Re: Can Games Get Any Better (2024 Ed)

On 3/26/2024 4:47 AM, Werner P. wrote:

Am 26.03.24 um 12:47 schrieb Werner P.:

Am 22.03.24 um 17:54 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:

In other words, are modern games better? More advanced? More fun? Do
you think games will be better or different in the future? Or are we
perpetually stuck in the doldrums?
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(And finally, do you think we'll all be around to revive this topic in
2035? 😉

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well many games like movies have become formulaic spreadsheet todo lists in game design, the bigger a game the more likely this is to be the case.
Add on top that we are in phase agewise where we literally have seen everything in this area just with less sophisticated graphics.
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So yes the games industry has gone the way of the movie industry, formulaic games, indie games which try to do something new or are just junk and from time to time a really good title which tries to break new ground or at least does not feel formulaic, like BG3 for instance.
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PS I am slowly phasing out gaming as my hobby, i frankly do not have time for it anymore, and the have seen everything effect is big on me.
So expect to hear and read from me less and less unless I got rid of my gaming fatique!

I feel like that to some extent, but physical limitations keep me from doing too much else so I go back to it.  However I'm also at the point I get fatigued much quicker than I used to and can't play as much, and faster twitch games while I can keep up with them a little typically leave me in a state that feels like it's getting close to death's door.
My other hobby has mostly moved past me.  D&D I don't like the new rules, I can't find a group that's like the old ones, kids make it difficult to schedule, and our last move left me with nowhere to play it at my place.
Unfortunately that leaves me with two habits I'd really like to stop, or at least curb considerably watching youtube and reading reddit which just feels like waiting to die.
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