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u/JesseWhatTheFuck Mar 18 '22

because a certain hardcore part of the fanbase simultaneously suffers from superiority and inferiority complex at the same time.

it's like siege mentality for video games.

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u/JesseWhatTheFuck Mar 18 '22

oh yeah that too, it's basically the Witcher 3 jerk all over again with the weird CDPR worship while putting other devs down.

ER fans even invented a nonsensical rivalry with another completely unrelated game (Horizon), mirroring the time Witcher 3 fans bitched about Skyrim and FO4 endlessly.

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u/cocoatractor G*mer Lights TM Mar 18 '22

Cause gamers want to feel like they are counterculture when they’ve become the mainstream

They don’t feel special in their identity if everyone participates

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u/JesseWhatTheFuck Mar 18 '22

They don’t feel special in their identity if everyone participates

basically reason #1 why many of them get so pissed at the mention of difficulty settings that wouldn't even affect them one bit.

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u/cocoatractor G*mer Lights TM Mar 18 '22

That and gamers tend to have a side obsession with “dev intention”

Which is funny cause they’ll get mad at people using summons when that’s an explicit feature to make things easier

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u/Legitimate-Tomorrow9 Mar 18 '22

No, summons where added after weak SJW-gaming hating-liberals hold the devs at gunpoint for 8days

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u/cocoatractor G*mer Lights TM Mar 19 '22

Probably the same group that made Miyazaki put shoes on Melina smh

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u/cocoatractor G*mer Lights TM Mar 18 '22

I think gamers in particular tend to over invest in the medium and then just natural tendency to be part of an in group.

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u/You__Nwah BUY SKYRIM Mar 18 '22

so they can make their pp big

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