I didn’t say there aren’t any good games. I said I wish there were too many
Are there too many quirky games like Jumping Flash and Katamari. Nope
Are there too many games like Gran Tourismo that aren’t pay to win slop. Nope, and that sadly includes Gran Tourismo. As a matter of fact there are hardly any quality racing games at all
Are there too many games like Dead or Alive/Soulcalibur? Big ol nope
Are there too many games like the OG Jak and Daxter? Nope
Are there too many games like Metal Gear Solid? Hard no
Are there too many games like Advance Wars? Nope
Are there too many games like MDK? No no and no
Are there too many games like Fallout 3? No
Are there too many games like Portal? No
Are there too many games like Mass Effect? Nope
Are there too many games like Wow? Nope, just a tiny selection of clones
Are there too many games like Final Fantasy with turn-based combat? Nope, not even Final Fantasy, and the majority of good turn-based JRPGs are remakes
I could easily go on. However, the point is made.
So, as I was saying, I wish there were too many good games. Sadly, the majority is middle-of-the-road indies recycling and combining played-out genres, and AAA horseshit. And that’s why they aren’t selling or gaining traction; people don’t want them. That isn’t a problem of too many games; it’s an industry problem of pushing out too much junk. If they wanna make more sales, they should get back to making good games that aren’t a pale imitation of better games from decades past.
You literally named a bunch of old games that absolutely have modern alternatives. From indie ‘retro’ RTS games to Mass Effect (or more dramatic MGS) feeling RPGs/shooters that flew under the radar to great and original puzzle games in the vein of Portal. Have you ever played the Talos Principle or Antichamber, for instance?
Discoverability is a huge issue, because there are so many games. AAAs do skew towards generic MTX junk, but the other side of that is their marketing sucks up finite attention.
I didn’t say there aren’t any good games. I said I wish there were too many
Are there too many quirky games like Jumping Flash and Katamari. Nope
Are there too many games like Gran Tourismo that aren’t pay to win slop. Nope, and that sadly includes Gran Tourismo. As a matter of fact there are hardly any quality racing games at all
Are there too many games like Dead or Alive/Soulcalibur? Big ol nope
Are there too many games like the OG Jak and Daxter? Nope
Are there too many games like Metal Gear Solid? Hard no
Are there too many games like Advance Wars? Nope
Are there too many games like MDK? No no and no
Are there too many games like Fallout 3? No
Are there too many games like Portal? No
Are there too many games like Mass Effect? Nope
Are there too many games like Wow? Nope, just a tiny selection of clones
Are there too many games like Final Fantasy with turn-based combat? Nope, not even Final Fantasy, and the majority of good turn-based JRPGs are remakes
I could easily go on. However, the point is made.
So, as I was saying, I wish there were too many good games. Sadly, the majority is middle-of-the-road indies recycling and combining played-out genres, and AAA horseshit. And that’s why they aren’t selling or gaining traction; people don’t want them. That isn’t a problem of too many games; it’s an industry problem of pushing out too much junk. If they wanna make more sales, they should get back to making good games that aren’t a pale imitation of better games from decades past.
You literally named a bunch of old games that absolutely have modern alternatives. From indie ‘retro’ RTS games to Mass Effect (or more dramatic MGS) feeling RPGs/shooters that flew under the radar to great and original puzzle games in the vein of Portal. Have you ever played the Talos Principle or Antichamber, for instance?
Discoverability is a huge issue, because there are so many games. AAAs do skew towards generic MTX junk, but the other side of that is their marketing sucks up finite attention.