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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says new multiplayer games are failing because players have no reason to leave their friend groups, touts Unreal Engine 6’s cross-game features as a solution (automaton-media.com)
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[–] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, you used to get to know the players and come back to certain servers because of the community around them. There was one TF2 server I played on for a while that had a guy who played exclusively melee Heavy with extremely throttled Internet, causing him to teleport around. You don't get guys like Magical Fisting Heavy anymore.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago*

    I played TF2 from release, to the month they implemented matchmaking. Technically they left the ability to host and join specific servers, but those emptied and never came back. I was now essentially only allowed to pay with strangers.

    I joined again for the Halloween event, thinking my tradition of playing hours of Mann Manor could still be enjoyed at least. After all, it was a special event, and I knew others would join the 24/7 Manor servers like they had every year, just like me.

    Nope. They were all empty. Everyone still only joined matchmaking. I miss my server-friends. Mostly it was just acquaintances, but sometimes I'd make a real long-term friend after we'd find eachother at an event IRL.

    As is almost always the case, the algo that optimizes, doesn't optimize for what I want or need, it optimizes for what an unfeeling corp "needs". I want less downtime, sure, but not at the cost of meaning.

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