The Great Glitch Crisis of 2014
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oltman
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Very good video. I was not aware of most of those issues as I hardly buy a game on release day. It seems that it must be paying off as I have not played a glitchy game in a very long time (Watch Dogs included, finished it late last year).
What he did not go into, which I think is also quite relevant, are the Early Access games. These games are often faulty, sometimes to the point where they are unplayable. Although the early access serves a very different purpose than full game releases, it is essentially the same thing that is happening to AAA titles: "buy our game now and we will fix it later." This can turn into a very delicate debate
What he did not go into, which I think is also quite relevant, are the Early Access games. These games are often faulty, sometimes to the point where they are unplayable. Although the early access serves a very different purpose than full game releases, it is essentially the same thing that is happening to AAA titles: "buy our game now and we will fix it later." This can turn into a very delicate debate
Graal
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These games aren't faulty. They're in alpha and beta. There's a massive difference between a buggy game and a game that's still actively in development.
BeoTeK
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Surely that's the same thing, if it ain't complete, it's in development and vice versa.
the problem is that the gaming market has changed significantly. We (the people that watch this show and would never buy a AAA on launch and are tired of the same COD every year) are now the minority among gamers.
Its best for us as the more savvy game consumers to search for great titles from good studios that are not that mainstream and support them in developing great games. And spend less time worrying or bitching about AAA games from big studios that are now so mainstream that we no longer have an real input in them.
Its best for us as the more savvy game consumers to search for great titles from good studios that are not that mainstream and support them in developing great games. And spend less time worrying or bitching about AAA games from big studios that are now so mainstream that we no longer have an real input in them.
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Graal
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Not quite. There's a difference between a feature-complete game that was released in a buggy state and a game that is still being actively developed, hence feature incomplete.
BeoTeK
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My point is; it shouldn't be a full release if it's full of bugs, then it's obviously not feature-complete.
AlienTaker
Whale Masseur
Glad to see Brokenfield 4 mentioned in there 
ClockworkNinja
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The big problem is that gaming went from a kind of "Underground movement" to ultra commercial. As gamers we always loved games. Ive been gaming since the 80's. I was a kid myself. Now everyone and their grandma calls themselves gamers. If you only only play FIFA and NFS, you are NOT a gamer. These types of players commercialized gaming. Now we are getting sub par games so that devs can milk all the cash from people who don't know any better. It's unfortunate but gaming is a victim of its own success. And EA. They started this sh*t.
Ike_009
Assassin of Accountants
I don't think thats a fair assessment, who gets to define gamer. Personally I believe if you play more than one game then your a gamer, a casual gamer but still a gamer. The last thing we need is people trying to act elitist or superior to fellow gamers.
The change in the industry sucks but pointing fingers isn't a solution.
Saint_Dee
The Phantom Poet
I'm going to have to agree with Ike on this one, FIFA and NFS are both games, and for a long while they've been highly regarded in their genres namely Sports, and Arcade Racing. What is it about playing either of those games exclusively that disqualifies one as a gamer? Gaming encompasses many genres, as it does a wide assortment of gamers, who happen to be individual who enjoy the games and genres they cling to for varying reasons. It's why I've never clung to the concept of casual vs hardcore gamer, especially when it's associated with the games a gamer chooses to play as opposed to how much they play. I think it's silly to say Gamer A isn't a gamer because they play Game X unlike Gamer B who plays Game Y (the same can said for genres). Also, I think it's silly to say gamers who only play FIFA or NFS aren't gamers, considering that these are games with enough merit that a portion of gamers would consider them worth their time.
Who defines those parameters? Who validates them? Elitism in gaming is a dangerous playground that we really should avoid veering into.
StaggerLee
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Well said Dee. Playground is a great metaphor here because elitism in gaming is juvenile and stupid.
If you truly believe that some people are not allowed to identify themselves as whatever the hell they want to identify themselves as, based on what you believe, then please go and put on your big boy/girl pants.