I remember growing up playing Nintendo games up and other AAA games until I started watching YT. Particular TB and adjacent YouTubers.
Now-a-days, especially watching most of Summer Games Fest, I feel like I really am not excited about AAA games as I used to be and generally prefer indie games
Think it’s a combination of time, DLC, gamba bs, same game released 7 thousand times and broken games at launch that have mostly turned me away from AAA games. Nintendo, Ubisoft, Blizzard, SquareEnix and others, have further tainted the appreciation I once had for these companies with the level of abuse to their fanbases and even their own employees.
How you all feel about AAA vs Indie games? Which do you prefer, and has this changed for you over time?
There are genres that each do well in.
For example, some of my most-loved games are roguelikes. In that particular area, I can’t think of anything even approaching an AAA release.
But on the other hand, I also enjoy open-world first-person games like Fallout: New Vegas, and there isn’t much by way of indie titles there. Big asset creation costs that aren’t really practical for small-budget games.