Why Gaming Isn't "Fun" Anymore
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2023
- Gaming isn't "fun" anymore, so let's talk about it.
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There's a growing topic in the video game industry. Some players are not finding Video games as fun as they used to be. Is it nostalgia? Is it the world? or is it both? Video Games have definitely changed, but the question to solve is if gaming has changed for the better or for the worse?
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Dude! I thought I was the only one who has stopped playing video games but continued to watch mostly video game content. Playing games feels like work anymore.
Totally agree Jeffrey! Sure there's some stand outs but man lately nothings hitting for me 😭 Im sure Spiderman 2 will get me right in the feels
I've been doing this, though I've been playing Enter The Gungeon a bit recently
Best explanation ive heard to how i feel.
Same here I understand the feeling. I played the hell out of PS2 and 3 when I was a teenager. But now it feels like most games are not as creative. As they used to 15 years ago.
@@chrisgonzalez5883 Getting old sucks lol.
"I think I watch more videos about gaming than gaming" bro that hit home really really close to home
First they thought: fun = money
Then they thought: more fun = more money
Then they realized: addiction = way more money
Then they realized: loyal addicts = best customers ever
Therefore today: games = addiction + loyalty
Facts
yeah i spent hundreds on fortnite when i was 13-16
Agreed, and it's killing me I'm 28 and these games suck no more love
And you buy for every dlc of the game.... because of micro transactions... Not like in the old days
Gaming today is like a legalized gambling nowadays
Triple A games have definitely gotten to that point of soulless and boring for the multitude of reasons you mentioned, however just like movies or music, if you look through the crowd enough, there’s so much good content still being made. Ignore the EA, Activision and Ubisoft’s of the world and you still have a treasure trove of games out there to play. Broaden your taste and you’ll be pleasantly surprised! Indie developers have been on fire in recent years especially.
And because of the industry blowing up, it's now easier than ever to find those special games imo
While I agree on the indie titles. I would like to add so called mid-tier games to the mix. The games that use to be 30-40$ (now might be a bit more) were a nice experience but often a big shorter or put graphical style over realism.
Examples: a plague tale both games, hellblade, HiFi Rush, Pentiment
i think a big part is the genre of those games too
I think the problem is there are too many games and most of them feel like the same chore.
Its no wonder I enjoy games from the 90's - 2013. They're is a goldmine of excellent games. I've been into the darkstalkers series as of rn
It started with Biker Mice from Mars and ends with Pepsiman for me.
On point brother, ON POINT!
I felt that message about watching more about videogames then playing videogames. It do be like that. Everytime I play it just doesn't feel fun anymore, making me quit after like 1 hour of playtime....
Give people enough coins to play it again next season. 'Coughs in Blizzard not giving enough to buy next D4 season'.
Thats your fault not video games
Play Undertale, ultrakill, hollow knight, or terraria. They're all massively different but all very fun for enjoyers of the genre they're in. Oh and the trine series
playing modded version of diablo2 while watching theese videos while waiting for gta 6 that will hopefully give me hope in the game industry again xD
Games are just overly complicated now. It's too much going on whether it's in the options menu or just the game play itself. Sometimes simplicity is key which is what made some of the older games so fun. You'd didn't have to spend 30 minutes customizing your character before you could play. All you had to do was choose a player and hop into the game and reach the end goal. Now it feels more of a chore when you're gaming
I definitely feel this effect. I think it is due to every game being made like an MMORPG with tacked on RPG mechanics and lots of bloat. Playing something as straightforward as Hi-Fi Rush and Sifu was really refreshing. It is one reason I like a lot of Nintendo games.
What Games Are Complicated?
I thought most games had default skins to just put on to play... No one forces you to customize in games. You just feel like you are forced to do it.
Tbh i still play mafia 2, need for speed hot pursuit, and a little bit of gta 3; but now its just feeling like its another 9-5 tbh. Because im a big diablo fan but its just like i have to put in extra energy for no reason. I dont hate gaming, im just like another 9-5 type of gig. I just wish gaming were simple like mafia 2, gta 3, la noire, nfs hot pursuit, and diablo 3. Why are gaming companies making it long.
As someone who’s said this, I can differentiate between games no longer being fun and not having the time to have the fun these games are supposed to give us.
Games are no longer fun but we also as a whole grow up and realize we no longer have the infinite amount of time we thought we had as a kid.
Dude, you're spot on. Lately, whenever i feel the want to play any singular game, the fact that doing any small progress will take me hours and I'll probably not be able to do enough to make me feel accomplished when I stop my gaming session makes me lose the want to play entirely. And what I usually do is watch someone else play because then I can see the things I wanted to make being done but inside the free time span that I have, since youtubers compress big chunks of gameplay time into smaller videos
RUclips used to be fun as well
RUclips is still fun. Just your attention span is screwed bc of tiktok 😭
For me. The over monetisation by RUclips itself as a business, and the good production value of the videos where in most cases, they can compete with a network channel, has killed the spirit of what made RUclips good.
@@TM-dd2jq RUclips isn't fun anymore, it's just that you were born after 2010.
@@axel3689 lol im 2002 born
Agree, ads are extremely annoying.
Last game I finished and enjoyed was Disco Elysium in April of this year.
I have been gaming 2-5 hours a month since.
I'm 35 and spent most of my life gaming, but I just struggle to enjoy games anymore.
Gaming now feels more like a chore than the mean of escapism from chores.
Right its like a 9-5 ontop of a 9-5.
I find myself having the most fun with random indie games that try crazy new ideas and are just focused on having fun
The problem is that we are being overstimulated in every single way possible especially from social media so what is happening is our attention span is getting so low we cant even watch a video for 5 min so how can we play a game! Games take time and energy something that we no longer have
Facts
Im not muchof a social media guy, but i can say my attention span is coming back
I knew almost immediately after starting this video that you were a quality creator. So many people cover this subject but you did it uniquely and very well. You’ve gained a new sub. GG 🤙
Brandon! Huge huge thanks for taking the time to write such a dope comment. Really appreciate it and looking forward to making more content you like! We're going to the moon 🚀
It's sad to see a generation who grew up during the golden age of gaming so full of hope and excitement for what future technology will bring, only to be utterly demoralized by corporate greed. This isn't how it was supposed to be. It's like we're at the point in technological advancement where these mindblowing video games are supposed to flood the market any second now, but they're all being killed off by these companies. Where's the creativity and passion? It's all wasted potential.
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Gotta say I love the editing in this video! It really helped show you story telling chops! Kept me invested!
Awesome video! Really informative, and sick edits 🤙🏼 I do hope that this sentiment regarding games not feeling fun anymore makes its way into the eyes and ears of large gaming studios/developers. If they know that as a collective we feel games aren’t so fun anymore, hopefully, they’ll begin a journey to change that in games for our future!
Great video! I've been basically only playing Tears of the Kingdom and indies lately. You know, TOTK is such a massive game it's nice to take breaks with smaller games like Death's door, or Tunic, or Planet of Lana. Also stopped playing MP games altogether. It's just too much. Especially nowadays in 2023.
Great video - I really enjoyed it! I can relate - many modern games just aren't very fun to me. There's too much effort required; too much complexity. Fortunately, I've held onto my classic consoles, and many of my favorite retro games are just as fun today as they were years ago. Also, there are indie devs creating new games that don't embrace the trends described in this video. Unfortunately, it's hard for them to get attention... the AAA studios and games get the spotlight.
It’s gotten really bad that I’ve been watching streams of my favorite old games. (Years ago I hated watching people play) Like you said I still follow game news and that ends up being more interesting than the games themselves
I legit just watched a playthrough of Conker's Bad Furday instead of playing it myself 😭 I have a problem hahah
Probably the best ‘out of love’ video on you tube about gaming. Great job
Single Player gamer to Multiplayer gamer:
“Wow, sucks to be you.”
Single Player games are OP as long as they aren't forced to be live service
@@ZenkaiGooseBalder’s Gate 3, Starfield, Dead Space, Armored Core 6, Hi-Fi Rush…
Yeah, there’s plenty Single Player non-live-services. Gaming is awesome.
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When:
Gamers and hobbyists are the developers: FUN
Employees and business man are the developers: DIARRHEA
I grew up playing games in the 90s played them with my family family and friends i think for me its the price increase on game the more minimization and lack of couch coop and splitscreen on games now of days .
Fun videogames are still out there. You just need to dig through the piles of crap they're hiding under.
Excellent video btw 💯
The man, the myth, the legend 💯
And it’s allota piles
and most of them are indie
Games like hades, hollow knight, Celeste, etc prove that games are still good
It unironically became super industrialised, by the numbers, print out husks of what they used to be. Games very rarely have soul now.
Make money, cater to streamers and the top 1%, increase revenue quick and fast
If you want passion and soul, you play small team indie games
Honey come quick Goose dropped another video!
And Cark Magnus dropped another 10/10 comment
I swear its like that every time
I feel like a point that Emplemon made in his video about games rings true that for most of the online component, it just feels like you're playing against advanced bots who happen to be able to trash talk as well, especially becoming more prevalent as more & more games focus on competitive play & trying to be tournament-worthy so to speak.
Games have also driven further & further away from local-play niches like split-screen, system-link/LAN parties & local network play like the 3DS would allow. The most fun times I had were when I would play video games with friends I knew from school.
Now with everything having shifted to online play only, I find myself getting frustrated because as mentioned, the people I match with just feel like advanced bots; I haven't got to know any of these people in the real world and in an era of games like the battle royale genre & speedy FPS action, matches go by too fast to even bother spending time getting to know the people you match with to have a chance at building relationships.
your videos are amazing man. I could watch this all day I can tell you and your editor have great chemistry
The past 2 years have been some of the best years for gaming personally. First off i do not play games i do not like ever and put a lot of reseach before buying. I honestly feel people dwell way to much on negativity now a days, and constantly watching videos making them even more down. Also every reference is primarily pointing at mainstream games which i do not play but there are millions of videos and advertisers threwing them at your face making you think those are your only option when that is not true.
Dude the gun rant was so true and hilarious, just subscribed!
I've loved videogames for a long time myself: but the reason it's not fun to play anymore is because people that make games are only interested in money and microtransactions and multiplayer.
They are interested in making customers constantly have to spend money in some way rather than making better products that will garner success on their own merits.
Recently i've been playing Baldur's Gate 3, Fear and Hunger and Cruelty Squad.
All of these games are vastly different but what i enjoy about each of them is that they are made with artistic creativity and talent.
They have intriguing and captivating stories that make me want to explore them and play them and suffer through the difficulties and consequences.
I used to feel a thrill and a sense of intense enjoyment whenever i played competitive online game or shooters. Now everybody is so ganked on those types of games that it's impossible to tell if people are hacking or they are just ridiculously good to the point where it's not worth trying anymore (which still feels inhuman and sus)
Now i just enjoy a good story, good characters and an enjoyable experience.
I’d Recommend The Ice Scream Series Where As It’s Not Shooter Game Instead Horror, But I’d Say The Game Is Really Solid The Graphics Are Chill And Has A Good Story And Creativity
Great content, great editing. Like your way of speaking and your message. Keep it up! 👌🏻💪🏻
Litteraly goosebumps.., amazing work! as always :)
keeldron with the W comment! Thanks for taking the time to write that
what you said at 2:20 really hits. i remember staying up all night on school nights playing pokémon black on the ds under my covers hoping my mother wouldn’t catch me.
Couldn’t agree more!! I actually stopped playing Zelda:TOTK because it felt like work.
Turned off auto update and played that whole game with the dupe glitch. That's how I will always play it, makes the game 1000× more enjoyable, cuts out massive amounts of pointless tedium and boring grinding
YO! Same exact thing here. I felt insane because everyone was saying its the greatest game of all time but it never clicked for me 😭
@@ZenkaiGoose there were so many horrible ideas put into it. Want to upgrade your battery? No quests or dungeons for that, instead go pick up rocks in the pitch black underground where everything looks the same.
Oh by the way, if you want to autobuild things, you'll need to collect more rocks. Want to upgrade armor? You need 50 of a rare item that you find once every few hours. Half the rewards in it are earned through doing repetitive chores.
The game overall is just a chore to play, but duping does a lot to alleviate things
@@tylerhansen931I agree man, I couldn’t imagine getting through that game without duping. It made the game so much more fun and manageable, especially for someone like me who has little free time
That's why i stick to nintendo only games. Simple, fun and easy to put down again.
SNES, Switch, N64, GameCube?
I gotta say man. love your vids. keep it up! high production quality and great story telling. And a fellow Canadian!
Okay this was actually the first video I “watched” cause I listened to it at work today 😂 so I’m gonna watch the rest of the videos on your channel now, thanks!
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Agree with everything in this video. Games used to be about the developers passion for a game, look at cliff blezinski for GoW. Why do you think we don't get developer diaries anymore on how games are made? It's because 1000s of people are being flogged like workhorses to develop a sub par product with corporate suits hanging over them to incorporate microtransactions in everything. Think about how much better these complex games could be if all these 'in game purchases' were earnt through gameplay.
It's not so much the retention element that is the bad thing, it's how they implement this element through further costs to the player. Games have always been about retention but the difference 10 years ago compared to now was that you could earn EVERYTHING in a game by playing it for a moderate amount of time or doing some in game feat. Halos Hyabusa armour is a testament to that for completing the game on legendary and feeling proud to earn the armour through mastering a part of the game.
A message for anyone who endorses microtransactions, nobody gives a damn about your rainbow coloured pistol with your flaming helmet because we know you were sad enough to spend extra money on a game and giving in to what the industry wants you to do.
Rant over.
Awesome video I enjoyed it and by the way Zenaki Editor Numba 1!
Thanks as always bingbing! And ill be sure to let that rascal know you liked his editing
i have finished all those old games but i still replay those game to feel nostalgic and makes me happy
I'm too busy enjoying Baldur's Gate 3 to be bothered by all the sub-par games.
Just watched this from Time page. Extremely well done. Spot on.
"We need to tighten up the graphics on level 3 a bit" Jesus that sent me, i remember that commercial! deep cut.
Ill tell u the 4 best memories I had about video games. one was when I played Warcraft 2 Tides of darkness at my middle school in the mid 90's. that game hooked me to RTS games forever. and i played them for many years after that. and the 2nd best memory was 2002 when I got the original xbox and me and my friends would play would play Halo Combat evolved split screen until 5am. we were addicted to multiplayer of that game. that was before Online was around. and my 3rd best memory was 2006 when I played Guild Wars online with 2 of my friends. I was so addicted to that MMO game that I would spend 5+ hours a day playing it and on weekends 12 hours. I literally had no life for like 6 months cause of how addicted I was. that was my first MMO Experience. and my 4th best memory was late 2007 when Call of Duty 4 Modern warfare came out and a few guys created a squad and we would dominate multiplayer online. it was awesome.
How does this only have 57k views? It’s a brilliant video. Well done
Saw tim the tatman reacted to this, so I skipped his video and came straight here. Really well made video, you def have what it takes to make it on YT . Great job. New Sub here
Indie games saved gaming.
indie dev here.. I have this feeling too.. its a bit sad sometimes.. mind you, my own game does not solve this issue but its small and Id say it represents less than 10% of my image for it. My dream is to be like games such as battlebit.
What I will say is, when you have to pay the bills, its difficult to not look at the competition making bank and go "they do this, theyre successful, let me try"
Id say, theres 2 types of games on the market... the business games and the art games (games designed as experiences first), business games took over because they were willing to pay anyone and everyone to share their content which means no eyes for the art focused games.
While its easy to say, make what you love, Its painful to work on something for hundreds of days on end/with investors money - for it to not go anywhere, so, it makes sense some developers yield.
Streamers also affected this massively since not all experiences are stream friendly, which means only X types of games get streamed, the rest get no eyes and devs try to make whats stream friendly.
Saw this video on another RUclips channel. Had to come by and show some love. Great video and well said sir.
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😭😢 13:23 the feels, you are a legend for that
A very well done video! This video is best in terms of quality and reality check. You said everything that I wanted to hear❤
Big love brother
Another thing really killing the fun in games is the censorship driving people away from communicating for fear of bans. No one is in game chat anymore because of this.
Absolutely. Compelled censorship is a massive problem. Hand over speech should be taken to the Supreme Court
Quit being a jerk online
Lack of censorship can also kill fun. Something to keep in mind.
Great Video, i've been playing videos games seense kindergarden days, and still playing today as an adult, ether nerding out in pokemon or playing intresting games like Kenshi or Zelda TotK, while form time to time replaying old games i loved in my youth days. During the late 90's towards the late 2013 games were fun play, had enganging stories and pletty things to do during and after the game is beaten. Or in old Wow days, were an friend mentioned. There was a charm of talking with peoples across the world, to join in party's or a guild's to do PvP Raids, Dungeons runs or World boss hunting, before the LFG fonction started. Games had started to become unintressted for me, just around those years wen gaming have started to become big on E-Sports events. everytime i hear any games being realised on the same year it's being announced. I alway expect, the next day after a small resreach about the game that. It's just a fiesta of bug's and day 1 patches, booming with ether mircotransactions or it cannot be played at all, go do some 8h file work just get the game running on the title screen just for the game to crash again form pressing the start button. There are also to many games, it takes to many years to get it past off beta phase, only for there game to still be as broken or not as engaging like an today Triple A game. And MMORPG's power level new players in to late game, taking away the charm of organicly growing a toon and learning the game, as well of it's story.
I can't believe how good is this video! Thanks for your great job.
I love your shout out to Ape Escape and Geometry Wars 2. I still play Geometry Wars 1 and 2 just to feel something lol. So intense; I always end up screaming towards the end
hahaha definitely those games are amazing and I'm glad you feel the same. Geometry Wars 1 & 2 are a vibe and OG Ape Escape is just something special 🥰
"Berry is the best" you say with the Lime Green in the background. Ouch.
Anyways, as you get older you lose that sense of wonder since you've experienced so much. Been loving these small gaming channels I've been finding. Got my sub.
haha that's my brothers
Just subscribed. Great video. My same feelings for modern games too. That's why my MisterFPGA is doing a great job for me for the past 2 years.
Its people buying everything regardless of quality, creativity died with buyers restraint. If you know a whale SHAME them into oblivion.
I've sat on my PlayStation for hours trying to find something to do, but nothing looks remotely interesting.
Same
Its the monetization of the battle pass. And now game are just released half done.
Great video!
I play Planetside 2 and that's about it. I've taken on the challenge of writing and illustrating my own comic for entertainment and I'm having a lot more fun creating my own world than consuming unispired corpo slop.
Unfortunately, this isn't just the gaming industry. This is every Saas/App company we know today. It's not that they didn't complete the game on time - this is actually a tech business model.
1. Ship MVP (minimum viable product) - basic core game/app/software & minimum features enticing enough for customers to buy.
2. Customer Analytics & Feedback - track customer usage, product performance, etc.
3. Push Updates - bug fixes and next add-on or feature.
Rinse, Repeat.
Awesome video! Saw this on another channel and had to come over and support! PS Love the Marty McFly vibes :)
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Man you’re world class, I love your videos
Love your content. I think you need to zoom out a bit. This is very focused on one particular issue which is most prevalent in a specific genre. Arena shooter bros, i get you're upset but there are other games/genres out there.
Hey starfield is fun!
I agree! #SeeYouInTheStars
We will agree to disagree. Glad your having fun. Didn't hook me in the first 30hrs. I gave up
Last game I thoroughly enjoyed was Red Dead Redemption 2 and that was 2018. Kinda got into the assassins creed valhalla and the drastically lost enjoyment out of recent games. I find myself going through my backlog of games that are actually fun. This video really makes me feel good knowing I'm not the only one that's felt this way lately. I used to get excited for new stuff not anymore.
I feel the same mate. I buy so many games and return them the next day. I recently went back and started playing the original Doom and the goldeneye re release. Goldeneye is still AMAZING. Also the new Robocop game is great too, a real throwback to when games were good. Also the new Mario rules too
I never leave comments, but wanted to pop in and say this was a really good video. Good job, subscribed!
This is the most true to from best video i have watched great job buddy
Dude u deserve more subscribers 👏 ❤
Just found your page and this is the second vid of your i see. I can totally relate. Gaming just isnt the same anymore. To me gaming peaked during the xbox360/ps3 era. After that, i feel gaming has become a chore with little to no stand out games since then. I watch gaming content just gine and am entertained but 0laying myself feels like a chore/grind now. Aside from ff7 remake, rebirth, and soon gta 6, ive bought and half finished so many games its not even funny. -_- my.back log is littered with games that hinestly i dont even feel like going back too.
It's very rare that I find a channel on games that's equal parts charming and entertaining as it is informative. Your videos are fantastic
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is one of my favourite games of all time. It has one level, one difficulty setting, 2 dimensions, and I could still sit and play it forever trying to beat my high score. Funmaxxing at its peak.
Pacifism mode from 2 is forever burned into my heart
Games back in the day were truly new!! Never played anything like it before. Now rinse and repeat
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If your not having fun with video games in 2023, your playing the wrong games.
There's some outliers, but even the games with critical acclaim don't hold my attention. Was really bummed with Diablo 4 personally. Vampire Survivors has me hooked until I realized its just me moving a single stick for hours lol Party Animals has been fun tbh until you hit the grind
Personally I'm excited to try Spider-man 2, those spiderman games are really special to me for a variety of reasons
Lol, no.
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I finally got around to psychonauts 2 and it was such a breath of fresh air, because it’s design feels 10+ years old. It didn’t have any fluff and bs - just 3d platforming, weird worlds, and silly writing. I play it, and feel like I did when I was a younger gamer.
This video needs more views the industry has lost its way. We need to get back to FUN!
New Sub here.... 👋🏿
I absolutely can relate. I'm a 90's kid. I've officially turned into a retro gamer now. Video games today have turned into a bottomless money pit. It's like they put an arcade in your house, where you gotta keep paying to play.. just ridiculous.
I distinctly remember being ~13/14, knee deep in a 12 hour gaming sesh with a bunch of friends during a middle school summer and thinking: “I’ll never be the one that says he doesn’t play video games ‘like that’ anymore”. Fast forward through becoming an adult in a relationship, multiple new responsibilities, and working a job - I now game maybe twice a month. Granted those few gaming sessions are most likely old, nostalgic games. Otherwise, I’m an avid consumer of gaming playthroughs and video essays as a replacement.
Yeah i've fallen into this camp as well, i go through periods of nothing hitting (all 2023) then Spider-Man 2 hits and I binged the whole thing 😂 I think I just want better stories in games, and more focus on the actual gameplay, but it's gotta be a tough balance for sure
Your correct. I been having a lot of fun in a F2P game world of tanks and they have removed some sources of revenue out of the game, they have added others but nothing game breaking or balance breaking.
Simple answer, people are just playing the wrong stuff and haven't fully explored whats out there. Personally im overwhelmed by how many games are out there that I'm unable to just decide what to play.
your comment is me....... 8 years ago 🥲
I’ve spent $100s on games just this year. Got like 7 new games. Played them all less than 4 hours. Just not fun at all
I chose to not get the ps5. I'm going retro. Now that I have more time, I can actually play more games.
Cool video man. I quit gaming a while back because of how everything is now
It's a wild ride for sure, but I think this year might have a few bangers left. I'm really hyped for Spider-man 2!
Also really glad you liked the video J Wolf!
@ZenkaiGoose even if there are bangers and new games from your favorite franchises it ain't worth it anymore
Just ain’t worth it anymore. Gaming is absolutely trash.
@@BlazeOfGlory742 💯
Very easy answer: games used to tell the story, very good story and drag your time with shooting/doing stuf in between to get more of a story and it was not too complicated which means fun. Latest games over complicated with vast open world content and most of it means absolutely 0 to a player, poor stories or none of it, people get bored quickly in there.
Take Resident Evil, Fable games as an example, it has superb stories and some activities in between, fighting enemies, doing puzzles and what not to get more of a story. So story is the most important reason, everything else secondary. There should be a good balance of a story and activities. Cyberpunk did pretty good job, though open world was not necessary IMO, it is enough to have only main mission. Other type of games are like Doom or Serious Sam, where you just kill stuf for fun, nothing else there and some like it too, everything in a middle is unpopular and unwanted by players.
I own both next gen consoles and couldn't be more disappointed with each. Barely anything to play on them.
Much like where it was around 2005-2006, gaming is in a very transitional state. Things will improve when the new things release.
7:36 man the good old days of me and shwantz and nottz playing bf4 on xbox one
Dude, your channel is super underrated.
You are absolutely right, I personally spend more time watching videos, reviews, in-depth analysis, and news rather than playing the games itself.