Dead Space Remake
Metroid Prime Remastered
Resident Evil 4 Remake
...and now Diablo 4
Some of the highest rated games released in the last year are (essentially) from 1864. Does anyone else find this a bit problematic? Do we really think game design docs written by Johannes Guttenbergs peers are the pinnacle of the medium?
If I'm not mistaken, critics used to crush timid artistic endeavors with descriptors such as "banal", "uninspired", "formulaic", "cliche ridden" etc... Why has the concept of rewarding ambition, creativity, progress and punishing sameness been completely surrendered over the years?
I've heard 40+ year old games media members at large media companies say the following...
"I'm not a fighting game guy but I can't wait to play Street Fighter VI. It looks so good"
Um, it looks like all the other ones. All the other 2D fighters never grabbed you but your 43 year old *** is going to get into the new Street Fighter?
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Men_in_Boxes, circa 2023