Not All Blockchain Games Are Built the Same

[MarvieJ]

You know how most blockchain games feel like cash grabs? Every now and then, though, something comes along that feels like it’s actually trying to change the game. That’s the vibe I got with Machina. It’s not just about throwing buzzwords like “GameFi” and “NFTs” around ahahaha, it’s about actual gameplay, proper execution, and giving players something real to engage with tbh .

Why I may consider? They’re going all in on decentralized tournaments. That’s not just a cool feature, it’s a step toward giving players actual control over their experience. Add that to a game built on Unreal Engine 5, and you’ve got something worth keeping on your radar.

All I wanna do is stare on something that’s focused more on delivering than hyping. Maybe this is one of those rare ones that actually sticks; just maybe ..

[bitbollo]

your previous trusts on your profile are not the best for someone that is promoting a coin or a service.
by the way, assuming you're in good faith, can you provide please at least an url of that site/game?
can you details what you like at most please or maybe just share some instructions on how to join or to use this site?

[john_egbert]

I've seen a post like that already, - or in the same vein as this one.
And I am interested too in what would differ that Machina from others..

[moneystery]

i feel that most altcoins claim to be different from their peers. what they claim is that they offer something different with a more engaging user experience and cutting edge technology. and i can say that it's all just a marketing gimmick, until they can prove that what they offer is real, they are just shitcoins, nothing more. there are too many coins like this in the market, with the same marketing gimmick, and one has to understand it thoroughly or else they will end up investing in a crap coin.

[uneng]

There have been few good blockchain games available, which were pretty exciting and addictive to play, besides offering the play to earn feature. However, cheaters and toxic players ruined the game. The casual player who just want to make some extra income and have a good time playing the videogame lost interest for it due to abusers and mafias inside the ecosystem. I'm talking about Mir4.

I remember when multiplayer games used to be friendly environments where you could meet new people and get in touch with different cultures. Now it's a hell composed by frustrated people who want to discount their frustrations on everyone else inside the game.

Moreover, if the developers don't have a strong security system to stop bots, not only the game is going to become senseless, but also the play to earn feature, since the native token and games' items are going to be completed devalued.

[Tipstar]

You know how most blockchain games feel like cash grabs? Every now and then, though, something comes along that feels like it’s actually trying to change the game. That’s the vibe I got with Machina. It’s not just about throwing buzzwords like “GameFi” and “NFTs” around ahahaha, it’s about actual gameplay, proper execution, and giving players something real to engage with tbh .

Why I may consider? They’re going all in on decentralized tournaments. That’s not just a cool feature, it’s a step toward giving players actual control over their experience. Add that to a game built on Unreal Engine 5, and you’ve got something worth keeping on your radar.

All I wanna do is stare on something that’s focused more on delivering than hyping. Maybe this is one of those rare ones that actually sticks; just maybe ..

Look for Machina but couldn't find any relevant one. There's an old steam game and a company that builds simple games for android. I haven't found a blockchain based game by the name. It would be better if you provide the url and talk about the Network it is on.
Onchian game always has been a tricky part. Not just on the developer's side but the users too are more keen on getting profit out of it as they perceive them as play to earn scheme. But no money is made out of thin air (unless they are using the user's computer power to mine on the background) and they need to make money to pay users. And for a good game, it's easier and more profitable to just launch it as a paid product or one with pay per purchase scheme. Though pay to earn could be a way to have larger user engagement.

[markm]

There have been few good blockchain games available, which were pretty exciting and addictive to play, besides offering the play to earn feature. However, cheaters and toxic players ruined the game. The casual player who just want to make some extra income and have a good time playing the videogame lost interest for it due to abusers and mafias inside the ecosystem. I'm talking about Mir4.

I remember when multiplayer games used to be friendly environments where you could meet new people and get in touch with different cultures. Now it's a hell composed by frustrated people who want to discount their frustrations on everyone else inside the game.

Moreover, if the developers don't have a strong security system to stop bots, not only the game is going to become senseless, but also the play to earn feature, since the native token and games' items are going to be completed devalued.

I develop the Galactic Milieu;

It uses blockchain to weave existing working multiplayer free open-source games into a larger metagame.

So far actually directly in real-time using blockchain inside games continues to fail to seem necessary, to be honest, other than possibly by contriving some kind of game-mechanic specifically for the purpose of making blockchain within the game seem somehow justifiable or necessary; often something actually in opposition to what the game used to be largely about, such as for a trading-cards game in which customarily or at least commonly the losing player loses the cards used to the victor of the encounter using blockchain not to actually force that change of ownership but, rather, to make it technically maybe challenging for the victor to enforce...

The problem of MUDflation though continues to apply in the Milieu; it is important that any incorporated games that give out gear or even the meat a character can be butchered into involve some kind of cost to enter in order to pay for that gear and/or meat, for example.

It is for that reason that the only "free as in beer" rabbithole into the Milieu remains the Crossfire-RPG interface, and even that could become necessary to restrict free-as-in-beer access to should some players start sitting around all day creating a character, dropping its gear, creating another, dropping its gear too and so on and so on to generate so much stuff out of nothing that it becomes a threat to the economy.

Fortunately for anyone still hoping to join at no cost, no griefers have gotten around to that yet, but having written that maybe right now some are already running off to look up how to go about doing it...

As to bots, the fundamental problem with bots is that human beings are themselves organically-implemented naturally-occurring bots so, seriously, the whole idea of bigotry against them seems self-defeating...


-MarkM-

[passwordnow]

It’s not just about throwing buzzwords like “GameFi” and “NFTs” around ahahaha, it’s about actual gameplay, proper execution, and giving players something real to engage with tbh .

Okay, you've said it. So, this applies for another and every blockchain game project that will appear.

All I wanna do is stare on something that’s focused more on delivering than hyping. Maybe this is one of those rare ones that actually sticks; just maybe ..

Let's all stare on them because it's not worth the buck investing on them anymore. Many of these games are built through hype and you check them out once the bear market comes in, it is for sure that many of them are going to die eventually. Because one fault that I've noticed with all of them is that they don't build with a sustainable system, all they want is to cash grab every single investor and gamer that they get into the board of their games.

[MarvieJ]

your previous trusts on your profile are not the best for someone that is promoting a coin or a service.
by the way, assuming you're in good faith, can you provide please at least an url of that site/game?
can you details what you like at most please or maybe just share some instructions on how to join or to use this site?

Lol, I’m definitely not promoting any services or coins here. While I’m a trader, I also enjoy writing personal critiques and doing research on projects that stand out to me.

As for this project, I can’t really say there’s one specific thing I love most about it. it’s more about the overall concept. I’ve always been a fan of GameFi projects that prioritize good gameplay, and I genuinely hope this one delivers both in terms of player experience and chart performance.

Here’s one to digest; https://cryptototem.com/dark-machine-mxna/

You know how most blockchain games feel like cash grabs? Every now and then, though, something comes along that feels like it’s actually trying to change the game. That’s the vibe I got with Machina. It’s not just about throwing buzzwords like “GameFi” and “NFTs” around ahahaha, it’s about actual gameplay, proper execution, and giving players something real to engage with tbh .

Why I may consider? They’re going all in on decentralized tournaments. That’s not just a cool feature, it’s a step toward giving players actual control over their experience. Add that to a game built on Unreal Engine 5, and you’ve got something worth keeping on your radar.

All I wanna do is stare on something that’s focused more on delivering than hyping. Maybe this is one of those rare ones that actually sticks; just maybe ..

Look for Machina but couldn't find any relevant one. There's an old steam game and a company that builds simple games for android. I haven't found a blockchain based game by the name. It would be better if you provide the url and talk about the Network it is on.
Onchian game always has been a tricky part. Not just on the developer's side but the users too are more keen on getting profit out of it as they perceive them as play to earn scheme. But no money is made out of thin air (unless they are using the user's computer power to mine on the background) and they need to make money to pay users. And for a good game, it's easier and more profitable to just launch it as a paid product or one with pay per purchase scheme. Though pay to earn could be a way to have larger user engagement.

You make a fair point, on-chain games are definitely a tricky space. Balancing gameplay with sustainability is where most projects stumble, especially when the focus shifts too much toward the earning side of things. It’s a challenge for developers and users alike.

As for Machina, it’s still relatively new, so it’s not surprising that it’s a bit hard to find info on it yet. Here’s the project’s site; https://darkmachinegame.com/ . Most cex like Mexc, Bitget , coincarp etc claims to be listing soon tho

Concerning P2E games and the expectation of profit, A lot of people come in purely for the financial aspect but honestly, I think the projects that focus on actual gameplay and user experience first have a better chance of surviving long-term. It’s not easy, but if they find a way to engage players beyond just the earning potential, they might actually create something worthwhile.

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[Iamcrypticguy]

I've seen a post like that already, - or in the same vein as this one.
And I am interested too in what would differ that Machina from others..

Probably you should do some research on it, start here MXNA listing & AMAEven though gamefi projects haven't represented properly in the last couple years since AXIE & SANDBOX surge in 2021, this year we've seen some fundamentally strong gamefi projects go live!.. so maybe MXNA could be the same.. yo

[TastyChillySauce00]

tbh, due to recent disappointing gamefi projects I'm always somewhat pessimistic about blockchain game in general, even the ones that got big funding don't get to sustain for too long but we'll see with this one.
the thing is, when it come to blockchain integration to gamefi, I expect something like csgo's mechanism, but most of gamefi are just selling nft and tokens, so there's that.

no wonder people always have bad stigma about game fi projects, if this one could turn around that opinion, then good, otherwise I won't be disappointed, my expectation already low .