EFFORTPOST The cuckification of Real-Time-Pause RPG genre is neverending

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1374930/Black_Geyser_Couriers_of_Darkness

The cuckening will continue until morale improves

You know how Turn-based RPG cute twinks have 10 000 AAA, AA and indie games to satiate their desires and tastes, we there has been like 2 Pillars of Eternity and this Indie game the past 5 years.

5 years back when BG3 was announced to be turn based, and the old gaurd of /r/baldursgate was overhwhelmed by Larion fanboy straggots who have never accomplished anything worthwhile on earth and are collectively a drain on their host nation states, and told it was no fricking big deal if they were less than enthusiastic by BG3

2023, I genuinely fricking hope g*mers get what's coming to them, how many times have i heard the nonsense about how Larian is proof that modern developers just need to have enthusiasm and not be corporate drones, and g*mers would so very obviously recognize quality and art, and success would follow those truly who care about gaming as an art form, and other such arsurdities and reddit nonsense

There was drama i think 3 months back (i dont remember somebody correct me if im wrong), about some other non-Larian developer stating some off-hand comment that the extreme and fabulous quality of Baldurs Gate 3 shouldn't be expected of other studios or future RPG type games as it wasn't attainable or something. And this caused great rage amongst redditors and other gaymer celebs and youtube straggots

Guys like Act Man interpreted this as unfavorably as possible, as that of the cryings of of salty developers who b-word about having to be held to a higher standard of game design due to Larian's new quality BG3, and that mediocre Ubisoft sanbox generic corporate shitbox products would be expected to be at least better thanks to Larian and BG3

Yet the circlejerk became so extreme that peeps even began to compare fricking Witcher 3 unfavorably, despite the game being dated by 8 fricking years prior.

I also have sympathy for the statement because the sircumstances of Larian was very unique, despite the absolute absolute absolutely toxic nature of Larian fanboys fricks

Larian slowly and incrimentally increased their reputation over 15 years, and 10 years ago finally after a literal decade of sweat and tears and borderline commercially failed games, struck gold with Divinity Original Sin 1, and struck platinum with Divinity Original Sin 2, which even blew DO1 out of the water in terms of favor, and a very very very rabidly loyal fanbase.

When they were fortunate enough to obtain the SEQUAL IP of a infamous pre-existing franchise of Baldurs Gate which has fame amongst the most Fedora straggots of reddit-tier gaymers. You know the type of losers who think New Vegas is god's gift to mankind, and has zero faults - did the hype of BG3 begin like a very slow rolling snowball 5 fricking years ago.

Not only that but BG3 released 3 YEARS AGO IN EARLY ACCESS. How many studios have the resources, capital and goodwill of any fandom or press. Do you guys understand how fricking long 3 years is? Depending on who is asking and defining the development process, since pre-production, BG3 has basically been in production for 6 fricking years!

The point being the incredibly lightning in a bottle, in an even smaller bottle, once in a lifetime, fricking Lara Croft 2003 movie Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life scene where all the planets align once every fricking 9000 years or something unique situation of Larian was incomparably unique. The sircumstances are unbelievably abnormal and favorable, and absurd to expect other studios and teams to be able to compete.

The pro-larian circlejerk on both reddit and even here on fricking rdrama was so extreme at some point, that many morons didn't realize that by 2023 Larian was the size of a fully AAA tier gaming development company and had more people working on the game in total combined manpower that fricking Bethesda did for Starfield by like a few. What studio gets 3 fricking years to work on a game on full helm steam, after early access.

And it's turn based, I'm so fricking cucked. Even Owlcat's new game is turn based, I'm so fricking turbo cucked

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1374930/Black_Geyser_Couriers_of_Darkness

Earlier this year September, I played and finished the other Real-Time-Pause RPG I could find since POE2. Black Geyser is basically an indie throwback to Baldurs Gate 1 and 2.

It is merely average, but it did introduce innovation, like a Greed System, where the world and NPCs react according to how much you steal or haggle from the poor, or how much your avarice influences your actions. There were also Elephant half-people and cool summon shit. Still in all honesty I would not rate it any higher than 7/10.

Yet in spite of the genuine enthusiasm that fans of the game gave to the Indie developers of GrapeOcean, the devs of Black Geyser, they still clearly did not achieve financial success to what their sincerity and efforts deserved. The fact remained that Turn-Based was just so much popular than Real-Time-Pause RPG games

https://store.steampowered.com/developer/grapeocean

I found out to my horror, after completing the game, and researching the devs company on steam to check if they had created any other games I would be interested in, that GrapeOcrean was in dire financial woes, and that their sacrifice and toil in the creation of the game of Black Geyser had not paid off.

"Ho there, adventurers!

Sadly, we don't have good news today. We were truly happy on 8th January when Black Geyser won the Bronze Medal in the "Game of the Year Awards 2022 - Best RPG" category on RPGWatch, but now, darkness approaches.

We reached a point where we just can't keep going in these circumstances. We will need to make a successful Kickstarter soon to help finish our DLC for Black Geyser. This DLC would be released around August, giving a major boost for Black Geyser sales as well. We already have substantial content finished for this DLC, so its development won't happen from scratch."

They were basically forced to grovel for Kickstarter backers in order to obtain further development funds.

Anyways I dont think i have a point or conclusion of this post other than to b-word into the ether, also

@Losercel if you dont post a longpost in response to this, then we are no longer friends

Also @Carp if you dont pin this, then we will no longer do sissy-hypno fricking on Tuesdays