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Posted October 22, 2012
I already stopped buying games from Bethesda , 2K , Rockstar and Paradox .
Posted October 22, 2012
If you mean stopping playing also older games that used to be AAA titles from big publishers like EA, Activision, Ubisoft... no. I have invested too much money on their older titles, and I still want to play them. So no, I probably wouldn't want to play only indie games from now on.

If you mean future AAA titles from big publishers, maybe. Reason being that I feel I have already now more interesting games (most of which are not indie) that I intend to play than I can possibly play rest of my life. My gaming backlog is huge. The only risk is that in distant future I might not have a system that can run them passably, but I hope virtual machines and emulators keep improving.

Then again, there are lots of different scenarios. For example if new games started appearing only on streaming services like OnLive, I could see myself stopping playing games altogether, at least those that can be obtained only as services. Or maybe not, hard to say, depends so much also on pricing of such streaming services.
Post edited October 22, 2012 by timppu
Posted October 22, 2012
I gave up on buying low-budged games. What does that suggest?
Posted October 22, 2012
I almost have given them up. My two most recent game purchases have been from GoG and would definitely fall into the "indie developer/publisher" category, one old and one new: King of Dragon Pass and FTL. My PS3 went YLOD on me several months ago and I haven't been bothered enough to replace it. Even before it died, though, there were fewer and fewer games for it that interested me enough to spend the money on them. And there is nothing coming out that I am just dieing to play either. Meanwhile, "indie" games often appeal to my inner retro gamer either in visual style or gameplay. And it may sound cheesy to say it but I have found my imagination (definitely fired up by games like KoDP and FTL) is just as effective as fancy graphics. Just my 2 cents from the edge of civilization....
Post edited October 22, 2012 by marlowe221
Posted October 22, 2012
I could. Hell, I already have, I think. The last AAA title I bought was Portal 2, as far as I recall. Between GOG, indie bundles and various freeware offerings, I think no more than at most 5 out of my last 100 games have been newer AAA titles.
Posted October 22, 2012
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This thread is full of horrible taste.
Posted October 22, 2012
I'm not sure what "could" means in this context; I could give up video games entirely, if, for example, my financial situation required it. But I'm not planning to; I want to play the next Dragon Age and the Mass Effect spin-off, I want to play Dishonored, and in general, I don't see why I should be limited by some vague idea that "Big publisher = bad."
Posted October 22, 2012
Realistically, no. I like to mix and match, so I give merits to games who deserve them, not really caring who published or made it.
Posted October 22, 2012
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Crosmando: This thread is full of horrible taste.
You do know that Baldurs Gate was the '98 poster boy for overhyped Big Publisher games. Just like half of the current GOG catalogue. But hey, try being cool and edgy, we all were teenagers once...
Posted October 22, 2012
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Crosmando: This thread is full of horrible taste.
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SimonG: You do know that Baldurs Gate was the '98 poster boy for overhyped Big Publisher games. Just like half of the current GOG catalogue. But hey, try being cool and edgy, we all were teenagers once...
Lol, pretty sure I haven't been a teenager in quite a while, and why do you bring up BG in particular? It was a solid game but you bring it up out of nowhere.

I just don't think that anyone who thinks low-brow cinematic "gangsta" rubbish like Sleeping Dogs or button-masher action games like Batman, or hell even gay-sex fan-fiction simulators like ME, really deserves to have an opinion on anything.
Post edited October 22, 2012 by Crosmando
Posted October 22, 2012
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Crosmando: [...] even gay-sex fan-fiction simulators like ME [...]
Wow. Hate speech, I sure pushed a button.
Posted October 22, 2012
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Crosmando: button-masher action games like Batman
I suppose you're in possession of some kind of neural interface.
Posted October 22, 2012
I think I could, but I wouldn't want to. Big devs have the biggest art and writing budgets. When everything is in sync they can produce some truly amazing experiences, even if they fail as games.
Posted October 22, 2012
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Crosmando: button-masher action games like Batman
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Fenixp: I suppose you're in possession of some kind of neural interface.
Would make is interest in gay simulators even more noteworthy ...
Posted October 22, 2012
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Crosmando: [...] even gay-sex fan-fiction simulators like ME [...]
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SimonG: Wow. Hate speech, I sure pushed a button.
You'd prefer less creative language, "bad games" perhaps?

Either way, I don't even really consider Triple-A publishers as game companies anymore, they abandoned actual gamers years ago, their core business ever since has been interactive cinematic games; that is selling games to people who hate gaming.

I don't see how how anyone who likes game systems can like modern Triple-A games, they are targeted at a casual demographic who wants to be rewarded for failure and have their ego petted with ridiculously easy difficulty settings.

I was about to say something about the FMV games of the early compact disc era, but then I realized that would be uncalled for, many of them were good and most had more interactivity than modern titles.
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