I’m a casual Half Life enjoyer. Spent some time on the subreddit and man is it off the wall.
Tunic has an interesting fandom. That writing system has inspired a lot of cool stuff. The subreddit is censored six ways from Sunday because of how spoiler-sensitive the game is, but I have to wonder what random passers-by must think.
The Undertale fandom has permanently put me off trying the game. It’s not really my kind of game anyway, but I enjoy the soundtrack.
Minecraft has to have had the biggest demographic shift in its player base I’ve ever seen. I bought the game when it was in beta. Most fans were adults who were able to give a random Swede 20 bucks via PayPal. After the game’s release, and especially after the console ports and eventual MS buyout, the average age got younger and younger. I miss the old Minecraft forums.
I don’t wish it were more combat focused, but it did more to be engaging. I don’t want to take the chill game away from people, but one example of this is I think flying is boring and tedious, and it doesn’t need to be. The fact you literally can’t hit the ground, or anything else, means you don’t even need to look at your screen. If you can close your eyes and be fine, it can’t be engaging.
That’s my biggest complaint. It’s a game about farming a bunch of things, but they seemingly do everything they can to make sure you don’t have to be engaged whole doing it. Ideally, it could do both of these things. Either it’d be a toggle for “turn your brain on” mode, or the more engaging activity would be more rewarding, so you’re encouraged to do that but can do mindless stuff as an alternative if you want.