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Sunday, January 19, 2025
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@Phijkchu_Pikachu
it turns out it wasn't a new game
this trailer is kinda comical, I caan see the visual differences... but like.... maybe try a little harder
I think I like the old graphics better (which I think I also used the old in regular stronghold definitive), also do not care for the new update of the music and... oh no, new units. That could be bad
they're keeping the classic pathfinding too, which makes the new animations look off
I worry for FireFly, I feel like the nostalgia market for Stronghold has been tapped quite thoroughly at this point
Lmfao
we literally just talked about crusader
thats crazy
yep
I agree with porygon that I like the older graphics more
but, if it has working multiplayer without having to do the weird shit to get normal crusader working
I am all for it
well Pika, at least there will be easier- yeah
I liked what I've played of stronghold 1 remaster, but crusader was always more of my game
So I am excited for this
Other than having skirmish mode, Crusader is faster paced
Funny that stronghold 2 went back hard toward the og's "castle sim", and kinda fucked it up
I wish the og had skirmish
Stronghold is a franchise where honestly they have no idea what to do with the ip
its such a mess
but yeah, the lack of skirmish sucks for the og
This is really autistic and long (222 pages) but is a harbinger of the impending game industry crash
this is a presentation for investors, as to why the game industry is fucked long-term
the tldr is literally: everything is fucked, the industry is a balloon with no possible future growth that can save it
it's nothing anyone here doesn't know
but this will be a major weight for computer trading to devalue gaming stocks and will likely ward off institutional VC funding
I'll spare people posting a bunch of graphs, but there are some interesting ones in here
mostly related to Nintendo and China
again, not anything people here didn't probably already know, but interesting visuals
this slide in particular though
I think is funny enough to post
Replying to legorhin #jazardly why is this covering chinese film, nollywood and bollywood?
to illustrate that as China comes online with their own major game studios, the % revenue from Chinese gamers consuming overseas IPs will likely fall
Because it's a small, non-public studio
and Elden Ring was their first mass-market game
Elden Ring at #2 in 2022 was the first time they had a top-12 selling game
yeah, though that was mostly pre-launch
I feel like that marketing point has kind of died off over time
Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131 Click to see attachment 🖼️
I knew Hogwarts Legacy did well but I didn't expect it to be number 1
Replying to polu #polutropos I knew Hogwarts Legacy did well but I didn't expect it to be number 1
I also thought Diablo IV would be higher (#2 or #3)
I'll have to look through this later, seems interesting
it's LONG, but I actually liked reading through it
some of the doom and gloom surrounding mobile, I didn't realize how bad that was personally
Replying to legorhin #jazardly the final section of the talk is just how expensive GTA6 will be
Literally all talk from gaming people for AAA studios is how they want it to be 100 so they can increase prices of other games
so that makes sense
There are entire companies banking on GTA 6 saving them by letting them upcharge an additional 30-40 dollars
games already kind of are $100 on-release
between the deluxe editions and advanced access weeks
GTA being $100 for the base edition (which I think will happen) will imo backfire for the rest of the industry
I think a collapse and restructuring of gaming is genuinely needed
Indies will be fine, Nintendo will survive
a lot of AAA bloat needs to go
I think the top 15 games/year are fine
it's that 16-100 region that's fucked
all the middling AAA and AA games
and bloated "indies"