QUOTE(sensualaoi @ Aug 3 2021, 20:25)

I have assumed it is n addictive time sink that isn't very fun which has caught on because it has been intensely marketed, and I've ignored it.
Oh hey. Me too.
I basically have given up on modern game developer/publisher practices with the possible exception of a few rare indie games.
Mobile gaming and gambling have largely killed any appeal it had, and draconian restrictions on what software you're allowed to run on the hardware you paid for keep getting harder to evade have helped, too. Meanwhile, there are so many older games out there that I haven't played yet so I think I still will have enough backlog of old stuff no one cares about to keep me going for a while.
Also these older games don't have paid unlocks for additional content (unless they have expansion packs, which were usually actually worthwhile one-time purchases - and those were basically only on PC games).
QUOTE(Supersubzero @ Aug 3 2021, 12:18)

Note that most of the praises come from mobile and gacha addicts, which speaks volumes about how low their bar is set.
Quality standards have been dropping for years; even as graphics get better, gameplay stays the same or gets worse and the games are becoming buggier as a general trend.
I hope people demand change some day, but I honestly doubt they will.
TL;DR:I'd rather play Jak & Daxter for "open-world," or something else that's less soul-sucking and time-consuming, like almost any non-MMORPG.
This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Aug 4 2021, 02:52