With digital circus coming out recently I realised the 2000s game aesthetic can actually be kinda cool and endearing

It feels like games nowdays are kinda soulless and generic though, glossy and modern (Obviously except for indie games)

Will the 2020s aesthetic be microtransactions and lootboxes?

  • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
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    Nostalgia happens because you remember the good and forget the bad. People remember Mario 3 but forget Mario is Missing.

    In 20 years, people will say, “Remember when they made good games like Baldur’s Gate 3 rather than the trash that is Baldur’s Cash Grab?” Kids today will wax poetic about how the 2020s was the last good decade for gaming.

    The truth is, there will always be good and bad games.

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      I’m nostalgic for playing Among Us with extended family members during the pandemic, and that was just a few years ago

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        Yeah but you won’t have nostalgia playing among us in 2038 when the servers are shut down

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          I’ll have to go find some community run patch

          Halo CE style

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      Larian have always been pretty good really hope they don’t go that way

      That said they’ve got that wizards of the coast money behind them too