In part, this is true, but in reality, everything is much more complicated and complex. The designer and programmers who work on games are far from stupid people, they need to know a lot and we can see this in the same Veil Guard - the design of the location is beautiful, the optimization of the game is good, etc. But they do not choose how the game will move and they are locked within the framework of the general design document, which is approved from above. Therefore, unfortunately, we have smart and talented people who are locked within the framework of the current system and new development standards. And they can do nothing about it, and nothing depends on them here.
This is more of a technical question. You can graduate from a higher educational institution with a degree in Screenwriting, and yes, you will have a diploma in this profession. The problem is that this will not make you a good screenwriter, but technically, according to the documents, you are a screenwriter =)
It's flatlining in real time rn. Now down over 8k players from this time on Monday.
Which means DA:V did something good for the market, it made more ppl buy/play bg3 instead
BG3 currently has more than twice the player count of Veilguard. I think gamers needed a real CRPG to get the taste of Veilguard out of their mouths.
Yups, big contrast when for example we watched new deadpool and wolverine which actually was amazing(funny, brutal, interesting storyline, godly written characters, many crazy cameos, i could praise it for a long time ;p) vs most movies of the "new marvel" wave which were just dei and boring as all fuck.
I completely agree. But unfortunately the very fact that we receive scripts and dialogues of such quality from people who have undergone training in the specialty and have education and diplomas in this field (The very fact that we can basically say that the Diploma is useless and I completely agree with this) indicates that the system does not work and it has failed. And this actually makes the situation even sadder than simply saying - "Oh, they are not Screenwriters." =)
That is a huge drop in less than 2 weeks.
Well, there's nothing unusual about it. It's a linear adventure game, after you've completed it once, you've basically seen everything (Well, yes, you can complete it with a bad ending, although that makes no sense). The game has zero replayability, so yes, it will lose users. And of course, I understand that in this topic it's popular to compare the game with BG3, but in BG3 each quest can be completed in many ways, and each companion's quest can also be completed in different ways with different, so to speak, outcomes. The game has a huge number of choices and forks that depend on many factors. That is, the games have huge replayability, which is why it still holds up so well online. I won't even mention the fact that the game has mod support and it's very good (directly from the developer), so I think BG3 will easily hold up for several years, like Skyrim, due to the diversity + mods from the community.
Bottomed out at about 14,500 late night. It should hit sub-10,000 next week.
You are talking about Steam concurrent players dropping. Yes it is normal for these to drop for SP games (although truly successful ones can sustain higher numbers long).
Merit vs identity and ideology.
We were talking about the games position on the global sales chart. It dropped to #30 and the game is less than 2 weeks old. This shows a complete lack of interest with players in general. Obviously due to the controversies and lack of RPG. Dreadful performance.
Yes, I agree that it is very fast, but usually single-player games without replayability do not stay in the Steam charts for long (Very rarely and with a very large exception). I may be wrong, but it seems like BG3 is still in the top 20-30 on Steam, I just haven't looked for a long time? Although the game is already 1.5 years old. I just clearly remember that they had a big surge in sales right after the patch that added support for MODs from players to the game. Usually, players look at how much content I can get for my money, and mod integration helps a lot with this.
I'm starting to think a lot more about toxic positivity as well. You can tell this game came out of an environment where nobody felt free to speak up and offer their honest constructive criticism. (And of course identity ideology is the ultimate "off limits" subject).
You got that right.
Merit can be faked by being from the right family background, by doing and saying all the right things to get along with the right people. Genius cannot.
The system was always doomed to fail.
Genius can be faked. Happens a lot in the social science and pop science domains. People forge data in order to work backwards from it to seem like they had a brilliant, novel idea. See: Dan Ariely. People thought Malcom Gladwell was a genius too, which is just embarrassing if you read any of his work.
Come on, you know DAMN WELL his books are meant to be purchased and then placed on a shelf just to the right of your head so other people can see it on zoom calls and think you are wise and well read. Just like every copy of "The Book of Five Rings", "Meditations", and any number of topical trendy self help/leadership books
Musashi's Book of Five Rings and Marcus Aurelius's Meditations are legitimately great, timeless books.Come on, you know DAMN WELL his books are meant to be purchased and then placed on a shelf just to the right of your head so other people can see it on zoom calls and think you are wise and well read. Just like every copy of "The Book of Five Rings", "Meditations", and any number of topical trendy self help/leadership books
True, but I also bet 99% of the copies sold are "for display purposes only"
Well it is an RPG, it's asking you about the background of the character you want to play for that play through not asking about you.
The contract ended. Now they can say what they want.
