• Jollyllama@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    A good game doesn’t have to be that deep. As a matter of fact, I don’t have time to invest in a game (or show) that deep. Give me endless 42 minute episodes of easy to follow formulaic slop that I can watch as I cook dinner for the fam after getting off work.

    NMS has found their niche of easy fun mini games in a vast somewhat predictable universe. They aren’t trying to capture players who are looking for the kind of deep stories and mechanics like you and that’s okay.

    Another good example: My uncle is a father of 5 with a job who occasionally has time to jump onto NMS and run a quick mission. Over the last decade he’s racked up 1k+ hours of distraction. 10/10.

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      1 hour ago

      A good game doesn’t have to be deep, but it has to be well-executed by a well-formulated concept.

      ETS 2 is even simpler, and what do you do in there? You drive from point A to B, but the journey is the reward; it is fleeting, but it is a limited yet beautiful representation of Europe.

      There are mountains of Diorama Builders trying to do exactly what the chill crowd want.

      Those are way more honest chill games than a fanbase trying to claim to be the best space game, yet you do garbage collection.

      I mean, sure, I love to turn off my brain as well when I watch Supernatural, but it is a shallow show despite its charm. xD

      • Jollyllama@lemmy.world
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        26 minutes ago

        I think it’s hard to argue that NMS is objectively not well executed.

        They saw the lowest of lows at launch and clawed their way back to a 80%+ mostly positive rating with consistent 10k+ player count most days.

        Some may not enjoy it and that’s their opinion but they are pulling more player numbers and higher ratings and most other 10+ yr old games.

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          21 minutes ago

          Appeal to popularity! Why do you think people like 6ix9ine instead of Beethoven? xD

          Enjoy your slop!