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Looks like someone saw the original and didn’t know what it meant

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15 points

What’s the original?

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8 points

“I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I’m not kidding.”

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39 points

The same general idea, with better wording. Not really sure what OP was trying to add. In my experience critics aren’t demanding hyperrealism, and are the first to praise unique art styles.

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3 points

At this point almost everyone is aware that unique art styles age way way better than hyper-realism.

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36 points

The original phrasing is " I want shorter games with worse graphics, made by people paid more to work less and I’m not kidding".

The point is to highlight the abuses of the games industry, while advocating for better treatment of devs. This edit adds literally nothing to the conversation

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I read this meme as making fun of those people. Some people on Twitter have pointed to the recent King Kong game as an example of the original meme being bad. “See what happens when you pay workers more to make a game with worse graphics? You get this.” Those people didn’t understand the original meme. I see this post as an edited version to exasperatedly respond to those people with.

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46 points

the original was better

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Just recently replayed the No One Lives Forever series with my SO and it holds up so wildly well. Highly recommend, fun gameplay, low grind, excellent narrative storytelling. Slightly more grind for the second game, but still nothing like AAAs now.

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27 points

Dude I’m still okay with ps3 level graphics as long as it has more vibrant colors. Back then colors were always gray.

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9 points

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve touched my 360, but I wouldn’t even call that era of graphics bad. GTA V and the original TLOF were 360/PS3 titles.

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6 points

But you should also consider the fact that even though the color was not that great, imagine how people felt 75 years ago when they hadn’t invented colors yet…

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7 points

Stop buying AAA games then?

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