Tim Cain creating "Cain on Games" videos

[Oyster Sauce]

Yes, it needs to be developed further, but nobody will do it because people like you freak out anytime you can't control your companions directly

Nobody will do it because it's a relic of underdeveloped games that doesn't make the game more fun and artificially restricts a ton of gameplay from the player. I'd like to see Mr. "Never Save Scum" play Fallout 1 and either reload after every fight or only have companions for 1% of his total playtime. Or is Fallout another example of a game that "just needs to be developed a little more bro trust me it'll be good!"? What games directly benefit from autonomous NPCs?

Sorry I think my companions should express themselves through behavior instead of only dialogue

Which companions do that well?

[rusty_shackleford]

Nobody will do it because it's a relic of underdeveloped games that doesn't make the game more fun and artificially restricts a ton of gameplay from the player. I'd like to see Mr. "Never Save Scum" play Fallout 1 and either reload after every fight or only have companions for 1% of his total playtime. Or is Fallout another example of a game that "just needs to be developed a little more bro trust me it'll be good!"? What games directly benefit from autonomous NPCs?

Sorry I think my companions should express themselves through behavior instead of only dialogue

Which companions do that well?

Katarina in Van Helsing

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[rusty_shackleford]

Tim Cain notices that there's a large overlap between people who say piracy is fine and people who freak out about using AI

[Norfleet]

Tim Cain notices that there's a large overlap between people who say piracy is fine and people who freak out about using AI

Those people are also leftists, who are not known for having any kind of consistency in their beliefs.

[MrTwinkls]

I'd like a game that goes even further with companions. They can make their own decisions about gear, and they shop and/or loot from the same pool as the player. With maybe some % chance of who gets to pick first.

TOEE did a little bit in this regard where recuitable companions had their own gear they wouldn't trade to the player, and some took a cut of the gold looted from enemies.

You just invented MMORPGs.

[King Crispy]

Toxic Positivity

This is a good one.

[Acrux]

Be aware he talks about being a *** in that one.

[WhiteShark]

Be aware he talks about being a *** in that one.

Wait, does that mean 'Toxic Positivity' is code for 'HIV positive'?

[Algol]

Be aware he talks about being a *** in that one.

I haven't been able to listen to this mongo for a minute now. His voice sounds like he just huffed a bunch of helium + poppers + euphoria from **** lodged within ***. Very pretentious in general. I have a hard time believing so many people listen to his ramblings like he's some ******* gamedev variant of ****** Gandalf or something (fascinating fact, "sir" Ian McKellan is gay as well, so it's a great comparison).

[Roguey]

I haven't been able to listen to this mongo for a minute now. His voice sounds like he just huffed a bunch of helium + poppers + euphoria from **** lodged within ***. Very pretentious in general. I have a hard time believing so many people listen to his ramblings like he's some ******* gamedev variant of ****** Gandalf or something (fascinating fact, "sir" Ian McKellan is gay as well, so it's a great comparison).

He's responsible for the creation of my favorite kind of RPG, so when he talks, I listen.

[The_Mask]

Fallout vs. Arcanum Story States

[Tangerine]

This is stretching the definition of act beyond utility.

[Acrux]

"Irregardless"

[Algol]

I haven't been able to listen to this mongo for a minute now. His voice sounds like he just huffed a bunch of helium + poppers + euphoria from **** lodged within ***. Very pretentious in general. I have a hard time believing so many people listen to his ramblings like he's some ******* gamedev variant of ****** Gandalf or something (fascinating fact, "sir" Ian McKellan is gay as well, so it's a great comparison).

He's responsible for the creation of my favorite kind of RPG, so when he talks, I listen.

Get better heroes. Preferably ones that don't huff alkyl nitrites to loosen their *******.

[Roguey]

I haven't been able to listen to this mongo for a minute now. His voice sounds like he just huffed a bunch of helium + poppers + euphoria from **** lodged within ***. Very pretentious in general. I have a hard time believing so many people listen to his ramblings like he's some ******* gamedev variant of ****** Gandalf or something (fascinating fact, "sir" Ian McKellan is gay as well, so it's a great comparison).

He's responsible for the creation of my favorite kind of RPG, so when he talks, I listen.

Get better heroes. Preferably ones that don't huff alkyl nitrites to loosen their *******.

The RPG devs before Tim Cain and company were only interested in RPGs as combat crawlers or gay and ultraliberal thee/thou nonsense in the case of Origin Systems.

[maidenhaver]

Tim doesn't make the games I like anymore, but he did.

[The_Mask]

How The Internet Changed Game Design

I talk about how the internet changed how designers approached making games and how the player received information about those games.

[wndrbr]

How The Internet Changed Game Design

I talk about how the internet changed how designers approached making games and how the player received information about those games.

did not watch the video, but I'm guessing he shits on the various synthetic men and other youtubers that focus on negativity. "People watch videos made by homophobic racists and start disliking our games without even playing them!"

[The_Mask]

did not watch the video, but I'm guessing he shits on the various synthetic men and other youtubers that focus on negativity. "People watch videos made by homophobic racists and start disliking our games without even playing them!"

He does **** on those synthetic men, but because of objective reasons. It's not a bad video. That's why I posted it.

[rusty_shackleford]

but because of objective reasons

If the reason involves "you need to play[editor's note: pay money] the game first!", then it's not objective, he's just angry they're effective

You might be able to guess why he would hold such an attitude considering the most recent game he worked on was Outer Worlds 2.

[Breathe]

Bet he doesn't even touch on the fact that unskilled ******, women, and blacks who don't like games are the ones making them now.

[Roguey]

I endorse


Lot of dims and mids out there hollowing out their heads and outsourcing their thoughts to an influencer or an LLM.

[MeatEatingStork]

Old man rambling and insufferable faggotry as usual.

-In the beforetimes, you just did stuff
-Then the internet made categories (RPG, 4X) really important and allowed him to have a say in what games he was making
-So he made them more complex which made walkthroughs harder to make
-Then Youtube ruined puzzles so he made them harder to physically do even if you know what to do
-Then Youtubers started replacing games journalists, which was a seismic shift because "Journalists were at least I think sometimes trying to be objective?"
-So he started paying attention to fancy graphics and big cinematic stuff to look good in streamer clips
-Then gamers started getting their opinions straight from Youtubers instead of thinking for themselves ("I don't wanna think about it, you tell me what I should think about it")
-So everyone became obsessive about categories and subcategories (open world spoke-and-hub action rpg), which is stupid because none of those things matter
-And everyone is constantly worrying about what famous Youtubers will think of any feature they add
-Not him tho he's too cool for that, and his audience bullies him for it
-He's curious whether categories are going to restrict further or people will get sick of Youtubers

I have no idea what the connection between genre specification and internet is supposed to be, but I recognize his sheeple speech as a desperate rationalization for why everyone's telling him and his peers the same thing. I'd love to know what features he thinks were added or omitted to please which streamers in anything, but it sounds like ******** or a true conversation that affected nothing.

[Faceless_Sentinel]

I endorse


Lot of dims and mids out there hollowing out their heads and outsourcing their thoughts to an influencer or an LLM.

Are you one of those amerimutt ******* who buy games to confidently say that they are bad?

[wndrbr]

I endorse


Lot of dims and mids out there hollowing out their heads and outsourcing their thoughts to an influencer or an LLM.

Roguey is still salty over getting awarded with '****** of the year award' for liking VTMB2.

[WaterMage]

There you have it folks, it's finally settled, Disco Elysium is not an RPG.

DE is visual novel with dice rolls. It is not even a game, let alone a role playing game.

[Algol]

I endorse


Lot of dims and mids out there hollowing out their heads and outsourcing their thoughts to an influencer or an LLM.

Roguey is still salty over getting awarded with '****** of the year award' for liking VTMB2.

I don't think he actually liked it. Just being a contrarian.

Also people really need to stop sucking Tim's balls, I think the accolades are getting to his head. I hope he starts crossdressing soon or something, though. Would make for interesting Kiketube content instead of all other other random "industry" **** he yacks about.

[rusty_shackleford]

Also people really need to stop sucking Tim's balls, I think the accolades are getting to his head. I hope he starts crossdressing soon or something, though. Would make for interesting Kiketube content instead of all other other random "industry" **** he yacks about.

He has some good videos, his newer ones are probably closer to 50/50 at this point because he's burned thru a lot of the material he had in his notebooks I think
Basically all his best videos are about what he wrote down while making good games

[Roguey]

Are you one of those amerimutt ******* who buy games to confidently say that they are bad?

I buy games only when I believe there's something there I'll like.

Roguey is still salty over getting awarded with '****** of the year award' for liking VTMB2.

I pay no mind to the opinions of Kegan 2s and 3s, and decided that go-nowhere discussions with them were getting in the way of my attempts to achieve Kegan 5.