Did anyone else used to be big into gaming, but have almost completely lost interest due to how absolutely shitty AAA video games have been since 2013-2018?

submitted by Mcheetah from (self.AskSaidIt)

Buggy and unplayable on launch, uninspired slop and endless sequels (Call of Duty and other first-person shooters, Assassins Creed, every 2K sports title, battle royals, live-service bullshit, etc.) nothing new or innovative from big studios for the most part, every game filled with hideous, androgynous they/thems as "female characters," microtransactions, lootboxes, mandatory online service and DeNuvo (anti-piracy software that destroys the game performance), the fucking seventy dollar price tag that became the standard in 2021, and so on? This isn't even getting into the Sweet Baby Inc shit.

Like, I look at my Steam page and the newest games I have are Palworld, Sonic Mania, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, two of which are old-school inspired games released several years ago now. It's not even cause I'm getting older; I still play Pokemon Ultra Moon multiple times a week on my 2DS.

It's just, AAA gaming has become a fucking dumpster fire. It's been bad ever since the Xbox One/PlayStation 4 era of complete dogshit games that started in 2013. But the entire industry has been fucking horrible since 2018, when Bethesda released Fallout 76. It was buggy to the point of being literally unplayable and shitty even when fixed, and everyone just accepted it, making it become the industry norm. That shit was only six years ago! 2018 is also when "sensitivity consulting" groups became a thing, like Sweet Baby Inc.

What the fuck happened to gaming? (Rhetorical question)

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[–]PsychoTranyRedditMod 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I play some older ones occasionally, but yeah, I agree. There's no pride, just more creative ways to milk people for.more money. Such a shame.

[–]CivilWarrior 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yea they are either fucking gay or fucking lame these days its like just make it fucking fun I don't need a lesson in ethics. Snowrunner ended up being pretty fun for a min haha.

[–]Mark_Shill 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I used to work for THQ years ago and how it went was this: THQ was a publisher and would come up with a game concept and bid it out to developers, the developers who got the gig would have to meet certain milestones during the process (bug count and severity and features) and if they made those, then it went to standards from console companies to see if the game made those demands. So the stakes were high if you were a developer and wanted to get paid. What is happening now, publishers and buying up dev houses and doing everything themselves to save money and most games are buggy. As long as they meet console standards and its relatively playable, they don't care.

[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've completely lost interest in AAA video games, but there are still a lot of fucking fantastic indies out there.

Sure, I'm playing a lot of unfinished games and games with retro graphics, but it's still gaming and it's still relaxing and fun.