[HN Gopher] Carmack: "There's a bunch that I'm grumpy about" in ...
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       Carmack: "There's a bunch that I'm grumpy about" in virtual reality
        
       Author : batguano
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2022-10-12 22:02 UTC (59 minutes ago)
        
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       | giantg2 wrote:
       | I'm finding that I'm grumpy about most new videogames. Graphics
       | are prioritized over game play. Everything is about loot boxes
       | and skins. A lot of the multi-player seems like the person with
       | the best connection always wins (connection has always been a
       | factor, but seem like it got worse).
       | 
       | I have little hope for most VR stuff, especially the Metaverse.
       | AR seems like a more interesting and useful realm to me.
        
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         | Spivak wrote:
         | Stop playing AAA games.
         | 
         | - Loop Hero
         | 
         | - Crosscode
         | 
         | - Brotato
         | 
         | - Slay the Spire
         | 
         | - FTL
         | 
         | - Rock of Ages
         | 
         | - They are Billions
         | 
         | - Super Auto Pets
         | 
         | - Inscription
         | 
         | - Unpacking
         | 
         | - Enter the Gungeon
         | 
         | - Coffee Talk
         | 
         | - Undertale
         | 
         | - Human Resource Machine
         | 
         | All these games have super unique game loops.
        
           | moralestapia wrote:
           | +1
           | 
           | I consider video games contemporary art, particularly when
           | they come from small (or single-dev) studios, you can really
           | see there's a conscious effort to extrude some sentiment or
           | story through this medium, and the results is usually
           | amazing!
           | 
           | A couple personal favorites to add to your list:
           | 
           | - Cuphead (ok, this one had a big budget from the start but I
           | wouldn't consider it AAA)
           | 
           | - Crypt of the NecroDancer
           | 
           | - Factorio
           | 
           | - Fez
           | 
           | - Getting Over It
           | 
           | - Journey
           | 
           | - Monument Valley
           | 
           | - Stardew Valley
           | 
           | - SUPERHOT
           | 
           | - Sword & Sorcery
           | 
           | - VVVVVV
        
           | giantg2 wrote:
           | Yeah, that's why I said most. I seem to like the
           | smaller/simpler games now. Table Top Racing was a fun one for
           | me - Forza meets Mario Kart.
        
         | sn0w_crash wrote:
         | This will inevitably lead to the another video game crash. And
         | hopefully, many of these studios will be wiped off the face of
         | the earth
        
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