I mean, the lead character was the pinnacle of blandness. The game was good, but not particularly memorable or artistic. It was just a fun, nice play to go through once or twice, and that's it. Not something I thought about more than once since I played it years ago.
We'd be better off if more games were like that. No grand "this will change the industry" plans, no "we need you to play this for months" baiting, and definitely no games as a service model.
Just a simple one and done game, to enjoy for a weekend.
That's not what I meant, though, I meant that there are many games I still think about today, even a decade after having played them, like KOTOR2. Games that leave a STRONG, lasting impression due to how much they impacted me on an emotional level. I had fun with Fallen Order but it wasn't one of those, it was just a nice romp.
I get your point and I wasn't disagreeing with it. I was simply saying that games like this have always had a place in the industry and the loss of them in the 2010s was one of the worst things to happen to the industry.
Once we lost the "Blockbuster rental" game, then every single game had to be KOTOR or similar groundbreaking megahit, which is why they went down so many paths to cultivate addictions or appeal to woke markets. It was the only way to reach "AAA" level success, rather than just accept "okay for one play" status.
I mean, the lead character was the pinnacle of blandness. The game was good, but not particularly memorable or artistic. It was just a fun, nice play to go through once or twice, and that's it. Not something I thought about more than once since I played it years ago.
We'd be better off if more games were like that. No grand "this will change the industry" plans, no "we need you to play this for months" baiting, and definitely no games as a service model.
Just a simple one and done game, to enjoy for a weekend.
That's not what I meant, though, I meant that there are many games I still think about today, even a decade after having played them, like KOTOR2. Games that leave a STRONG, lasting impression due to how much they impacted me on an emotional level. I had fun with Fallen Order but it wasn't one of those, it was just a nice romp.
I get your point and I wasn't disagreeing with it. I was simply saying that games like this have always had a place in the industry and the loss of them in the 2010s was one of the worst things to happen to the industry.
Once we lost the "Blockbuster rental" game, then every single game had to be KOTOR or similar groundbreaking megahit, which is why they went down so many paths to cultivate addictions or appeal to woke markets. It was the only way to reach "AAA" level success, rather than just accept "okay for one play" status.