The Blame Game of Babylon's Fall – How We Ruin Games

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Published on March 17, 2023 9:02:55 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V91Zi2z1Wc

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Babylon's Fall (2022)

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Babylon's Fall's reception is a symptom of how we, as a gaming community, fail to respect video games as an art.

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00:00 The Ashes of Babylon's Fall
00:32 My Problem with Contemporary Video Game Discussion
02:51 Fall Out and Toxicity
05:50 The Importance of Game Criticism and Redemptions
08:47 What is Babylon's Fall?
09:58 Babylon's Fall Combat and its Roots
13:23 Babylon's Fall Biggest Downfall (For Me)
14:38 The Live Game Era
16:10 The Intent of Babylon's Falls' Visuals
17:36 Stripping the Aesthetics
20:13 The Lack of Difficulty Balance
21:45 The Tension of Player Feedback and the Developer's Vision
23:31 Sixty Dollars, Battle Passes, Micro Transactions, and PS Plus
24:23 BIG YELLOW BIRD GAME
25:20 The Actual Impact of Battlepasses and Microtransactions
27:44 The Community's Pushback on Live Service Monetization
28:52 Live Service Monetization's Impact on Babylon's Fall
30:33 The Blame Game
31:29 Why I Like the Square Enix Approach
33:13 How We Benefit from their Missteps
33:51 Empathy for People, Not Companies
34:32 The Conversation Ten Years Later
35:24 Games without a Legacy
36:55 But Thank God Babylon's Fall Died

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