NOMINATING COMMERCIAL GAMES FOR MISAOS

Surely some noncommercial games are more enjoyable than commercial games, in fact, I'd say that a lot of freely-released games I have experienced far more enjoyment out of than studio games.

Totally.

There were really 2 parts to my statement. Commercial games should be automatically better. They have big budgets, big teams, high end graphics, marketing, testing, everything. But for whatever reason I could never fathom, so many commercial games are crap u.u I really don't understand it. I'm sure part of the process is to have focus groups test the game concept and gameplay, or at least they should bounce around the ideas with fellow employees. How stuff like Superman 64 ever got released is beyond me. There should have been a red flag somewhere in that money trail.

Although, for the most part, every commercial game has better graphics than "indie" games of the time. So anything "we" create now would be compared to ps3(no contest), and anything made 20 years ago can be compared to SNES. Back then there was probably not much of an indie scene at all, text adventures or something. Oh wait, now that I think of it there were freeware games back then. But they did kinda look shitty.


Then also, commercial games are held to a higher standard because of the reasons above. Budget and all that. But even so, many dedicated people create really good free games. Go "us".

Also, some people make non-commercial games because otherwise they have to SELL them, and that is a hassle. The less hassle with my hobby, the better.

I can look into adding a "Best Commercial Game Demo" misao, I suppose. I want to echo Alter Ego in saying that everyone must have the opportunity to play the game in question, so commercial games are excluded just by that factor alone (because YOU GOTTA PAY). But if they have a free demo then maybe they should be considered?

Actually, no, I will stick to No Commercial Games for Misaos. If you want to show the creator of a commercial game some love, buy their game!

author=kentona
I can look into adding a "Best Commercial Game Demo" misao, I suppose... Actually, no, I will stick to No Commercial Games...

And here I was going to applaud your thoughtfulness for once, but nooo... You've just earned the next jab I send your way, Mister. :|

It's not up yet, we're planning to launch it by the end of the week~ I'll see what I can do about getting you some banners. Should I put "Kickstarter" on them?