• Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
    114·
    3 days ago

    And yet there are free indie games out there that are generally better than the corp funded crap. Creators will create, no matter what happens.

    • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      3 days ago

      You’ll find far fewer of them creating when they need to spend more of their time at a job that will allow them to feed their families. And I don’t think the games I’ve found for free (actually free, not given away for free once as a promo) have tended to be better than the paid ones.

      • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
        22·
        3 days ago

        I’ve put more hours into Infiniminer, Minetest/Luanti, Industry, Dopewars, dnd, dopewars, and various Twine/Frotz games than any corporate games. When I do want an FPS (rare), I look at Doom sourceports and maybe Cube/Sauerbraten.

        And there’s the real time-murderer: Nethack.

        • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
          8·
          3 days ago

          Having a personal taste and preference that lets you enjoy free indie and/or old DOS games is great for your wallet, saying these games are “generally better” than paid-for games funded by corporations is wild to me.

        • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          3 days ago

          To each their own, but I’d say none of those compare to Baldur’s Gate 3, Elden Ring, and Skullgirls.