Can you believe this headline? I have this weird feeling where the video game industry now only presents itself as former of former of... Everyone is referred to as their past roles, there's no present or future anymore, just looking back at what we had and pretending to offer something similar

[–] criticalinvite 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How else can you judge what direction they might go in? If you like the projects they worked on in the past does it not make it more likely that you'll like their next project? Effectively we are getting a merger of two of the better publishers that are going independent from more corporate overlords? Maybe I'm being overly optimistic...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It's not you, I'm probably on the opposite spectrum, being overly pessimistic. I'm not criticising this acquisition in particular and you're right, we can't know how this will go ; it's more of a jab at the industry as a whole : a lot of new releases are advertised as being made by ex devs of whatever studio was once praised, and turn out to be ersatz of the original material (Back 4 Blood, Stormgate, Kerbal Space Program...). This kind of marketing is super disingenuous!

[+] [email protected] -10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Studios are subcontracting so much shit nowadays that I'm more interested in seeing what comes out of non AAA outfits than anything else. US games are mostly shit presently, the lion's share of the work is done by low income workers and the peeps stateside get all the money and easy well paid consultant gigs and just enough to cash in on the DEI state subsidies and gov support. It's absolutely 0 surprise the games are shit, it's basically sweatshop game making. The funny part is Neil Druckman playing the saviour super woke evolved writer (after stepping on Hennig) but then subcontracts sweatshop work to make his assets. You couldn't make this shit up.

[–] ampersandrew 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It sounds like you can.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Druckman hiring a lot overseas to cheapen asset production

Receipts for hiring

Ousting of Hennig

DEI for Americans but not if you're from overseas. Only US BIPOC count, the rest are shithole fodder.

Tax credits from WOTC are quite steep and consultancy can be offset in the R&D tax credit. That's before mentioning local state incentives.

Typical US companies playing dirty and acting high and mighty. Neoliberalism at its best! And, ofc, the useful idiots that believe in the myth of US exceptionalism being terminally offended at reality checks.

[–] caseofthematts 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your "ousting of Hennig" is hilariously weak, since your sources only source has since backtracked its reports and apologised.

The rest of your comment just reeks too much of buzzwords that I can barely comprehend it, though I tried.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Several people who have worked for Naughty Dog say Druckmann and Straley stopped seeing eye-to-eye with Hennig, and that they had fundamental disagreements on where to take the Uncharted series. When Hennig left, she signed a non-disparagement agreement with the studio that would prevent both her and Naughty Dog from making negative public comments about what had happened, according to people familiar with the arrangement.

From "blood, sweat and pixels" which I own. I guess Schreier is also an unreliable source...

You reply like the typical reddit chud: Find something to latch on to, ignore the wider message, ad hominem, leave feeling victorious. Use vote manipulation to feel good about their chud selves with fake internet points.

At the end of the day, Mr woke Druckman doesn't care for equality, if he did, he wouldn't hire slavers.

[–] caseofthematts 3 points 1 week ago

Perhaps you should have started with that source, then. I just pointed out your other source meant nill.

As for the rest, I haven't downvoted you at all, but my guess on what your personality was like seems to be correct with all the choice buzzwords you spout. Not really a good look for the crusade you're trying to expose, friend.