Older games are just better

[deleted fren]

They're more interesting and creative than modern games due to companies being able to take more risks. Whenever a game is announced today I know that it's likely going to be the same mechanics I've seen a hundred times jumbled together like a Frankenstein monster.


Of course, there is difficulty as well. The average modern game lacks any real difficulty. Outside of the dead and beaten horse that is souls games.


I'm not asking for maddening levels of difficulty, but I am asking for a difficulty curve.
The two most popular ways of designing games nowadays:
1. Cinematic experience.
Majority of the level design is hallways, you'll see a few trendy mechanics you're allowed to experiment with in-between walking and talking sections.
2. Open world slop
Make your own fun, right? Incredibly barren open worlds filled with copy and pasted content. This kind of game will brag about and be praised for having hundreds of hours of content, even when the content is regurgitated repeatedly.

 

[femcelbreedingnig]

it’s better by the woke metric alone

 

[deleted fren]

it’s better by the woke metric alone

true. Old games make my penis hard. New games? Nothing.

 

[starystulejarz]

I can't even have good racing games anymore as zoomers/genA are not interested in them outside of Mario Kart or ultra autistic simulators. Why i can't have something in the middle?

There is only Forza Horizon and that game got old quickly and i hate their normie festivals after playing two games with same identical theme, you don't work for your cars you get them every 20mins with stupid gacha, play for 1h and you will get at least two Lambos/Ferraris or Zondas . Only first game was different and car acquire rate was much slower like in old racing games which is pretty cool.

You also have new Tokyo Xtreme Racer but that game is unfinished and has barely any cars, it's not fun as i expected as you just race around town with ai that gets defeated pretty easily (minus the bosses)

I want games like NFS Most Wanted 2005, TDU1/2, old Colin Mcrae and Grid 2008 to come back i had to work hard for my cars and difficulty was still there shame that normies nowadays have no patience and want everything given to them instantly.

CarX Street could potentially to be that new cool game with more classical progression but since they are gave it dogshit TAA i can't see anything as game is ultra blurry which is a death sentence for a racing game and then they put price tag on shitload of cars (so you can't get them for free) it's more like a f2p game and not a b2p racing game. Roads are ultra wide so you don't feel like you can crash and lose the race, ai is pretty braindead. What a waste of potential. And we can't forget about intrusive anti cheat and FOMO event cars...

 

[deleted fren]

I can't even have good racing games anymore as zoomers/genA are not interested in them outside of Mario Kart or ultra autistic simulators. Why i can't have something in the middle?

There is only Forza Horizon and that game got old quickly and i hate their normie festivals after playing two games with same identical theme, you don't work for your cars you get them every 20mins with stupid gacha, play for 1h and you will get at least two Lambos/Ferraris or Zondas . Only first game was different and car acquire rate was much slower like in old racing games which is pretty cool.

You also have new Tokyo Xtreme Racer but that game is unfinished and has barely any cars, it's not fun as i expected as you just race around town with ai that gets defeated pretty easily (minus the bosses)

I want games like NFS Most Wanted 2005, TDU1/2, old Colin Mcrae and Grid 2008 to come back i had to work hard for my cars and difficulty was still there shame that normies nowadays have no patience and want everything given to them instantly.

CarX Street could potentially to be that new cool game with more classical progression but since they are gave it dogshit TAA i can't see anything as game is ultra blurry which is a death sentence for a racing game and then they put price tag on shitload of cars (so you can't get them for free) it's more like a f2p game and not a b2p racing game. Roads are ultra wide so you don't feel like you can crash and lose the race, ai is pretty braindead. What a waste of potential. And we can't forget about intrusive anti cheat and FOMO event cars...

Monetization ruined a lot of different game genres. Any multiplayer/competitive game ofc, but also racing and sports games. These companies know they can make a boatload of money off tired wageslaves looking for a quick release. Back during the PS2/Xbox/GameCube era they'd have to stuff their game with content and make sure it was quality if they wanted to do well sales wise.