Go easy on me me, this is my first encounter with RPS retardation. I couldn't help myself thinking that this piece has to be satirical, some sort of elaborate trolling.
So we have game designers who would rather not design proper games,
players who don't really want to play the game,
and we have game journalists who aren't really into this whole gaming thing
I think it's about the industry having too much money floating around
while having little to no objective quality standards of its own
(instead borrowing such from books and films, deluding themselves that they produce "art").
Therefore, we get people in the business that would rather do something else,
but stay around because of the money and nobody ever calls them on the shit job they pull.
From what I read, this whole idea started from the fact that some guy devoted 2 years of his
life to model Notre Dame in Assbandit Unity. Yeah, poor guy, two years wasted making content
most people won't even get to because the game was so shitty.
Perhaps you would rather get into the virtual museum tours business?
But I guess it was a logical step to take because gameplay design was never the series' forte,
only one in every few entries was decent enough to warrant a playthrough.
Anyways, I think we had all this figured out back in the 90 already, and somehow it got lost along the way.
Remember Doom? If you were dumb, disabled or had too much ADD to play this through on lowest difficulty, the solution was there: IDDQD, IDKFA,
there, you still got to see the game, splatter demons, have your fun.
But you were cheating and essentially taking away from your own enjoyment.
Some games would rub this in by denying you highscore entries, this was a mild but logical punishment,
and it reminded you you weren't really playing the game legitimately. Other games would go further and
brand you as cheater and mock you. I think it was an excellent approach.
If you weren't good enough to tackle the game on "I'm too young to die" or "Can I play, daddy?" I think it's okay to taunt you a little bit.
Honestly, guys, I find it mind boggling.
If you have no idea how to propel the ball with your foot, you have to practice and get good before you go and have fun with the other kids playing football.
What we get nowadays? "Skill-shaming?" Geezus christ. I think a war in the West is long overdue.