eddyak

eddyak t1_jee5ntj wrote

Clicks. Ragebaiting. Hype.

"Game X is quite good, but has flaws." Review has some fairly reasonable points, and gives a balanced review.

"GAMERS ARE HATING GAME X, HERE'S WHY." Review consists of out of context bullshit written specifically to get people angry at the game, at the reviewer, or at the state of society.

Second one gets clicks, because we're stupid.

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eddyak t1_jaejhdo wrote

It's publishers, CEOs, shareholders, and probably half a dozen other positions that also do the locust thing pushing this stuff. You can bet your last Haribo that devs as a whole aren't seeing a penny of the battle pass/gacha/EXP booster money- or if they are, it's the scraps left over after the leeches are done, if said leeches are feeling generous.

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eddyak t1_j6fsegz wrote

Death Stranding, Hollow Knight, the Metro series, Outer Wilds, Raft, Valheim, most of the walking simulators, a huge chunk of the Fallout series (though there are a lot of NPCs as well), Subnautica...

Tried to pick worlds that are mostly empty of other people, though most of them do have NPCs in them at one point or another.

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