Modern gaming is 100% about online connectivity and extra transactions. Just because those games are new, doesn’t mean they are modern. They are more reminiscient of older games which had other reasons to exist than making as much money as inhumanly possible.
Why don’t people understand that “modern gaming sucks” is just used as shorthand for “modern AAA gaming sucks”? Pointing to indie games doesn’t do anything to address anyone’s actual complaints with the state of the industry.
I grew up playing JRPG so the first one doesn’t apply to me.
Modern gaming is 100% about online connectivity and extra transactions. Just because those games are new, doesn’t mean they are modern. They are more reminiscient of older games which had other reasons to exist than making as much money as inhumanly possible.
Why don’t people understand that “modern gaming sucks” is just used as shorthand for “modern AAA gaming sucks”? Pointing to indie games doesn’t do anything to address anyone’s actual complaints with the state of the industry.