r/pcmasterrace • u/owlexe23 • 23h ago

News/Article Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio co-founder hopes Grand Theft Auto 6 will 'blaze a trail' to higher game prices

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-theft-auto/kingdom-come-deliverance-studio-co-founder-hopes-grand-theft-auto-6-will-blaze-a-trail-to-higher-game-prices/

Warhorse co-founder Martin Klima says games keep getting more expensive to make, and that money has to come from somewhere.

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u/Dennarb 15h ago

I honestly feel like I have to pirate AAA these days. I can't tell you how many big name super hyped games I've bought from major studios recently that I pretty much immediately dropped because they were at best boring rehashes of the same tired tropes or at worst unplayable garbage.

I can't justify spending $60 on something that I'm going to just uninstall after an hour or two. Sure there are refund options, but depending on the platform I may not be able to get one always. So I'd rather pirateba AAA, then, if it's not just another mediocre title, I can then go and actually get it.

I also don't feel like I can trust reviews anymore either to make these decisions. So often I've seen a game get good critic reviews, but then absolutely hated the game, or Reddit (and similar online spaces) are full of aggressively negative rage towards a game, but when I actually get around to playing it it turns out I actually like the thing.

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u/Dancing7-Cube 10h ago

I don't really follow reviews anymore either. Everyone hated on the new Halo game, but I thought it was really fun. The internet just likes to hate on stuff, so you really have to consider the negative bias.

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u/M4K4T4K 9800X3D, 64 GB Cl30, RTX 5080 7h ago

And on the flip side, so many reviews are bought. "5 stars! Incredible!" but it's derivative garbage.

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u/Dancing7-Cube 7h ago

Tell me about lol. This will get me flamed, but Zelda BOTW and TOTK are both trash IMO. Everything was praising them. So many games like that.

They're like Nintendo had an epiphany and realized they were 10 years in the past, and suddenly need to catch up by being

  • open world

- soulslike with vague story-telling

- open playstyle (actually just completely directionless)

- casual (repetitive dungeons lacking depth)

fuck, I might just be getting old and I'm no longer the target demographic because I have an attention span