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No micro transactions, offline single player. A luxury in 2023.

ls612 3y ago
I don't get this take, just in the past 12 months we have seen -God of War Ragnarok -Tears of the Kingdom -Hogwarts Legacy -Star Wars Jedi Survivor -Final Fantasy XVI All entirely or almost entirely singleplayer and all receiving critical acclaim (except for the poor launch of Jedi Survivor's PC port). And the next few months include Starfield and Spider-Man 2, both blockbuster singleplayer games with no microtransactions which stand a good chance of winning game of the year.
- izzydata 3y ago
  That may be so, but for every game like this there are a dozen that aren't. I just happened to not be interested in any of the above mentioned games. Still, I think the trend of releasing completed games is slowly becoming in favor again. I don't think Nintendo really strayed very far from this so props to them.
  - hinkley 3y ago
    Also you’re dealing with a lot of pent up rage from a decade of systemic abuse.
- LegitShady 3y ago
  >-God of War Ragnarok playstation exclusive >-Tears of the Kingdom nintendo exclusive >-Hogwarts Legacy I don't know anyone who has played it - maybe we're just not that interested in harry potter >-Star Wars Jedi Survivor launched with multiple huge bugs including progression stopping bugs. I'll get it when its cheap and theyve fixed everything, or they haven't and I won't. If your game is bugged from day one don't expect day one pricing to work out. >Final Fantasy XVI playstation exclusive. out of your list there the only ones not platform exclusive or riddled with bugs on launch is hogwarts legacy which honestly doesn't sound like anything I'd be interested in playing.
  - gaws 3y ago
    > God of War Ragnarok > playstation exclusive Don't fret. It'll be ported to PC, just like the first game.
    - LegitShady 3y ago
      its not a question of fretting, its just a question of "is this game available for most people to play" and the answer is "just playstation owners" so not generally, no.
  - password54321 3y ago
    *timed exclusive, plus Switch emulator.
    - LegitShady 3y ago
      an exclusive is an exclusive. "timed exclusive" is an exclusive. Also not interested in dealing with piracy and other things for switch emulator - there's no way for a normal person to buy the game and play it on a switch emulator - you need an old version of the switch to dump it even if you wanted to, so you have to have the platform to emulate it without piracy anyways.
  - gardenhedge 3y ago
    Hogwarts Legacy is recommended
    - LegitShady 3y ago
      im just not into harry potter
      - ChoGGi 3y ago
        I watched a couple of the movies years ago. the game is enjoyable and very well done, I'd probably have more fun if I was an actual fan. You can definitely see the amount of effort put into recreating the castle/town.
MathMonkeyMan 3y ago
They do put some effort into getting you to create an account and go online in the installer. And, when you boot the game, it instead boots a window GUI that I can imagine serves only to display the giant ad to upgrade to the more expensive version of the game. You have to search for the de-emphasized not-quite-a-button below to actually play the game. This is one of the things I like about truly single-player games, where no interaction with other players is possible. Mostly puzzle games. None of those games have any of these dark patterns or unnecessary connectivity. I have been enjoying Baldur's Gate 3. Offline :)

I don't get this take, just in the past 12 months we have seen -God of War Ragnarok -Tears of the Kingdom -Hogwarts Legacy -Star Wars Jedi Survivor -Final Fantasy XVI All entirely or almost entirely singleplayer and all receiving critical acclaim (except for the poor launch of Jedi Survivor's PC port). And the next few months include Starfield and Spider-Man 2, both blockbuster singleplayer games with no microtransactions which stand a good chance of winning game of the year.

izzydata 3y ago
That may be so, but for every game like this there are a dozen that aren't. I just happened to not be interested in any of the above mentioned games. Still, I think the trend of releasing completed games is slowly becoming in favor again. I don't think Nintendo really strayed very far from this so props to them.
- hinkley 3y ago
  Also you’re dealing with a lot of pent up rage from a decade of systemic abuse.
LegitShady 3y ago
>-God of War Ragnarok playstation exclusive >-Tears of the Kingdom nintendo exclusive >-Hogwarts Legacy I don't know anyone who has played it - maybe we're just not that interested in harry potter >-Star Wars Jedi Survivor launched with multiple huge bugs including progression stopping bugs. I'll get it when its cheap and theyve fixed everything, or they haven't and I won't. If your game is bugged from day one don't expect day one pricing to work out. >Final Fantasy XVI playstation exclusive. out of your list there the only ones not platform exclusive or riddled with bugs on launch is hogwarts legacy which honestly doesn't sound like anything I'd be interested in playing.
- gaws 3y ago
  > God of War Ragnarok > playstation exclusive Don't fret. It'll be ported to PC, just like the first game.
  - LegitShady 3y ago
    its not a question of fretting, its just a question of "is this game available for most people to play" and the answer is "just playstation owners" so not generally, no.
- password54321 3y ago
  *timed exclusive, plus Switch emulator.
  - LegitShady 3y ago
    an exclusive is an exclusive. "timed exclusive" is an exclusive. Also not interested in dealing with piracy and other things for switch emulator - there's no way for a normal person to buy the game and play it on a switch emulator - you need an old version of the switch to dump it even if you wanted to, so you have to have the platform to emulate it without piracy anyways.
- gardenhedge 3y ago
  Hogwarts Legacy is recommended
  - LegitShady 3y ago
    im just not into harry potter
    - ChoGGi 3y ago
      I watched a couple of the movies years ago. the game is enjoyable and very well done, I'd probably have more fun if I was an actual fan. You can definitely see the amount of effort put into recreating the castle/town.

MathMonkeyMan 3y ago

They do put some effort into getting you to create an account and go online in the installer. And, when you boot the game, it instead boots a window GUI that I can imagine serves only to display the giant ad to upgrade to the more expensive version of the game. You have to search for the de-emphasized not-quite-a-button below to actually play the game. This is one of the things I like about truly single-player games, where no interaction with other players is possible. Mostly puzzle games. None of those games have any of these dark patterns or unnecessary connectivity. I have been enjoying Baldur's Gate 3. Offline :)