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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: CRAP Poll: Favorite Era of Gaming
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 10:03:52 +0100
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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.