many of the most interesting games started as free mods or student projects
100%. Games reflect systems—mechanics, economies, narratives—all interacting. Analyzing them is like reverse-engineering a worldview.
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The rich can easily exploit the political system and lobby for favorable laws = Not only is it pay to win, the devs suck the dicks of their biggest whales
It's pay to win, where if you pay enough, the devs will add customized cheats that only work for you.
Whistleblowing corruption is dangerous and might often end in persecution against the whistleblower = Reporting cheating whales is a surefire way to get yourself banned
The wealth inequality gap is mind-boggling = You'd need to grind nonstop for a total of 5 billion hours to buy one of everything on the cash shop
Too many gold sinks at low level, not enough gold sinks at high level.
WAY too much grinding at lower levels and the racial stats are all kinds of imbalanced
I haven't been here long but I imagine c/outside exists?
if it doesn't, make it
c/outside
Outdoors / Nature / Green Things
huh?
I think they meant the sub where life is treated like a game, a very poorly designed game (almost as if there was no Designer, just people).
Things like, "I'm level 18, should I spec my character into the biochem, robotics, or software guild?"
Or "What's the cheat code for an affordable surgery?"
You get the idea. Life's a game. And it sucks. Stupid devs.
I wish they would properly announce the UFO DLC already. All we have is rumors and hearsay.
I'm personally of the opinion that the hints aren't for the UFO expansion, but it's probably teasers for the World War 3 event, combined with camera artefacts and general player secrecy.
It's sad too. Everyone wants some good new DLC. All this PvP shit is getting out of hand. :(
Affordable surgery is exclusive to the European servers, it seems.
!outside@lemmy.world exists :) Not too active, but we can change that.
They probably spend too much time outside to bother with it ;)
True lol. Probably distracted with all the grindy sidequests.
The Inherited Wealth perk is ridiculously broken.
It's 90% grinding and 10% actual gameplay
How could the creator of the image miss the opportunity for it to say "we live in a society"
Or Skill Issue
Good point. That's probably the libertarian gamer's answer to all of it 🤦
Why is the richkid class locked for me?
Your parents need to buy the DLC first!
Fuck!
Spawn points are busted and too heavy RNG
If the downvoters want to buy more votes mine only costs $500. You can send you money to the nearest food pantry or food bank.
This thread got me thinking, do we have a replacement for r/outside on Lemmy? That sub was pretty entertaining at times
If someone finds one please tell me
Capitalism is very unpoggers.
Ah fuck you all, I will just spin up my own server for me and my friends.
Promises of infinite exponential capital growth => Feature creep
Yes. I'd actually love this. Then maybe I'd listen.
I love it when I see a headline and then hear 1383x ~~youth~~ trendy people repeat the headline. Then they tell me they don't follow msm and that they cultivate their own views. ...I just say... O.K. ...because I don't care. Then they act like they had the biggest mic drop because I didn't want to hear the same dumb shit for the 5 billionth time.
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