Ppl nowadays seems to want to trade fun and creativity for already well known experiences and mainstream marketing hype. This is why Rayman bombed, this is why W101 bombed and this is why Assassin Creed, GTA and CoD make millions.
What I don't like in today's industry is that with Saints Row being a rare exception, a game needs to take itselfs seriously in order to be taken seriously (and still SR is going for the ''mature'' approach. We are talking about GAMES, but it seems that society is asking for dull depressing serious dark hardcore games with dramatic stories and a dark artstyle. Collors, humor, originalilty and sillyness has no longer a place in gaming it seems.
A other problem is that it seems that today's gamer are afraid to look childish for practicing their hobby. It was true when gamers were 14 and wanted to prove to themselves and the world that they were all grown up, and it's still true today where gamers are in their 20s/30s. Most are afraid at that age to say they play video games, they don't want ppl to think they are immature or a man child, so what do they do? Not playing Rayman that's for sure, it would be hard for them to argue they are not immature for playing games if they were cut playing Rayman. They play games like gta where you kill hookers cause that's much more mature (sarcasm) and play games like Last of Us and then give the argument that they play deep artistic mature experiences.
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