A discussion about why certain games like Rust, World of Warcraft, Minecraft and many MMOs are so addictive. Why do we spend all this time and energy collecting pixels that don't exist?
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F*** AI
"Hey Copilot, what's a good meme to prove I dislike AI".... https://giphy.com/clips/sou...
Two trillion dollar company that just can't wait to put as many people possible out of work as fast as possible.
It feels like every single thing they do is making gaming worse and destroying the industry.
....you know it takes people to program the AI.... right? It isnt like it is sentient. We haven't reach skynet level of situation or anywhere close to the matrix just yet.
That's next Thursday.
It takes a people to program the AI then that AI is used for who knows how many games eliminating countless jobs which only grows as AI is used for more and more game creation functions.
What you're saying is so ridiculously short sighted and truly larking any kind of understanding and foresight.
Why all the hate? Im actually excited about this! Always wanted this kind of immersion, and an AI companion with me all the time helping me out knowing the status of my skills/inventory/progress and giving me tips on the best approach or how to craft something specific is game changing for the industry.
Hate all you want about AI, but this is just the start and I can see the potential already. You wont be complaining in the next 5-10 years about this, but rather complain if a game hasn’t implemented it.
Yes we can't wait for the work of others to be used without the need to pay them so that MS can profit even more from the people they fire.
There is no chance I'd ever use something like this, especially if it's not part of the core game design, but a layer on top of it. It's way too much handholding. Many games already feel like busy work, because they don't let the player figure things out on their own. Having a real-time interactive guide defeats the purpose of playing the game in the first place in my opinion.
If this were to become the standard like you predict, we'll see more and more video games get away with bad design, because people will just be used to ask for help from the AI companion anyway.
Well Nintendo don't need this with some of their games these days, with invincible characters, items, easy bosses etc.. they do the hand holding built in
" Why do we spend all this time and energy collecting pixels that don't exist?"
Because it brings us personal enjoyment. Why do people spend all this time and energy doing most things in life? Same reason. Whether the thing you are doing is real or make believe is irrelevant, the outcome (personal enjoyment is all that matters.
Is that supposed to be Charlie Sheen? Lol.
Hhahahahahaha yes Charlie Sheen = Addiction. Thanks for the comment and approval.
Winning.
World of Warcraft was changed to be far more addictive then it used to be. This was then blamed on the casual gamer, so that the 15 minute dungeons and PVP instances would not be blamed on the company.
Everything is 15 minutes or less as that is the "ideal time" for going "Okay.. one more.. but then it'll be my last one". Where before a dungeon lasted an evening and would save itself so you could quit and continue later on, it now was blamed on "Not everybody has the time for ...." as they implemented really lazily developed dungeons.
There is no exploring whatsoever any more, and voicing this opinion in the LFG finder will get you chastised by the addicts. They just runt he same few dungeons over and over again just for the chance of a virtual trinket.
As a WoW player I really find it hard to justify any more, I miss the exploration of say.. Vanilla's Black Rock Depths or Black Rock Spire. I miss the 4 hour games of AV on my Orc. But I'm no longer their target audience I already found "Dailies" a good idea but just implemented terribly.
Sadly the casual gamer got the blame, while they where perfectly content in the game doing things on their own pace and their own way.
Just like the old PS3 slogan "This is Living" lol