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4 Important Elements Games Have Lost

MasonicGamer.com: Video games have come a long way since their inception. As the capabilities of platforms improved, developers not only set the bar higher, but they helped mature our sense of what was really entertaining. It was this honest foundation that pushed the gaming further and further into the glitz and glamor that now surrounds a multi-billion dollar industry. With gaming having entered an age where getting the customer to buy the product is more important than having them enjoy it, it seems the industry forgot the small but brilliant things that netted it fame in the first place.

Clan Systems – Remember a well-developed version of these in recent games? I don’t. Forgetting to promote competition seems to be common faux paus among today’s developers. The Call of Duty series is a prime example of this, as instead of creating an actual clan system, they left a completely useless tag system that everyone could exploit. Games like Socom: Confrontation are still popular because their clan system is developed to the point that clans have mottos, viewable rosters, menus and exclusive spots in the game.

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attilayavuzer4216d ago

4. Clans
3. Simplicity
2. Customization
1. Creativity

Officially the most vague list in history.

3-4-54215d ago

Not really. but kind of .lol

* Customization is a huge issue I have with games.

Certain games YEARS ago...as in 10+ years ago, gave us more customization than we get with games now.

How don't dev's understand that Customization = replayability without them having to add a ton of new story or other content.

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5 Of The Best Narrative Twists In Video Games

GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds

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Rebel_Scum1d 4h ago

With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.