When was the last time a AAA game REALLY surprised you? For me it has been a while. Whilst we do get some really great games now packed with really cool ideas, so few of them seem to be original anymore. But when you look at Indie Games, they are pumping out new ideas all the time! So let’s talk about why the gaming industry seems so averse to trying genuine new ideas.
Timestamps
0:00 – Familiar Gaming
2:40 – The Safe Bet of Remakes
4:47 – Industry Trends
6:18 – The Live Service Obsession
8:45 – But what about?
10:02 – The Cost of Failure
11:50 – Failed Innovations
12:54 – What Needs to Change
15:49 – Patreon/Outro
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My Indies Video: https://youtu.be/toJU_HjP7G4
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Games featured
Silent Hill 2 (2024)
Marvel Rivals
Metaphor ReFantazio
Stellar Blade
Lies of P
Persona 5
Resident Evil 2 (2019)
Hi-Fi Rush
Control
Parasite Eve
Nier: Automata
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Dead Space (2023)
Alone in the Dark (2024)
Black Myth Wukong
Elden Ring
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
God of War Ragnarok
Spiderman 2
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Demon’s Souls (2020)
Destiny 2
Anthem
Concord
Fallout76
Hollow Knight
Hades
Cat Quest 3
Forspoken
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn
The Callisto Protocol
Ghostwire Tokyo
Dishonored 2
Prey
Deathloop
Final Fantasy XVI
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
Minecraft
My goal is to deliver informative, high quality and entertaining video essays about the psychology of gamers and the games we play, as I work my way through my backlog in a relaxed and stress free manner.
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11 Comments
Really interested to hear all of your takes on this one! Especially if you’ve worked in the industry.
10:20 yes, I know it’s spelt Siege
It seems like the entertainment industries have just been condensed to remake and retelling stories like the last of us series. It is a shame that the original ideas don’t see funding because they don’t ’guarantee profit’ 😢
Best channel! ❤
Well gee, lemme think – maybe they shouldnt be pushing their luck with dlc; instead actually releasing their products COMPLETE.
Maybe they should be focusing on quality and when it comes to remakes – actually be faithful to them – looking at you Capcom…
MAYBE they shouldnt be pandering to DEI because some blue haired ABC lot want to whinge about what they dont ever plan to buy. Most creativity is offered up because of them.
It is why I love games like Kingdom Come Deliverance and Doom Eternal.
Love the vids you always bring up good points 🤘🏾
I won't lie, the title scared me a bit cuz I've seen far too many "gaming is dead" videos, but this one was a pleasant surprise!
It's both funny and sad that you brought up Control as a brand new experience, because over the years I've seen people dismiss it entirely over the years because "it looks like just another third person shooter".
It is a bit depressing how the same gamers who demand new experiences and claim to be tired of the same old, are the same ones who will then scoff at the actual new stuff for being "too different" or "not like the usual".
Pretty great video!
Hyper-realistic graphics are a detriment to gaming as a whole, because as it becomes easier to implement, many devs are beginning to crutch on them, not realizing that it's not a central part of what makes games, well…games. Great graphics can elevate a game like FF7 Rebirth, but that's because gameplay and interactivity of the world came FIRST, graphics are just the really nice icing that makes an already good cake taste even better.
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I've found myself going back to the PS3 and prior era of gaming, especially the PS2, Dreamcast and Gamecube games, because back then there was so much genre variety and abundance of nee ideas and mechanics. Not to mention the varying artstyles of the graphics, each game felt truly unique.
Now, pretty much everything plays the same, looks the same, feels the same with very slight differences. I find myself dropping games after 5-6 hours each.
To be fair, I like retold stories in the form of remakes, even in the titles I have already completed 🙂 Nothing bad on remaking good games if there are audience for them.
Sometimes the updated graphics and mechanics do miracles for the overall experience the game can deliver.