Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators
by ragequittah on Sunday May 11, 2025 @09:52PM
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I find reddit to be so hypercritical of everything to the point of it not being useful anymore. A very good 9/10 game will get so much criticism you'd think it's the worst game to be released in a decade.
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Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators
by viccis on Sunday May 11, 2025 @10:41PM
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That's not my experience at all. Feel free to provide any examples of very good games getting dogpiled in the comments, but I've never seen it.
Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators
by ragequittah on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @03:01AM
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I'll admit that I stopped looking at reddit for most game content lately (last year or 2) so my opinion might be outdated. But I do remember the new Assassin's Creed getting quite a lot of hate for gross reasons. It becomes oddly political much like many subs for TV shows and movies. Misogyny and racism are rampant.
That said I suppose if good moderators filter the rabble out there's bound to be some good communities. I just find that if you love a game it's usually best to steer well clear of the subreddit for it.
Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators
by viccis on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @05:05PM
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>good moderators filter the rabble out
This is key and one of the reasons that ignoring r/gaming and subbing to r/games instead has been standard wisdom since like 2010 when reddit actually had a guide to which frontpage subs to unsub from (r/pics, r/funny, etc.) and which ones to replace them with.