alessandroBioShock creator says "audiences reward" single-player games that don't have "other methods of monetization," like Baldur's Gate 3, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
BroBot9000Absolutely!
Games as a service is a scam.
UnderpantsWeevilI mean, MMOs were supposed to be continuously supported and developed during the enrollment period. Earlier iterations of the model had live DMs running encounters, active continuous releases to expand the game world and advance the storyline, and robust customer support to address the bugs and defects. Also, just maintaining the servers necessary to support that much data processing was hella-expensive on its face.
Games as a service don’t need to be a scam.
But eventually, the studios figured out they can do the MMO business model on any game. Justifying a fee for Everquest was a lot more reasonable than justifying it for a glorified Team Fortress knock off. Or a freaking platformer.
SteveI miss EverCrack.
Not the actual game, things have come a long way since then. But the concepts. No end game. Mobs that take 100+ people all day to take down. And that last price of armor has a 2% drop rate off them. Levels took so long nobody worried about much about getting to cap, and just hung out. The grind and the community were the point. Not the next pice of gear.
Not the actual game, things have come a long way since then. But the concepts. No end game. Mobs that take 100+ people all day to take down. And that last price of armor has a 2% drop rate off them. Levels took so long nobody worried about much about getting to cap, and just hung out. The grind and the community were the point. Not the next pice of gear.
kingpoiuyEvery few years I fire up project99 and it’s glorious. I’ve been resisting simply because I want to get real life stuff done.