fossilesque to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoLarian publishing director says "marketing's dead" because players don't want to be "bamboozled," and "we learned that with Baldur's Gate 3"www.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: games@hexbear.net
arrow-up1218arrow-down1external-linkLarian publishing director says "marketing's dead" because players don't want to be "bamboozled," and "we learned that with Baldur's Gate 3"www.gamesradar.comfossilesque to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: games@hexbear.net
minus-squareAPassenger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 months agoCities Skylines 2 went the opposite direction. Here’s hoping lessons are learned. Entire generations have learned to be deeply skeptical even with trusted brands. And, yes, I hope that skepticism and relationship based, authentic(?) word of mouth brings sanity for a while. Until businesses try to optimize that into oblivion too. We gotta put guard rails in place.
minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoYeah I got burned badly by saints row 5. I figured it couldn’t be any worse than 4. I was so wrong.
Cities Skylines 2 went the opposite direction.
Here’s hoping lessons are learned. Entire generations have learned to be deeply skeptical even with trusted brands.
And, yes, I hope that skepticism and relationship based, authentic(?) word of mouth brings sanity for a while.
Until businesses try to optimize that into oblivion too. We gotta put guard rails in place.
Yeah I got burned badly by saints row 5. I figured it couldn’t be any worse than 4. I was so wrong.