John Carmack goes off about online-only games being abandoned

Re:John Carmack goes off about online-only games being aband... by Gigachad on Monday February 13, 2023 @07:37AM (#34772728)

I never played HL originally so I had no nostalgia from it, but when I tried it a few years ago it just felt very dated. Sure, the mechanics and story probably hold up. But the visuals, ui, modern niceties, etc are all absent. Just doesn’t seem worth playing when you could pick up a newer similar game instead.

HN is always telling us to be outraged when an online game is shut down, but by the time they get shut down, hardly anyone cares about playing them anyway, they moved on to newer stuff.

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Re:John Carmack goes off about online-only games being aband... by wkat4242 on Monday February 13, 2023 @10:21AM (#34774497)

The visuals aren't absent, that's what I was trying to say. They hold up surprisingly well, though a high-res texture pack would obviously help.

And in the VR realm there aren't a ton of large story FPSes now. Especially not of this caliber.

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