• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    22
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    Paradox hates devs as much as it love stringing along its customers. I love the games they put out but Paradox is a blight.

    • CarbonIceDragon
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      5 months ago

      Tbf is there any game publisher that doesn’t act like this? I like a lot of paradox’s games too, but expecting any company to be the “good” company in the industry is asking for disappointment.

      • Match!!
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        5 months ago

        Kitfox Games got Dwarf Fortress published which is miraculous, and they also have Caves of Qud which is celebrating its tenth year of early access

      • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        5 months ago

        Big publisher? Valve, I guess. Smaller publishers like Coffee Stain, Team 17, and Devolver, etc. seem to be customer focused with their releases. For some reason, at a certain scale of game, the publishers become obsessed with milking their customers instead of being satisfied with a straightforward transaction.

    • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      5 months ago

      I used to love the games that they put out. Nowadays to be honest I can’t be arsed to play even pirated versions of them.

      I still want some competition for the Liquoria / Bob Ross Universalis / Incest and Murder Simulator Vic / EU / CK series.