INFLUX OF LOW QUALITY "SLOP"-SLOTGAMES or WHY STAKE ENGINE SUCKS

[v1rtu0s]

This has been going on for a while now, and it's getting worse.

New slots are 99% subpar quality—cheap reskins, uninspired mechanics, and depressing volatility curves that all feel the same.

QUALITY > QUANTITY

Not one slot released in the last 2 years can rival the classics, which all felt genuinely different and engaging. Varied (but not ridiculous) themes. Symbols that are clear and easy to differentiate. Features with clear defined arcs—progressive buildups, tension, release/climax. Timeless mechanics like books, sticky wilds, coin features.

It's pretty clear to me that whoever is pumping out these newer slots has no idea whatsoever what makes slot games enjoyable. Hint: It's not the graphics or wacky themes. A good slot game is a perfectly cooked recipe with many parts that have to be combined tastefully. The volatility curve, the near misses, the anticipatory buildups that ultimately release tension through massive payouts or a depressing fade out—all fitting to a non-invasive but easy to understand aesthetic with an enjoyable theme.

It was a predictable (but nonetheless tragic) consequence of opening up development to millions of money-hungry grifters and slop-merchants. Stake Engine is maybe the worst development in gambling since "cool-down" periods after each spin (implemented aggravatingly in many countries). It has to die.

[Angsty Andy]

There are some good stake engine games.  Sturgeon's law teaches us that "90% of everything is crap."  You can see this play out with music, television, movies, art, comic books, novels, you name it.  Stake engine has given us WAY WAY more games, and so with that influx of games, it has also given us way more crap.  Buried deep within that crap though, there are some gems.  

[Zeus]

Fair point. But they will save billions on fees by replacing established third-party providers with those low-quality in-house ones that will be happy to take a much smaller share. So it's part of the strategy now, and players have no say here.

[Umbrastalker]

Someone I know in California told me Hacksaw pulled out unannounced in December before the state ban on StakeUS. They were pretty much left with practically all stake engine/originals to play the last month of access… And even now I am finding some of the slot providers that have been around like “Titan” have been stake engine and display animations upon playing some of those games now like wild orbs. Idk if they had introduced some providers to be of stake engine derived upon release but I for sure been playing long enough to know it hasn’t been clearly shown to be associated as much as it currently appears to now.

[Zeus]

11 hours ago, Umbrastalker said:

Someone I know in California told me Hacksaw pulled out unannounced in December before the state ban on StakeUS. They were pretty much left with practically all stake engine/originals to play the last month of access… And even now I am finding some of the slot providers that have been around like “Titan” have been stake engine and display animations upon playing some of those games now like wild orbs. Idk if they had introduced some providers to be of stake engine derived upon release but I for sure been playing long enough to know it hasn’t been clearly shown to be associated as much as it currently appears to now.

You can be pretty confident that all the providers that appeared exclusively on Stake before the official launch of Stake Engine are 'associated'

[johnessy21]

idk