Are Steam Reviews force of Good.TM or are they normie Borg machine that makes most RPG Devs conform to their cries and demands for "quality of life", "gameplay loop" and let's not forget "balance", which are all code words for: mechanically dumbed down games, with little to no challenge and artisticly the same experience? Many Devs are scared as fuck of negative steam reviews (they can kill any game, indie or AAA)
Whether Disco Elysium or Dark Souls, gamers just like women, are turned on by men with vision and principles. More Devs should make games that they themselves would enjoy, at least in Hardcore modes of their games. In past years too many indie Devs have replaced Publisher for steam normies as new Owners of their game's indentity and design
As Henry Ford (owner of first car factory) said : 'Consumers are wrong, ask average consumer what he needs or wants and he'd tell you "a faster horse". His mind is incapable of crossing borders of already familiar and well-known into new and innovative.'
TLDR: Gamers, are terrible co-designers of games. They should be always heard but not always listened to. Devs' balls are in hands of steam normies
Whether Disco Elysium or Dark Souls, gamers just like women, are turned on by men with vision and principles. More Devs should make games that they themselves would enjoy, at least in Hardcore modes of their games. In past years too many indie Devs have replaced Publisher for steam normies as new Owners of their game's indentity and design
As Henry Ford (owner of first car factory) said : 'Consumers are wrong, ask average consumer what he needs or wants and he'd tell you "a faster horse". His mind is incapable of crossing borders of already familiar and well-known into new and innovative.'
TLDR: Gamers, are terrible co-designers of games. They should be always heard but not always listened to. Devs' balls are in hands of steam normies