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Post by bierkrug on Sept 27, 2024 7:14:40 GMT
I will absolutely not buy 'Dragon Age: Veilguard'. I have no power to make it fail (I do want it to fail), but I won't support it with my money. I drew my line in the sand years ago. I'm creeping closer and closer to this line with every new thing that is released about the game XD
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Post by Gileadan on Sept 27, 2024 7:22:42 GMT
I will absolutely not buy 'Dragon Age: Veilguard'. I have no power to make it fail (I do want it to fail), but I won't support it with my money. I drew my line in the sand years ago. I'm creeping closer and closer to this line with every new thing that is released about the game XD I'm a big fan of voting with your wallet. I don't want it to fail though, there's going to be people who enjoy it and I don't begrudge that. As it is I have more games I love to play than time to play them already, so what's another one I don't care for? What I do want to fail and fail hard is things like Dustborn. Not because the game's content (it's a brilliant unintentional self-parody) but because EU tax money was wasted on it.
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Post by bierkrug on Sept 27, 2024 8:26:30 GMT
I'm a big fan of voting with your wallet. I may be voting from the bargain bin XD What I do want to fail and fail hard is things like Dustborn. Not because the game's content (it's a brilliant unintentional self-parody) but because EU tax money was wasted on it. That was the "We're the new porn" game, right? EU money also flowed to Gollum... the worst game of 2023. On one hand, I'm happy smaller developers can get support this way but they should really check the quality of the project before wasting money on it.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Sept 28, 2024 2:29:30 GMT
I'm creeping closer and closer to this line with every new thing that is released about the game XD I'm a big fan of voting with your wallet. I don't want it to fail though, there's going to be people who enjoy it and I don't begrudge that. As it is I have more games I love to play than time to play them already, so what's another one I don't care for? What I do want to fail and fail hard is things like Dustborn. Not because the game's content (it's a brilliant unintentional self-parody) but because EU tax money was wasted on it. I don't think the game looks bad. It doesn't look exactly good either. There is a little too much of what I didn't appreciate with Dragon Age: Inquisition, the WoW combat and flash effects. I found DA:I combat intolerably boring and annoying at the end. So much that I turned down difficulty to lowest and let the party do the most of it. It was still boring. Otherwise maybe interesting, Dragon Age'y sorta. And I'm not a "tourist", as David Gaider expressed it. I found the homosexuality, transgender etc, completely fine in DA:O and DA2. Only added to the game. That's not the problem. The problem is that the canary in the coal mine has died. And as I said, my line in the sand is drawn. I won't support developers that give me weird companions that seem to be modeled after certain current social cliques, a ditto force-funneling character editor, and who want to "celebrate" certain surgical malpractices. Because then I know that it's infested by lunatic activists who are always going to make games shitty, just as they infest and destroy all our other culture. Even if this game might still be tolerable enough to play, then next.
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Post by bierkrug on Sept 28, 2024 11:29:23 GMT
The problem is that the canary in the coal mine has died. And as I said, my line in the sand is drawn. I won't support developers that give me weird companions that seem to be modeled after certain current social cliques, a ditto force-funneling character editor, and who want to "celebrate" certain surgical malpractices. Because then I know that it's infested by lunatic activists who are always going to make games shitty, just as they infest and destroy all our other culture. Even if this game might still be tolerable enough to play, then next. Yes, this is something that ticks me off too. I'm quite sick of the mentality that psychological disorders are cool and quirky. I happen to suffer from one and believe me, it is anything but cool and quirky. And don't even get me started on certain ideologies that glorify internalised misogyny.
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Post by q5tyhj on Oct 8, 2024 15:31:49 GMT
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Post by LawBringerSR2 on Oct 9, 2024 19:20:31 GMT
I'm creeping closer and closer to this line with every new thing that is released about the game XD I'm a big fan of voting with your wallet. I don't want it to fail though, there's going to be people who enjoy it and I don't begrudge that. As it is I have more games I love to play than time to play them already, so what's another one I don't care for? What I do want to fail and fail hard is things like Dustborn. Not because the game's content (it's a brilliant unintentional self-parody) but because EU tax money was wasted on it. Honestly Dustborn feels like a parody/satire of the left wing/progressive ideologies/woke movement made by right-wingers. I'm quite left wing and I find it utterly ridiculous and I wouldn't play it in a million years even for free.
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Post by LawBringerSR2 on Oct 20, 2024 2:18:23 GMT
ME3 has flaws and the last 5 minutes were lackluster to say the least, but overall it's not a bad game at all
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Oct 20, 2024 8:21:38 GMT
Unpopular opinion: most people are loud. Way too loud in fact. And too extroverted.
In my line of work I meet tons of new customers every day and I really enjoy the rare occasions when I work with someone who is more reserved, contemplative and quiet. 95% of the customers are the exact opposite kind to the point they become obnoxious and tiring very quickly.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Oct 20, 2024 10:41:17 GMT
The World has gone crazy in so many ways. I suppose a detailed analysis would expose similarly low levels of wisdom, understanding and rational purpose in earlier history. You just have to consider WW1 for one thing...
But anyway, looking close, I recently saw and heard a stock market "expert" (who of course has lost huge sums) argue that Ubisoft was a good stock option currently. His reasoning? Ubisoft's stock has nose dived to a very low level, following years of releasing total failures. But according to his logic, this is almost normal, and now and then they will have a "success" because they have had in the past. Ebb and Tide, right? And when the success comes, stock price will go up and those who invest now will profit.
This is the kind of ignorant logic that also holds up Disney stock, far above its actual value. What is failing in this analysis is that both Disney and Ubisoft are people-companies. Their value comes from the talent and creativity of their employees. Nothing else. And at Ubisoft there is no one left, only talentless fools without a clue. There is IMO close to zero chance that Ubisoft will recover. Disney look pretty bleak too. They are of course grossly mismanaged by fools for a length of time, but exchanging leadership is no longer a cure, since their company resource has changed so much.
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