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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Any novel idea that gets a modicum of success is immediately and repeatedly flogged to death by copy-cats, both indie and corporate, for the next several years until the gaming public is sick of seeing it. See any recent successful gaming trend for an example.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Vampire survivors comes to mind.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@ylai it always belonged. every successful game was an experiment. a weird, quirky experiment.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

*takes bong hit*

"Ok, so hear me out...then the plumber jumps into the sewer and comes out in a different dimension with living mushrooms and attack turtles."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"Duuuude, I'm big on shrooms fr"

"😲💡"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

Small indie studios instead of the hulking meat grinders of corporate giants.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

that's why I hope the game-like genre naming really takes off that means I can just play the original and skip the rest

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I imagine you're being facetious, but you'd miss a lot of great games this way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago