I feel like we covered this recently, but it’s an interesting topic and I don’t mind covering it again.<\/p>\n
Dear Diecast<\/p>\n
Why are people reluctant to use the Epic Store? Steam’s features are nice to have, but I can’t imagine internet rage about Epic exclusives is just because people really wanted to play e.g. Phoenix Point with Steam achievements and friends lists.<\/p>\n
I ran into this in my own thinking. The Epic Games Store had a sale with $10 off all titles, so I had to decide whether it was worth an extra $10 to buy some game on Steam or EGS. Eventually I decided that nothing about Steam was worth $10 and bought the game on Epic, but that makes it sound immediately obvious and somehow it took me several minutes to decide. I’m still not sure why I feel like Steam is much better.<\/p>\n
Are people just attached to their routines and annoyed by Epic trying to change them, or do you think Steam provides some specific value that people are fighting to defend?<\/p>\n
Ninety-Three<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
46:06 Mailbag: Gamer Boycotts<\/strong><\/p>\nDear Diecast,<\/p>\n
There has been a lot of noise of late from gamers who are discontent with certain decisions that game devs\/publishers are making. Notable examples are things like EGS exclusives and EA making a mess of… everything.<\/p>\n
While conventional wisdom holds that companies listen to customers who vote with their wallets, games that are being complained about seem to sell a fair share of copies. Do you guys think that gamers just don’t have the discipline to actually follow up with their threats?<\/p>\n
Keep up the good work!<\/p>\n
-Tim<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
50:32 Mailbag: Anon Video<\/strong><\/p>\ndear diecast,<\/p>\n
1) will there ever be another “this dumb industry”. Initially you said you would return to it if you found something infuriating, but i haven’t seen a post like it since.<\/p>\n
2) valve and blizzard seem to have a similar fall of grace and have a similar lofty background. Is it fair to compare their fall from grace side by side or are they completely different and just happen to collapse at the same time<\/p>\n
3) related to above question. Is it possible for a small studio to deliver another brilliant title like halflife or do modern AAA games require such a large crew that a big name title by a new developer like valve or remedy (max payne) can no longer happen<\/p>\n
4) a bit longer question. A while ago under an andromedea retrospective post I joked about how if you would be in the writer’s chair you would also have to write romance. To which you replied you wouldnt be too happy about that. A nice discussion happened to that. And overal it seemed people were confused (for a lack of a better word) about romance in videogames.<\/p>\n
Which leads me to the question. Can you write good optional romance in a videogame. Most optional romance (romance no part of the central plot) seems to be mostly about “talk to the girl you like X times and do quest Y and you get the girl”.. This seems stupid, but at the other hand most often the MC is a capable, attractive and interesting character. So it s\/he seems to tick most of the boxes of a romantic partner. So really, how can you write romance in a story if it is not integral to the story.<\/p>\n
anon<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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