• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    This is how it should be.

    All the other live service games started with that concept as a core pillar, that also sacrificed gameplay. And so many have failed.

    • Thorry84@feddit.nl
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      6 months ago

      The thing is, once the userbase dies the game is non-playable. Maybe they’ll update it so you can do stuff without the whole online bit, but I doubt it.

      I regularly play games like SMB3 or LTTP, in my opinion masterpieces of gaming which still hold up today. Imagine being a kid today and wanting to replay a game from your childhood later in life. Too bad son, without the live services the game simply isn’t playable.

      So I feel the argument can be made for live services being an addition to the game and not the core mechanic.