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This is admittedly not that big of a deal I guess but it drives me nuts how often modern games describe themselves like: a zelda-esque soulsborne roguelike metroidvania- or something equally indecipherable to anyone outside of the entrenched Gamer demographic. I am thoroughly "search action"-pilled...we really gotta use words better!

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[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ah the good old days of "Doom Clone" chomsky-yes-honey

[–] AbbysMuscles@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

those days were some bleak fucking times, thankfully they stopped trying

[–] Maoo@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

What if it was WoW but there was a dark blue cat with two tails or the interface was yellow or it was grimdark?

[–] peppersky@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

We should go back to calling them doom-clones. Every fps game is the result of some game designer somewhere giving up, the nadir of creativity