For those who like talking about games as much as playing them.

Hey, all! In this thread, the rules are more relaxed. The idea is that this megathread will provide a space for otherwise rule-breaking content, as well as allowing for a slightly more conversa...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gmhz9m/rtruegaming_casual_talk/

Spoilers for Deathloop and The Witcher 3 below, mainly Deathloop. Not a super deep post or anything, just played Deathloop recently and it made me think about this because the game does address...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gm9cu7/if_a_had_a_nickel_for_each_time_a_aaa_game_had_an/

Its as the title says, recently i feel like more and more games have shifted to using casual speech in their games, with speech as if 2 dudes hanging out in an apartment in NY, this is not the ca...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1glwf86/am_i_the_only_one_who_thinks_writing_is_on_decline/

I have a personal pet peeve in regards to numbers and games, especially in RPG's where they hold a large significance (I love RPG's and character building/optimization and work a lot with numbers...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gk483t/numbers_in_rpg_why_do_so_few_games_explain_it_well/

I was thinking about this lately. So there's plenty of horror games where you have guns and it's still scary because of different tweaks. But I feel like I haven't seen a lot of horror games wher...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gjndqh/can_actual_shootouts_work_in_a_horror_game/

The perfect game is an unattainable ideal that we can only try to get close to, and I think you’d agree with that. But what if I told you there’s not one perfect game ideal, but two? When w...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1ghzbv6/can_we_say_there_are_two_ways_to_create_the/

I was playing a little bit of Dragon Age: Veilguard a few hours back, and one thing that jumped out at me during combat was the sheer density of particle effects on attacks, which led to a lot of...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1ghh1a6/a_request_to_developers_please_include_a_particle/

Hey, all! In this thread, the rules are more relaxed. The idea is that this megathread will provide a space for otherwise rule-breaking content, as well as allowing for a slightly more conversa...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gh4udw/rtruegaming_casual_talk/

A while after my long journey , I started thinking about how there's a possibility that there are just certain games that are not meant to be made. I for one am a fan of sandbox games where it en...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gh4b3e/are_there_such_things_as_impossible_to_make_games/

I played Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal on their respective release dates and loved both of them; they were my favorite titles in the years that they released. Of the two, Eternal was my favorite, bu...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1ggqsmb/doom_2016_is_everything_i_wanted_in_a_modern_doom/

I recently, finally, finished Cyberpunk 2077's main quest after 65 hours of stop-and-start playtime. I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy most of that time, but I could never escape the nagg...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1ggkdmw/cyberpunk_2077_lives_in_the_shadow_of_its/

I opened Steam today and the first thing I saw in the "new and trending" list was a pirate-themed character DLC for The Finals, a game that is not even remotely pirate-themed. In recent memory: D...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gfpfbp/whats_the_deal_with_piratethemed_content_in_games/

I've been thinking about this since a discussion I had with a friend about the merits of Assassin's Creed, Hotline Miami, PES 6, Final Fantasy Tactics and another game I don't remember. The fun...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gemwc1/understanding_what_makes_a_good_game/

I recently got into JRPGs (For now played only Persona 5 but I'm getting the hang of it.) I was able to play through Persona 5 in around 3 weeks because of the holiday season and now I'm planning...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gdk12b/long_tutorials_and_finding_the_time/

This is probably obvious by now but yes this is a response to a previous post in here that irked me, inventory limits can definitively end up feeling unneeded in a lot of modern games where they ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gdadng/inventory_and_weight_management_can_add_a_lot_to/

Y’all mind if I gush for second? (This is gonna take longer than a second.) ...in fact, this is like a 3,000 word analysis. It should take you roughly 10-15 mins to read. If walls of text are...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gcmtco/a_night_at_the_museum_an_analysis_of_sifus_museum/

There has been a lot of discussion about remakes lately. Studios have increasingly been remaking previous works from well-known, recognizable IPs. Many people are reacting to this trend by expres...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gc25zj/silent_hill_2_and_video_game_remakes/

Hey, all! In this thread, the rules are more relaxed. The idea is that this megathread will provide a space for otherwise rule-breaking content, as well as allowing for a slightly more conversa...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gbskfz/rtruegaming_casual_talk/

The world would probably have to be smaller but who would mind less pointless walking? It's annyoing the devs these days consider it so important for the world to be huge. They sacrifice gameplay...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gbqx1w/wouldnt_it_be_cool_if_the_game_world_were_so/

Dracula’s iconic confrontation with Richter in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night transcends a simple battle between good and evil. Dracula questions human nature, challenging the notions of ho...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gbqqbn/draculas_critique_of_humanity_and_psycho_mantiss/

This is something that's been on my mind for awhile, and I can't figure out if it's mainly just a problem with me and my reading/story comprehension abilities, or whether most stories are genuine...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gb3yod/i_have_trouble_following_most_stories_in_video/

Every time I replayed Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 or Baldurs Gate 3, I got reminded on how much I hate these things. Picked up one shortsword on top of your backpack that is already carrying 200kgs...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1gb0740/inventory_and_weight_management_are_boring_in/

Edit: Since a lot of people are misunderstanding me, I specifically stated non-intrusive physics and visual effects. I also specifically stated that I am talking about design choices that merely ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1g9e241/every_game_no_matter_the_genre_could_benefit_from/

Well don't get me wrong. I do know that silent hill 2 is the best in the series with all the psychological horror and stuff. Personally I played the game before and enjoy it very much. What mak...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1g8n1rk/will_silent_hill_2_or_other_games_that/

At first I was just thinking these are old west themes and they're not pulling punches while depicting a harsh life, even if we know that harsh life is mostly made up. Then there's an Irish guy I...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1g7cfxz/im_late_to_the_party_playing_rdr1_and_am_kind_of/

Hey, all! In this thread, the rules are more relaxed. The idea is that this megathread will provide a space for otherwise rule-breaking content, as well as allowing for a slightly more conversa...

https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/1g6gd54/rtruegaming_casual_talk/