games

god

That's REALLY funny

I must give them credit

nerfed lol

good change

smallant has published his cool video game bingo site https://beta.lockout.live/

custom game support too

that's kind of neat, the Elden Ring presets suck but I think there's potential there, Minecraft's are a lot better

and if you can just customize it anyway, that's preferable anyway

I think the elden ring presets are taken from the existing elden ring bingo community

I don't think I was ready for the Expedition 33 OST

the entire game essentially has its own score

ik we were talking about it in vc the other day, and I was impressed as hell that the OST was 8-hours long

but you REALLY feel it when playing

I guess I need to make sure I don't have the game muted when I eventually play it

Played through firewatch

it was a game of all time

I dislike the characters, I like the concept of the game

what inspired you to play firewatch now?

I am watching a stream, needed something short and google told me 4-5 hours

it took 3

lol

it was Gents christmas gift for me this year

I liked Firewatch, Campo Santo was a promising developer

they kinda got caught up in their own hype though, fed their egos too much

I think if I did not find both of the protagonists detestable and annoying, I would have liked it more

The opening bit building the life up to the skitzo moment was very funny though

Game bugged and warped me into a place where I was stuck when I tried to cut down a tree near the end and I had to redo a few minutes of gameplay after spending 5 trying to get unstuck

Firewatch was the first walking sim that *worked* as a fun game

Yeah I can agree

I think it is possibly the best walking sim I have seen

since then there have been more that built of that formula, but I give them credit for that

I liked Firewatch a lot when I played it but the ending just seemed to ruin all the mysteries the game had built up

Yeah I can agree with that a little

Dude the fact that its 24 bucks is insane though considering the game takes like 3-4 hours

I'm somewhat glad the game wasn't longer (granted I definitely did not finish it in 3 hours)

it's a 2015 game right?

idk how to fix old game pricing

2016

because objectively, the value of a game 10 years old, should lower

so it sells at $5-$10 or w/e, which feels right

I think after 5 years half price, then 10% drop every couple years after until 10 or something

yeah but people only buy things that are XX% off

sale price so they can get sales

keep it its total price, but your sale price should be like 95% after 10 years

yeah, I basically agree

I just also think it's one of those unavoidable weirdnesses, where the game is listed for so much, 10 years after release

yeah

But spooky, with inflation that 20 dollars is actually the same as if they sold it as 2 dollars 10 years ago or something

lol

I'm sure you can find some redditor who will argue game prices should increase $1/year or something

I have seen the argument

its usually used as a "it should be like this, so this is why them upping it 20 dollars right now is actually a great deal" kind of argument

but Pika, they added all that amazing free content

clearly they should now raise the price

The Factorio argument

the really bad Cup Head clone Rubberhose Rampage has had its price increase with every update

If you are an indie and you up your game price, fuck you

(or any dev, but especially indies)

with all these pricing discussions, it would be really funny if GTA6 was $50 on release

I'd buy it

I wonder how well Steam bundles work to generate sales

I assume straight % discounts are far more effective, but do normal users actually go for the bundles on the store page

that include past/similar games from the same developer/publisher

i imagine when the bundle is a series of games it gets sales

buy the entire half life series in one

I somewhat assume it's not that effective at upselling people, but maybe I'm wrong

i half expect the "cheapest" GTA6 version to be $100usd

It is at minimum 80 USD

100 is possible

I imagine special addition is like 120-140

I think it'll be 80, although they definitely have some Shark Card bs in there too

Base edition - $100 Normal edition you're meant to buy - $120 Deluxe edition that's completely pointless - $150

GTA6 has to cost more than the average game, that's important for their brand at this point

and even $100 might not do that, which is why I think they'll anchor it higher

you can't lose to Civ 7 at $130

MHWilds was $110

Cuck game

Thanks for buying me it gent