Disagree. I actually feel like things are ALWAYS good enough for most gamers, and the entire industry is slipping. In general. There are still a few great things around here and there, but overall, a lot of it really is rehashes of the same things.
One thing that I do to mentally cut through all the bullshit is ask myself “what is the game?” And a lot of the time, it’s the same things, or even literally nothing. If a game doesn’t have a fail state, I don’t think it’s technically even a game, I think it falls under a puzzle or an interactive story. Not to say those things are bad, I like both of those, but just as an example of the gaming industry slipping and being lazy. Because making innovation in the gaming industry is hard. But, we are gamers, and we learn and need challenges and novelty.
And I think that most buyers of games spend money on bad games, which incentivises CAPITALISM and investment firms to do whatever it can to make money, including gambling, fomo, and all the other dirty destructive and lazy tricks to hook gamers who don’t know any better to continue chasing easy dopamine.
Like, there’s a reason big money has noticed gaming, and that companies that consistently do evil shit continue to stay in business and make fucking awful games that are actively terrible for the community. There’s a reason that like half of kids now want in game currency for Christmas.
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Disagree. I actually feel like things are ALWAYS good enough for most gamers, and the entire industry is slipping. In general. There are still a few great things around here and there, but overall, a lot of it really is rehashes of the same things.
One thing that I do to mentally cut through all the bullshit is ask myself “what is the game?” And a lot of the time, it’s the same things, or even literally nothing. If a game doesn’t have a fail state, I don’t think it’s technically even a game, I think it falls under a puzzle or an interactive story. Not to say those things are bad, I like both of those, but just as an example of the gaming industry slipping and being lazy. Because making innovation in the gaming industry is hard. But, we are gamers, and we learn and need challenges and novelty.
And I think that most buyers of games spend money on bad games, which incentivises CAPITALISM and investment firms to do whatever it can to make money, including gambling, fomo, and all the other dirty destructive and lazy tricks to hook gamers who don’t know any better to continue chasing easy dopamine.
Like, there’s a reason big money has noticed gaming, and that companies that consistently do evil shit continue to stay in business and make fucking awful games that are actively terrible for the community. There’s a reason that like half of kids now want in game currency for Christmas.
I had the same feeling. Most of the trailers shown were shooters, action RPGs, live service games, sequels, wuxia and anime.
No wonder Expedition 33 won so many prizes. The competition is too busy regurgitating the same slop over and over and over…