They're not soulless game farms churning out shit for the large non-gamer audience of video games. Indie is like an Oregan alehouse; AAA is like a Vegas game bar.
this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2025
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dammit i will make that trip up to the pie shop and let y'all know how it is in a few months okay
I'm hoping Baldur's Gate 4 has a battle royale mode with different skins you can buy, and crossovers with Star Wars, Monster Energy, and Nike. And a Season Pass you can buy monthly for early access to each seasons cool new crossover!
i won't play it unless there are verification cans you drink for spell slots
Sometimes buy a used ps5 game just so I can feel somewhat justified in buying the stupid thing. Otherwise it's almost all ps4 and indy games.
Indie games reasonably start with more fleshed out and committed to ideas of what the game will look like in the end than AAA games. Constraints of money and less cooks in the kitchen
AAA games sound like it's years of expensive pitches for gameplay and narrative, can be years of that even after publicly announcing the game, and then picking one and then deciding nevermind the markets hot on this so pivot. Rinse and repeat until cancellation or a stir fry of what's about to expire in the fridge