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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (22 children)

Seems like gaming piracy is really dying this time for sure. Most sites are compromised and untrustworthy, big teams are retiring, the one remaining denuvo cracker that i heard of is apparently psychotic... It doesn't seem like it bodes well

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

Isn't just piracy that's dying, in my opinion, it's gaming itself, or, at least, gaming as it used to be.

Besides Denuvo being a technology so bad that actually makes the original game worst than a copy without it, everyday comes with tons and tons of games with a pay-to-win approach or some kind of PBE. The only new, original and fun games nowadays are the indies, and it will be that way for a long time, as the industry seems to focus more and more in the mobile market since it's already bigger than the PC and console together.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Gaming is definitely not dying it is a huge market. I don't agree with the direction it's heading though. But there are enough games released to keep my interest.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think people are less excited for new games than it used to be.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I expect all games to be bad by default now and don't let myself get hyped up at all anymore. I waited on the edge of my seat since before the first teasers for CP2077 and still haven't bothered to play it. I backed Star Citizen in 2013 lol... Was disappointed by Fallout 4 and 76 too, as a huge Fallout fan. I don't remember the last game that legitimately lived up to my hopes and expectations. Fallout New Vegas I guess.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved Fallout 4…once there were enough mods to fix everything that's wrong with the vanilla game.

Which is par for the course with Bethesda. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I played it on release. Been trying it again lately with mods and it seems much more polished. The writing quality is still a pretty big disappointment, and the yes/yes/yes/no chat system.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sadly, mods can and do remove the horrid dialog wheel thing, but they can't add more interesting dialog options.

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