I know this is a joke sometimes, but a lot of ya'll aren't joking and...knock it off? Like, it's fine to recommend a game that's related if a title disappoints. But don't recommend something that you just liked a bunch to someone who was disappointed about any game.
Sometimes this happens because two games came out in the same time period, but that doesn't mean it's a good suggestion. If someone wanted an engrossing open-world title and you're recommending Hades, that's not a good idea. I might like that game, but I have an itch I want to scratch and you can't generically replace a game with another. If you're saying "Hey instead of Dragon Age Inquisition play Greedfall", I can kinda get that (even if I like both), but maybe don't recommend people play Hades instead of Cyberpunk if they're disappointed in Cyberpunk?
People typically do this with big projects and try to bring up some much smaller in scope project. Which is "fine" if they're the same genre or are going for the same themes, but otherwise you gotta chill.
I actually thought about not making this thread since I didn't have enough examples, but this thread actually inspired me to go ahead and make it. If someone's looking for a fantasy RPG with realistic graphics, maybe don't recommend the cartoony Zelda-like that pokes fun at itself a bunch and say "Same thing, what's the problem?"
Like, this doesn't make me want to play the thing you're recommending more. What it does is piss me off and make me want to play it less, because you're specifically ignoring me and what I asked to hock something you care about. Has anyone else noticed this, or can you just generically replace "should've been a good game" with "actually a good game" and it's fine?
Sometimes this happens because two games came out in the same time period, but that doesn't mean it's a good suggestion. If someone wanted an engrossing open-world title and you're recommending Hades, that's not a good idea. I might like that game, but I have an itch I want to scratch and you can't generically replace a game with another. If you're saying "Hey instead of Dragon Age Inquisition play Greedfall", I can kinda get that (even if I like both), but maybe don't recommend people play Hades instead of Cyberpunk if they're disappointed in Cyberpunk?
People typically do this with big projects and try to bring up some much smaller in scope project. Which is "fine" if they're the same genre or are going for the same themes, but otherwise you gotta chill.
I actually thought about not making this thread since I didn't have enough examples, but this thread actually inspired me to go ahead and make it. If someone's looking for a fantasy RPG with realistic graphics, maybe don't recommend the cartoony Zelda-like that pokes fun at itself a bunch and say "Same thing, what's the problem?"
Like, this doesn't make me want to play the thing you're recommending more. What it does is piss me off and make me want to play it less, because you're specifically ignoring me and what I asked to hock something you care about. Has anyone else noticed this, or can you just generically replace "should've been a good game" with "actually a good game" and it's fine?
