How did they get this game so right?

[aussenseiter]

Originally Posted by Ciderpress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Haha well okay I guess let's just never try to compare games accross time because kids like what they like etc? Only relevant metric is market share, and it doesn't even matter cause kids?

Maybe you didn't read my point about the diablo franchise: Diablo 1 is remembered fondly but nobody plays it, diablo 2 was hugely successful and tons of people still play it to the point where there are still paid tournaments for it, nobody plays diablo 3 and I literally forgot it exists, and diablo 4 which only just launched saw it's active players plummet within a couple months. This seems to contradict the notion that everyone just likes what they grew up with.

The whole premise of this thread is "what is so inexplicably addicting about this game?" and then people kramer in with "actually nothing beep boop the market" haha.

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[branamil]

Originally Posted by Ciderpress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Lol this is like babby's first foray into the concept of subjectivity in art.

If you figure out how to min\max your exploitation of modern tech and the brain's reward system so that a bunch of whales play your crappy game, it's still a crappy game.

There's a reason p99 exists. There's a reason so many people still play diablo 2, nobody cares about diablo 3, and diablo 4 is another battlepass microtransaction hellworld that everyone will also soon forget. I have my doubts that in 2050 there's gonna be "Project 2023" where you get to relive the magic of vanilla diablo 4!

See, many people have an aversion to the modern model because it's a shit model and everyone hates it but whales, is the thing.

If you had two neurons to rub together you'd realize you're proving my point. You said the fact that p99 exists and some people remember it fondly is all the evidence you need. In reality it's played by less than a thousand fat middle aged fucks at most plus their bots. Whereas most games have millions and tens of millions of players. If p99 costed money there'd be even less and probably 0 enthusiasts.

[aussenseiter]

Originally Posted by branamil [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you had two neurons to rub together you'd realize you're proving my point. You said the fact that p99 exists and some people remember it fondly is all the evidence you need. In reality it's played by less than a thousand fat middle aged fucks at most plus their bots. Whereas most games have millions and tens of millions of players. If p99 costed money there'd be even less and probably 0 enthusiasts.

Why are they 'fucks'? Is everyone a 'fuck'?

[aaezil]

Originally Posted by branamil [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There is no other measure of getting it right other than market appeal. If you use any other metric then it's just your personal opinion. You also don't know what the definition of disingenuous is.

Whats popular is often dogwater. See: music, film, video game, fashion, food, literally anything consumerized to hell.

[A Knight]

I'd play diablo 1, but the CD doesn't work. Even though its not scratched at all.