Goronmon @ Goronmon @kbin.social

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Larian is actually a pretty large studio at this point.

I don't see why a specific studio gets a pass for story criticisms just because they are notorious for being lacking.

That top comment is ridiculous.

The article clearly outlines where people are paying for this content. And the idea that "no one is allowed to talk about this topic while human trafficking exists" is nonsense.

People need to learn to read before commenting on an article. The article isn't that long. Maybe spend more time actually fighting human trafficking than virtue signaling on social media if it's the only topic you feel is important.

I’m excited for Starfield but buying a Bethesda game on release week is probably a bad idea. Let them get a few patches out first.

Both Skyrim and Fallout 4 were fine at launch. Skyrim definitely had some bugs, but the idea that was an unplayable mess on launch is a made-up thing.

Exactly what I was going to point out. Armored Core has always been a relatively niche series, that has never reviewed that well.

The fact that it's reviewing in the 80s (at least so far) is a marked improvement over previous entries.

...meanwhile, piracy automatically downloads new episodes often mere hours after it’s released, for free, you don’t have to actively manage subscriptions

I wasn't aware that any such setup still worked with minimal setup. The ones I've seen reference in the past were shutdown and more torrent sites are getting shut down all the time.

Are you talking about private trackers? Because those can be hit or miss, assuming you can even get access to a good one at all.

But now a small, indie studio comes along with a grand slam and they don’t like it kind of makes them look bad by comparison.

Larian is similar in size, if not significantly larger, than Bethesda when they made Skyrim.

Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Assassin’s Creed, Diablo, Warcraft, Mass Effect, Dragon Age… these studios have VASTLY larger resources than Larian.

I wouldn't be surprised if the team that worked on Skyrim was significantly smaller than the Larian team that worked on BG3.

Those developers trying to shit on Larian need to cry and seethe more.

I can't find developers doing this. Seems like a mostly made up concern by overly sensitive people looking to be angry about something.

...much cheaper blocks can perform the same task just as well.

We don't actually know this since no one actually test it, just to be clear.

Unless you are going the "My minivan works just as well as Ferrari for driving to work" angle, which isn't what the high-end tech segment is really about.

It's called a PC. All consoles are based on them. Develop for PC first... problem solved.

If the goal is to make game development easier, then PC seems the worst possible option to choose.

Still, casual gamers did think Linux couldn’t game.

The parent comment is right. Most people don't think about Linux. Ask a 'casual' Swtich owner what OS the Switch uses, and their answer is probably going to be pretty close to the answer that a similar Deck user would give.

A few Devs decide to be contraian to the praise and then the media decides it a huge backlash.

They are not even criticizing the game.

The opinions are basically either "Smaller studios won't be able to replicate BG3" and "Not all games/RPGs need to be as deep and long as BG3".

Honestly, nowadays it feels more like an indie studio is more of an indicator of quality than AAA. Most of the games I buy and enjoy are indie/small studios.

Larian is about as indie/small as Bethesda was when Skyrim released.

After months of hearing about how Final Fantasy needed to become Devil May Cry because RPGs are dead...

This sounds like a strawman to me. Maybe you meant that people were claiming that "JRPGs are dead"? In which case, holding up Baldur's Gate 3 of evidence to counter that seems strange. But I haven't heard anyone saying that RPGs in general are a dying genre.

I mean yeah but gamers keep supporting shitty companies...

Yeah, shitty companies like Valve with their lootbox nonsense and other gambling mechanics are really bringing the industry down.

Agreed, I wasn't necessarily speaking about this specific issue, just about the broader issue of Patreon and the lack of good alternatives.

When you use Stripe/Paypal as your payment processor you have to be willing to accept whatever demands they (and the banks backing them) decide to make on any given day.

I hate how much of a monopoly they have in the space...

It's not necessarily Patreon that's the root problem here. The problem is the foundations of the financial industry (banks, credit card companies, etc) have complete control over the content and products you can exchange for money.

If Wells Fargo decides that your product or content has offended some random executive, they will call up your payment provider (like Stripe) and tell them to close your account. And the payment provider will do it because they don't really have a choice.