| Mummelmann said: Overall, this summer has been a wake-up call for the entertainment industry as a whole; what with both Oppenheimer and BG3 shooting holes in the perpetual myth that people are too simple-minded to enjoy good craftsmanship with some added complexity. |
While I disagree with the first part of your post, all the crappy releases don't take away from the great ones and there will always be better and worse games. But this sentence I cited here, that I wholeheartedly agree. Yes, too long we had the narrative, that things should be simplified, streamlined, should be usable without a brain to be enjoyable. But that is not true for everyone and in every situation. So yes, creatives should take risk on demanding more from the player (in games) and viewers (in cinema).
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