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From: "Werner P." <werpu@gmx.at>
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Subject: Re: Can Games Get Any Better (2024 Ed)
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:47:56 +0100
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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?
>>
>> (And finally, do you think we'll all be around to revive this topic in
>> 2035? 😉
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
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!