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Can we stop constantly debating about the misnomer of “owning” games and instead talk about what we can actually fight for with consumer rights, like a perpetual license and post-shutdown servers?

Final Fantasy Tactics won the Game Award for best strategy/sim game. But isn't it an RPG? Why didn't games like Solasta and Baldur's Gate 3, which have much more complex systems, win in that category?

RPG Essentialism: The dichotomy of a genre

Is it just me, or is the Gravity Gun in Half-Life 2 a pointless weapon? What's the point of throwing stuff at enemies when you can just shoot them?

Death Stranding’s opening doesn’t teach mechanics — it teaches when you’re allowed to move

Arc Raiders: I yearn for the playground

There are thousands of indie boomer shooters, but not a single indie Halo clone. Why do you think that is?

The lack of honesty with respect to The Game Awards

How much are graphics to blame for the increasing development cycles of AAA games?

The Rise of the Nioh-like : are hybrids of Soulslike + CAG (hack n slash) shaping the next Era of mainstream 3D action?

Enshittification - have game companies truly gotten (drastically) less ethical in not-so-recent times, and what is this trend/pattern building towards?

Game of the Year megathread

Exp33 Best Indie & RPG Win Proves TGA is Rigged – Change My Mind

The case for pre-rendered CGI cutscenes in modern games.

Ps5 stuttering / frame drops on blackops 7

About E33 winning best RPG, and what is an RPG

I want to like Phasmophobia, and I don't understand what I'm missing

What is your personal game of the year for 2025 (Apart from Claire Obscur: Expedition 33). The game doesn't need to have been released in 2025, just that you played/completed it this year.

/r/truegaming casual talk

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 won nearly every major award at the Game Awards. Really? It's a 1:1 copycat of thousands of other JRPGs.

Why are there basically no AAA quality games about gritty robot apocalypses in the modern era out there?

Did anyone else notice how samey most of the “new IP” reveals were at TGAs 2025?

are characters like sonic, rayman etc less popular these days?

What makes fighting game combos feel interactive when you're the one getting pummeled?

Why are there seemingly no new "chaos open world" games being made?

Quick-swapping is not a fun mechanic

Farewell to the era of "Just upgrade your RAM", the ball is now in the developers court!

The guy we called my ‘uncle’ did mocap for Kratos in God of War Ragnarök and I didn’t even know who he was at the time

Which game impressed you with a tiny detail most players overlook?

Other than its improved graphics, Metroid Prime 4 could have been a GameCube game. The biomes are still broken up into small rooms with lengthy door-opening animations (to hide loading?) and the "psychic" abilities are superficial reskins of classic Metroid abilities.

It's been almost 20 years since Valve last released an original single-player IP in Portal. Why did Valve just stop making single-player games? They could have been for PC gaming what Nintendo was for console gaming.

After playing Deadlock, I now see minimaps in a different way

Have video games become too cluttered?

How can punishing and mysterious games make players roll with the punches and play blind?

Have gacha mechanics come to define the anime game industry?

I know it's a 12 year old game/conversation, but finally trying out GTA5 and is this game (ironically) actually meant for middle schoolers?

Academic survey: Video Game Studio Culture & Purchase Behavior Questionnaire

Which series should i start first?

"Pop music soundtracks are just advertisements" — a counterpoint, and an exploration of how licensed music is used in games

Why was there not an effective backlash from PlayStation players about the mandatory PS Plus subscription to be able to play most online games?

I can't be objective when it comes to rating games.

Gaming soundtracks featuring pop groups are blurring the line between art and advertisement

Games expect you to make decisions based on where you think the story is going instead of the story so far.

Are modern games taking too long to 'open up'

Delayed boss attack animations in wukong

Remember?

What are the "vania" elements in Metroidvanias like Hollow Knight?

I shifted my research focus to gaming and got rejected by every gaming subreddit/forum/thread.

i finally finished Cosmic Invasion and I have something to say about it