“The joy of sharing has been driven from me“
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“The joy of sharing has been driven from me“
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#2I feel bad for him, but really the problem is he’s made a directorial mistake and it looks like the only point it’s gonna click is when the sales numbers hit.
Will he realize his mistaken then or will he continue to blame the customer?
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#3I feel bad for him, but really the problem is he’s made a directorial mistake and it looks like the only point it’s gonna click is when the sales numbers hit. Will he realize his mistaken then or will he continue to blame the customer?
I could not agree more. A lot of game producers get this arrogant approach of: "Making games would be such awesome job if it wasn't for those pesky gamers".
The question here is: "Is this a really innovative graphical design that will get praised by future generations but is misunderstood now" or "Is this just a bad decision that the creator is unwilling to own". I tend to think it's the latter. Ultimately the sales will tell.
Obviously I'm not defending the minority of insane comments made my mentally unwell people, but it does feel to me that the rage-quit was prompted more by the general negative sentiment people expressed about the looks of the game rather than by the personal attacks.
We have seen the same thing happen to Star Wars where the legitimate criticism was painted as toxicity of the fandom.
To quote another HN comment I saved recently:
> “Ultimately, the reason some people get upset when a series changes isn’t because the new game is new, but because the old games get their future cut off. Getting a sequel you don’t want closes the door more definitively than creating a new IP. Nobody wants to see the corpse of something they love puppeted around when it could just be laid to rest.”
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#4Good for Ron. He created the game, not the lookey loo's
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#5I feel bad for him, but really the problem is he’s made a directorial mistake and it looks like the only point it’s gonna click is when the sales numbers hit. Will he realize his mistaken then or will he continue to blame the customer?
Disagreeing with the art direction is one thing but people are going beyond constructive criticism by being toxic and throwing personal attacks.
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#6I don’t get the hate- I like the style of the new graphics, and I think they are a sensitive updating of what’s good about monkey island’s original graphical vibe.
I guess I am the target nostalgia demographic though; 70s latchkey kid. I fully intend to play this with my kids and enjoy the shit out of it.
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#7I feel bad for him, but really the problem is he’s made a directorial mistake and it looks like the only point it’s gonna click is when the sales numbers hit. Will he realize his mistaken then or will he continue to blame the customer?
Disagreeing with the art direction is one thing but people are going beyond constructive criticism by being toxic and throwing personal attacks.
Not to pry, but do you have any examples of this?
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#8I don't understand the outrage at this art style. Granted, I've never played any of the Monkey Island games, and have no emotional attachment to the content. To me, the art style seems very similar to a Cartoon Network cartoon, and that may have broad appeal to kids today. Like I kind of understand why people are upset: this thing you loved 32 years ago is being vandalized in your eyes. However, you're really old now, your prefrontal cortex should be fully developed, so get over it.
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#9I could give two shits about the art style.
I just can't stand the worry that he's going to grimdark the storyline. It is important to me that guybrush and elaine and the gang don't go that way.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Disagreeing with the art direction is one thing but people are going beyond constructive criticism by being toxic and throwing personal attacks.
Not to pry, but do you have any examples of this?
Ron mentioned he deleted some personal attack comments, so some of the closest examples are gone.