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Re: Mario Kart Live Developer Warns Of Layoffs After "Major Project" Axed

Poodlestargenerica

@Anachronism Basically. Its happening everywhere though so you must have noticed. Streaming services realizing they can't just spend on everything, and starting to charge for packages with ads that are just cable. Movie companies realizing they can't have unlimited budgets. It's more about irresponsibility than costs, and now, like you said, workers are eating the consequences.

Re: 'Isles Of Sea And Sky' Dev Expresses Interest In Switch Launch For Retro Puzzler

Poodlestargenerica

@Sherlock- I don't care who likes it it's objectively bad. The movement is based on Gameboy Zelda but the screen is twice as wide so it takes ages to move laterally. The puzzles are just "break every pot or push every block until you hit the right one". The dialogue takes forever because your character talks and never has anything interesting to say. And the bad guys don't resent until you beat a temple so if you accidently use a heart it's impossible to get more. The world and temple design are lackluster, and everything looks generic. Plus the save points are too far apart.

It's bad. Just because you know the dev or something doesn't make it good. It was a waste of 7 dollars or whatever I spent. And there are hundreds of ndreds of retro aesthetic games on the shop so you plugging this one is not relevant. Plus you are misleading people into thinking the game is worth their money, which it most definitely is not.

Re: Talking Point: What's Your Personal Favourite Super Mario Game?

Poodlestargenerica

@Spider-Kev Mario is missing is not a Mario game, and it's bad. They slapped a Mario sticker on generic garbage to sell it. People who like it were the ones unfortunate enough to own it as a kid, and probably didn't have much else to play. Or the sort of people who force themselves to play stuff even when it's bad and then insist its good. I was fortunate enough to have all the games you just listed.

Edit: Just for clarification, there's an ironic enjoyment of stuff like this, but it's the same cheap shallow stuff we all make fun of when it comes to switch. Pancake Bar tycoon, frozen toothpaste asmr, whatever.

Re: Balatro Back On Switch eShop In Europe With New Age Rating

Poodlestargenerica

@Samalik You have no semblance of what gambling means in real life terms or how much skill it takes to win at games like poker. There will always be skill level discrepancy, that does not negate what gambling means. I have probably played chess, magic, and poker since before you were born, and I have played some of them with the goal of winning money I needed to live. I understand risk and strategy, and card based gameplay and design. Basketball is skill based too, betting on it is gambling. It's not less so if one of the participants is playing because you are not going to win everything you ever play.

If you're going to compare everything to slot machines or roulette, those are literally just throwing money away. If you're gambling without skill, then you're losing.

Re: Balatro Back On Switch eShop In Europe With New Age Rating

Poodlestargenerica

@Samalik Well you're definitely wrong about Yugioh since any card game is inherently draw based. And chess is not pure skill unless both players play perfectly, I assure you I am a smart person who has known how to play chess since I was a little kid, but I could outplay someone trying to hustle me at poker easier than I could at chess. And that goes double for Magic, which is not yugioh, but is close enough to make the comparison. Skill and strategy are a huge part of gambling and dumb people do not make money doing it.

The part that changes things is putting money on the line, because if you play no stake poker against a stranger there is nothing to stop someone from making dangerous plays. That's the difference between gambling and not. Once money is on the line, the psychology of everything completely changes and it becomes a gambling game. If you bet someone twenty dollars you can beat them at chess and you can't, that's still gambling if you continue to do it, that's the same as problem gambling.