One of the most beloved and classic game series ever created, with possibly the strongest line up games of any series ever created. It has also spawned some of the worst trends in gaming that have yet to completely go away.
Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.
Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.
But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.
They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.
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A famous actor from Starship Troopers has showered praise on Helldivers 2 and said he is open to the idea of playing General Brasch.
Very valid points that also annoy me about Zelda. It does tend to hold your hand sometimes. Maybe if some of the Zelda team worked with the Demons Souls team hehe.
I know the title is flamebait, but the article seems poorly researched. If you think Zelda is the source and cause of "glowing enemy weak points", annoying sidekicks, and dumbed-down difficulty, then you are a pretty uneducated gamer. Zelda was not the first, nor the last, to implement these features.
And are those things really ruining gaming? If anything, I think glitches, online lag, developers lying to their customers, and extravagant DLC is doing more to ruin gaming than Zelda.