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There are very few things I truly hate...

Niyumi·9/12/2016, 10:18:28 AM·2 votes·216 views

But, you know, the slimy, greedy suits like the guy in charge of Riot are one of them. Terrible, shitty people who feel empty inside (gee, maybe it's your conscience), and so try to fill that hole with money at the expense of everyone and everything. Never satisfied, they went and destroyed a beautiful industry that enabled passionate, imaginative people to share their visions of other worlds with people, and twisted that ideal into some pathetic mockery -- all in the name of money.

I haven't been excited about a game release for probably 15 years now. Every new game that comes out is just... dead. There is no passion anymore, there is no wonder, there is no adventure -- there are just thinly-veiled cash grabs, and half-assed games that we would have laughed out of the market a decade ago, but are now welcomed with arms open by the gimme generation who grew up with the shitty quality we have nowadays. There was a time, not too long ago, where developers actually cared about the games they were producing. They actively talked with the playerbase, asked them what they wanted, told them their ideas, and produced wonderful, fantastic worlds for us to explore. They poured their hearts and souls into their games, and, when they were done, they felt truly alive -- like you were actually in another world, living another life. I can't think of any games like that anymore, nor any companies who actually give a damn beyond income potential. Now, every game just tries to be "cool" or adheres to some cliche setting, and nothing new ever happens. No one has their own ideas anymore, they just copy what others do.

Anyone who does create something new is choked out by all the suits who won't allow passion to interfere with their greed, unfortunately. See, the greedy suits can't compete with passion, and they can't put out the kind of quality a company who cares about their game can and will. So, they do everything in their power to make them either sell out to them or go bankrupt. Whether that's taking their idea and creating a half-baked version of it with more marketing to draw people away, or offering the company many millions or billions of dollars... whatever it takes.

I just wish there was a way I could go back in time, before greed destroyed everything I enjoyed. I'd be happy then. But, no, greed is in everything now, not just gaming.

So, yeah. While there are very few things I can say I truly hate... the greedy assholes who went and destroyed everything are one of them. I don't even hate them as a person, I just hate their greed, and the fact that they push it onto others (I'm not religious, but, "Hate the sin, not the sinner"). I wish the world weren't filled with people like them. It'd be a much nicer place.

11 Comments

InfernoFøx9/12/2016, 12:58:02 PM2 votes

The world runs on money. If you dont make money then you wont have any products. They have to balance out between what the consumers will want and what they will make money off of. Think of this through a marketers standpoint. Its kinda hard to please 30 million people at once without having them pay. It puts the company at a downfall. You need to understand that the company has 30 million people to deal with. So if 29,999,999 people like how things are going, then riot will probably keep it that way.

You go on about people being greedy. But in a sense, their greed for money brings new ideas to the field that will please the players. They want to make people happy while still getting money. So they will go out of their way to make things that the consumers will love.

This game has been out for 7 years now, soon to be 8. They are just trying to be a company trying to stay in business. All they have is different gameplay, community, and of course, payable items. Its hard to keep a game like this in the industry for awhile. So i say props to Riot for keeping the game so popular for so long.

Remember @Sciela, nothing can be done without money in the gaming industry.

TheSequelsRBad9/12/2016, 4:14:42 PM2 votes

You know, I see posts like this all the time. Posts with the general theme of, "The gaming industry has fallen apart, it is trash now, and run by a desire for money. It is a shame kids will never see the good old days."

A large part of me suspects that such posts are nothing more than nostalgia, fondly remembering games from the posters youth that tint there viewpoint.

Maybe I am wrong, to be fair, I am only 18. But I have played games that I assume you would describe as the "good old games," currently I am playing the original Half Life, for example. Not an ancient game, but on the older side by the opinions of most gamers today. And while it is a blast to play and I love it. I don't really see it as a revelation of what a game should be, crushing modern games by the weight of its moral superiority. I have just as much fun in League and Overwatch, as in Half Life.

It you are looking back further than that, then I can have no opinions. But I ask you to answer honestly if you are sure this post is not nostalgia speaking.

S0kaX9/12/2016, 11:00:56 AM1 votes

Be careful, the "Protect RITO's image!" squad is out there and will haunt this post reducing it to -10.

Kitty Cat Tosha9/12/2016, 11:22:53 AM1 votes

I still find occasional game-gems, but I usually have to scour steams indie category for them. You are right about the aaa-industry being soulless, but there are still plenty of passionate indie developers :)