Re: CRAP Poll: Favorite Era of Gaming

On 01/09/2024 18:50, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

There's a lot I really dislike about this modern era of gaming.
- The repetitiveness of big-budget games that always go the safe
route, whether that's just re-using tried-n-true mechanics or sticking
to a handful of popular IPs.
- The awfulness of publishers nickle-and-diming its customers through
MTX, Season Passes and cosmetics that used to be included in base
games, and how this greed has affected the game-play.
- The worries about our lack of ownership and control over games we
legally purchased. All these make me sometimes bemoan the future of
our hobby.
 And yet... there is so much that is awesome about video games nowadays
too!

That kinda aligns with my view. Besides all of the above for me there's also the overall level of disappointment when I think about triple-AAA dev's that have the resources, and I expect talent, to make some really good games but what you end up with is just same-old-same-old mediocre offering which they want people to cough up £60+ just for the base game.