way to assess qualitative change (or quality in general). It is just an indicator, that could point to an informed conclusion when combined with other factors... In my opinion it provides more value to publishers, than actual consumers.

I never said they are becoming more complex. I said (and /or) in context. Context being, that not many things have changed for most genres over the last years. And yes, games were always unbalanced, for the most part. You could cheese many single player games by exploiting a move, a glitch, or...

"Wrong priorities" is a very common reason given for an update, expansion, or DLC that people find lacking or OP. Every expansion of GW2 for example, that I played extensively, was plagued by a new elite profession that outperformed everything else at least in the beginning. It's a reason to...

Poorly balanced and multiplayer go together since the days of WOW... The more complex the gameplay loops become, the more freedom the gameplay loops provide, the more choices the devs give, the more unbalanced the game will eventually get. And that is the case for single player games as well...

No idea, I haven't played Avatar. I did play Outlaws, although that one does stray a bit from the classic Ubisoft formula.

A goal, a set of rules, and the means to achieve said goal.

In such broad terms, you can advocate both ways... The way I see it, the outcomes should be limited but more importantly, curated, by default. Even in a sandbox, where things are less defined, you should, at best, have the illusion of agency. I would also argue, that gameplay agency (regardless...

The thing is, they are not worse, the same way the Beatles were not worse than the music that came before them, regardless of what our grandparents would tell our parents. Some might not be to our preference, most are not intended for us anyway, (the same way our grandparents were not the...

That, and the fact that, the new generations will inevitably say the same about future games... It's like Star Wars. Original trilogy generation didn't like Ep 1-3. The kids that saw those movies at the theater on the other hand, love them, and, surprise surprise, don't like the new ones. In my...