#videogame problems

This can lead to people losing interest in a game and Could cause the death of the game in a worst case scenario (only if the rest of the game is oversaturated and has problems as well).

REBLOG IF YOU AGREE AND LEAVE A COMMENT IF YOU KNOW A GAME THAT'S IN A SIMILAR SITUATION!

Examples I can give from my experience:

Brawl Stars (From real weapons to silly ones, less new rares and super rares and more epics/mythics/legendaries, overly complex brawlers, ultra legendary rarity)

Genshin Impact (Powercreep trend that started with Neuvillette, Natlan characters having overly complicated kits and being P2W because they feel mandatory for exploration, the land of dinosaurs having pixel holograms, Dj turntables and MOTORBIKES)

And I'm afraid Forsaken will suffer the same fate because of Veeronica and Guest666. I mean just look at them.

I hope you liked this illustration and I hope it got the message across...the only problem I have with it is that I've grown a bit attached to these bright colored fighter guys I came up with in a few minutes even though they're supposed to be the "bad ones"...

OH, AND REMEMBER!: Even if you agree that a videogame that wants to be successful should be more consistent and fair, you can't really apply the same thing to OCs and fanmade game characters!

A lot of oc artists (like me) don't actually work with game companies (I mean they don't at least to my knowledge), and passionate artists can come up with the wildest ideas, because they have no limits.

It started out pretty good.  I went to Wal-Mart to buy a new videogame with a gift card I got for Christmas.  Then I got home and couldn’t find the Xbox controller.

I looked all over the gaming area, which is where I left it.  I looked in some outlandish places.  My parents helped me look for it.  We looked for over an hour.

Eventually, we gave up and I decided to go to Gamestop and buy a used controller.  I’m a bit annoyed, but I figure if we do find my original controller I can return the new one and consider the difference a rental fee of sorts.

I get home, turn on the Xbox, figure out how to sync the controller, and pop the disc in.  This is where things start to get confusing.  The game isn’t showing up on the menu, and the Xbox is saying I need to connect online.  I guess it needs to IP address changed since we had to get a new router recently.

The only problem is that the cursor on the screen won’t move.  After pressing on the controller buttons for several moments I just disconnect and reconnect it.  That seems to work, and I continue on.  Except the controller stops working over and over again, no matter what I do.  Despite this, I manage to start up the download for the game.

At this point, I figure that something’s wrong with the controller, but since it works fine as long as I don’t leave it idling for longer than a few seconds, I figure I can at least try out my game, except the Xbox doesn’t seem to be noticing the disc.  After a bit, I try slipping another disc in.  The Xbox reads it no problem.

Then once again, the controller craps out.  I throw up my hands and decide to go back to Gamestop and ask to trade it for a different one.  As I’m heading out, it occurs to me that they might be able to tell me what’s up with my game.  Figuring that with the way my day has been going something’s wrong with the game, I decide to bring the disc with me.

This was possibly the smartest thing I have done all day.

I get to Gamestop and get a different controller no problem.  While I’m being checked out, I mention the disc issue and ask if he might know how to fix it.  He mentions some discs are harder to reading and that you might need to clean the lens.  This worries me as I’m terrible with machines and would probably destroy the console trying to clean it.  I ask if maybe it could be the disc instead and show it to him.

He gets an odd look on his face as he opens the case open.  He pops the disc out and looks on the other side.

Then he tells me the disc is fake.

What.

Keep in mind this isn’t a used game.  I bought it from Wal-Mart brand new.  It was in a case that an employee had to unlock.  It was sealed in plastic and taped shut.  How the fuck would someone switch the discs without anyone noticing the packaging had been tampered with?

The nice man proceeds to explain the art isn’t shiny enough and that the disc is actually a DVD.  Then he shows it to his coworker who agrees it is fake.  They seem a bit mystified too.

I thank them and walk over to the Wal-Mart I bought the game from.

Did I mention that the Wal-Mart and Gamestop were in the same shopping center?  This is the third time I’ve made this trip today, and I’ve already decided that there isn’t going to be a fourth time.

I go straight to customer service, give the lady the game and the receipt, and tell her it’s a fake game.  I then tell her the series of events that led up to me finding out it was fake roughly five minutes ago.

I don’t think she believed me.  I don’t blame her.  It was a pretty bizarre series of events.  I was starting to feel like I was in a sitcom.

With my money refunded to the gift card I head straight for the gaming section to buy another copy of the same game.  Yes, this is where I bought the fake disc.  Make of that what you will.

I wait for an employee to open the locked cabinet.  I pay for it using the gift card.  Then I open it then an there.  I’m not sure what the workers thought of that, but I wanted to make sure I got the real deal this time.

I did, and let me just say the artwork on the two discs were completely different.  I don’t think whoever left the fake disc there had ever seen a real disc.

I headed home.  I took my anti-anxiety medicine.  I synced up the controller.  I put in the disk, which the Xbox was able to read this time.  I waited for the downloads, and I finally played the game.  The controller worked perfectly.

It should not be that frustrating to have a bit of fun.  Also, whoever made that fake disc: Screw you.  I wasted so much time trying to fix a nonexistent problem because of you.

I still reeling over all the crazy stuff that happened today?  Was it bad luck?  I mean I got two faulty products in one day.  On the other hand, one of those faulty products allowed me to find out the other one was fake much sooner than if I was on my own, so I guess that was sort of good luck?

-either super stingy with money drops with extremely expensive items you’re constantly needing to purchase or restock, so you’re constantly farming by Destroying All The Things... (and prices THEN going up exponentially. And have some sort of DLC or premium content they’re trying to push the Player to purchase IRL to make the money issue “easier” in-game)

Or...