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I’ve noticed this too. I think it’s a mix of age and no good games. There’s more games than ever coming out but it feels like the number of really good titles

I’ve noticed this too. I think it’s a mix of age and no good games. There’s more games than ever coming out but it feels like the number of really good titles is still low. Kinda like movies and TV too. I guess the market is so large now it’s a lot easier to succeed with mediocre content.

Sebb767 5y ago
You don't need to play new games. My Steam library is full of cheaply-bought games and there are quite a few childhood games I'd love to revisit. If you need a recommendation, I'd go for faster than light or slay the spire. If you have a lot of time, the X series recently released a free extension for X3:TC called farhams legacy, which you can pick up for dirt cheap. But there are many games that aged well.
samstave 5y ago
For me, at my age and with life, I feel guilty immersing myself, which distracts my enjoyment. For the younglings - they can give themselves fully to the experience.
smolder 5y ago
I think this is a discovery problem, although I don't know your subjective idea of a really good title. I'd say I have more good games than I can reasonably play, some with near-infinite replayability thanks to human opponents and a chess-like complexity of outcomes. There's a lot of cookie cutter uninspired money grubbing crap from big studios and small, but go find what people are playing by numbers, dig past the AAA shovelware, and there are plenty of gems.
- grogenaut 5y ago
  There's great stuff from studios big and small. Sure they're still printing cod/bf/Madden. But they're also making rdr2/ghosts/botw/Mario Odyssey/Metroid dread/monster hunter rise. Just like indies are making valheim/astroneer/slay the spire/monster train/loop hero/hades
  - smolder 5y ago
    Yes. I didn't mean to imply all AAA was shovelware.
grogenaut 5y ago
It wasn't really about what games were out there just what I felt like doing. I did a lot more physical real world stuff during the pandemic. There are tons of amazing games out there. It's just like a new book series or author though. You gotta get to the hook. What types of games do you like I can offer many suggestions. There have been plenty of amazing games in the last 1, 3, 5 years. Now a days it's easier to make games, you just leverage an engine not invent graphics primitives. But it's harder to get noticed and make money. And easier to make small losses and harder to have massive blow outs. Games is a lifestyle business now.

Sebb767 5y ago

You don't need to play new games. My Steam library is full of cheaply-bought games and there are quite a few childhood games I'd love to revisit. If you need a recommendation, I'd go for faster than light or slay the spire. If you have a lot of time, the X series recently released a free extension for X3:TC called farhams legacy, which you can pick up for dirt cheap. But there are many games that aged well.

samstave 5y ago

For me, at my age and with life, I feel guilty immersing myself, which distracts my enjoyment. For the younglings - they can give themselves fully to the experience.

smolder 5y ago

I think this is a discovery problem, although I don't know your subjective idea of a really good title. I'd say I have more good games than I can reasonably play, some with near-infinite replayability thanks to human opponents and a chess-like complexity of outcomes. There's a lot of cookie cutter uninspired money grubbing crap from big studios and small, but go find what people are playing by numbers, dig past the AAA shovelware, and there are plenty of gems.

grogenaut 5y ago
There's great stuff from studios big and small. Sure they're still printing cod/bf/Madden. But they're also making rdr2/ghosts/botw/Mario Odyssey/Metroid dread/monster hunter rise. Just like indies are making valheim/astroneer/slay the spire/monster train/loop hero/hades
- smolder 5y ago
  Yes. I didn't mean to imply all AAA was shovelware.

grogenaut 5y ago

It wasn't really about what games were out there just what I felt like doing. I did a lot more physical real world stuff during the pandemic. There are tons of amazing games out there. It's just like a new book series or author though. You gotta get to the hook. What types of games do you like I can offer many suggestions. There have been plenty of amazing games in the last 1, 3, 5 years. Now a days it's easier to make games, you just leverage an engine not invent graphics primitives. But it's harder to get noticed and make money. And easier to make small losses and harder to have massive blow outs. Games is a lifestyle business now.