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I've just gotten a lot pickier as I've gotten older. It doesn't help that I haven't had a ton of time in recent years to really play much, but I've noticed most games don't really have anything interesting like they used to.
I blame capitalism. It seems video games are following Hollywood's plan on rehashing things, uninspired sequels, and just trying to make the most profit at the expense of quality.
I like some of the remakes and re-releases but that's only because the previous games seem more inspired.
Try them, you won't run out any time soon. Yeah there are rarely very recent games that went as hard as Resident Evil Village and some of the remakes and such, next big ones are Silent Hill 2 remake which...idk about it, we'll have to wait for it to come out to see how it turns out but I'm already skeptic and GTA 6.
Because most of the games past like 2017 aren't anything special if they are not sequels to the OGs, idk why is that, but since then they really started ruining some of the big titles with pointless sequels(Assassin's Creed, FnaF etc) unnecessary updates(cough ARK cough), and turned horror into a laughing stock. That's why I stick to the OGs mostly pre-2017 along with good sequels of them.
Damn, I probably should try Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil Village (8).
Obligatory, they're peak.
Thanks for the obligatory post!
Let me know what you think when you finish them all!
Sure!
I feel the same. I only play very few games anymore for this reason. Most of the games I play are very niche because they at least try to be unique. Like Fates of Ort or Dust Riser for example. I also tend to play a lot of open source re-implementations like OpenRCT2, OpenMW or Augustus (Caesar III).
Game stores are flooded with crap that tries to appeal to the widest possible audience, which makes it really difficult to find actually good games. Even most Indies only produce slop. Nintendo used to make really interesting games back in the day. Still have my GameBoy and 3DS with some of my favorite games, so at least I can still enjoy those.
I think the biggest problem is that they try to reiterate each other or are "inspired" by each other.
Hence, Rogue-likes and rogue-lites.
It's capitalism. Nobody wants to take risks anymore because game development is a huge industry now with many investors who demand their developers play it safe and make sure it has mass appeal. Then even the indies (those who view game dev primarily as a business) see that what the big guys are doing "works" so now they strive to do the same because otherwise there would be no way for them to stay competitive. Only game devs who view making games as a fun thing to do and don't even really think about the industry or the current market can make good games. Which are a small minority at this point, because capitalism favors the former.
The growth was probably going to be a net negative for the rest of us in the end, including the people that work on the development teams.
Also, nice username. Topical.
It's not you. Me as well. I noticed almost every AAA game is full of slop. Indies are no better (especially on Mobile)
Indies and mobiles are so-so in my book.