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Remember when games were affordable on release and you could trust that out of the box they worked? Well I’m really starting to miss those days.

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I think it was sometime between Angel of Darkness on PS2 being a total shit show of a let-down and then more recently the buggy lag fest that was Aliens FTE, that I was able to think of how the last 20 years of gaming standards have slipped.

As gaming becomes increasingly more mainstream, it seems developers are rushing more to meet deadlines when they should be focusing on quality. Even worse, the price tags continue to rise – but for what, exactly?

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I was a gamer before gaming was cool, long before online play was a thing with your friends and you had to pick a side – because no cross play. I was a gamer back when you got reliable monthly demos on disc, there was no such thing as paid for alpha & beta access and before season passes meant games could cost even more the longer you stuck with them.

I don’t see how any of these monetary additions have actually improved gaming? DLCs could be free, cross play is free, in-game currencies for cosmetics don’t improve your game play but then I look at how much I have spent on GTAV online compared to Destiny 2.
I have never bought a shark card for GTA but I do have every business and grief-mobile in the game, how? well… I have put in over 1000 hours and Rockstar reward hard work. Destiny 2, over 2 consoles and 500+ hours… well lets just say Bungie don’t reward hard work in the same way when all the DLCs so far and the season passes total over £100 more since the original game purchase.

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I grew up with game cartridges that worked immediately because they had to as updates didn’t exist. They didn’t start (from me) until PS3 games (I was late to PC gaming) and I think it just really fucking frustrates me that now you cannot trust a release day game. Nor can you trust an early access game ever actually being finished.

It does make what I want to do (more reviews) harder. Do I get something on release day and review it so you can see what its like? (therefore possibly saving you money like I know my honesty about Back 4 Blood did) or do I wait, save the money but can’t stay current. Obviously I have chosen to stay current, so this rant is as much my own fault as anything else. BUT IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK SOMETHING WORKS OUT OF THE BOX???

Literally the ONLY two games that have worked on release day, as intended & exactly as advertised were Jackbox Party Pack 8 & Mario Party Superstars. That’s it.

I am told that Nintendo do tend to be reliable out of the box because of higher standards, reputation etc – so what is Sony, Microsoft & Valves excuse?

The next AAA release day title I will be getting is Dying Light 2 (providing the release date doesn’t change again) or it’ll be a AAA DLC in the form of Destiny 2: The Witch Queen (yes I know I have JUST moaned about Bungie but staying current, innit).

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I have some hope for Dying Light 2, it wasn’t rushed and I adored the first one (even if some shit bag sold my copy I leant them and never replaced it) so I am VERY excited. But you know what I am doing? Getting on PC over PS4 as it seems now newer games just aren’t supported by the older consoles and right now I refuse to buy a PS5 until there is more variety and cheaper options (a rant deserving of is own blog).

Who knows in a few years time we might start getting games to review, and I will never have to have this rant again…. Keymailer I am looking at you. I have many pending requests and I already meet your accredited!

All about the D

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I seem to have developed a small gaming issue, that everything seems to come back to D.

Deathloop, Destiny 2, Dead by daylight and Dungeons and dragons. Whilst Deathloop is both a recent addition and already a loss (see review here) the other 3 have been gaming constants for 2 – 3 years.

Why the fuck is this? Pure replayability.

Destiny 2 is my happy place, where I can mindlessly float around looking AMAZING in my crown and going all Emperor Palpatine on groups (not a fan of stasis though and I have stopped playing Crucible and Iron Banana because of it). It’s pretty, it’s reassuring my with little ghost & I loved the main story so much I’ve run it through 4 times now. But like most things, eventually I get bored and need a break. The grind is real and at times frustrating. I’m keeping my hand in casually now so that when Witch Queen comes out I’ll be closer to the cap than not. Gambit is still my fave thing, and if they ever sunset Risk Runner I’m going to have an almighty personality failure that even the traveller won’t be able to save Bungie from.

Then there’s Dead by Daylight, the on again off again abusive relationship of a game. This is no small part thanks to the way Behaviour treat it’s fan base and doesn’t fucking listen to the masses. They instead focus on a small group for feedback depending on their current social media status and it fucks it for the rest of us. Then when you raise support tickets (like that time it was unplayable for console for nearly 3 months and I asked to port my account over to PC) they never do anything to help. Hands down the worst customer service I have ever had from a game. But why do I keep going back? Well firstly I have a good group of friends to play with (which is by far the best way to play) and because I sadistically like murdering people dressed as a bunny. There is also that amazing thrill when you get an epic run on a killer and your team is just in the zone. Making killers quit – also very fun. But this game makes me angry like nothing else does.

Finally Dungeons and Dragons. I’ve only been playing for two years but I feel like it’s part of my whole being. Role play games with friends and dice are just amazing! My first campaign was in person, once a week everyone would come to our house and I’d make dinner – we’d play for maybe 4 hours at a time and it was so much fun. Then when the pandemic hit it took our game to Skype (which I found really hard to focus on) but now I’m in a new epic weekly game over Roll20 and I fucking love it. Well okay, I don’t like pathfinder 2e at all, it’s an unforgiving notch compared to the lovely in I had with 5th Ed but I am still enjoying my weekly dose of roll play… even if I have managed to totally typecast myself as a dwarf with anger issues, a taste for alcohol and a love of the ladies.

The thing is, as I’ve talked about recently in reviews there hasn’t been a lot of new choice for gamers and when there has been is either been totally inadequate and unplayable (Aliens FTE I am looking at you) or it’s over before it really begins with the lost unsatisfying ending (Deathloop).

Maybe I just need games I can get 100’s of hours out of now, maybe I’ve shifted as a gamer – who knows? But with Back 4 Blood round the corner & Dying Light 2 before Christmas (another fucking D!) I wonder if this will be enough to tear me away from my staple games?

If you have any game suggestions you want me to try (as long as it isn’t that fucking pirates game) leave a comment and let me know!