/vr/ - Retro Games

Videogames used to be similar to music. Sometimes you have one genius or "band". (Miyamoto, Ed Boone, John Romero, Etc.) The credits are no more than a dozen people usually angsty artsy 20 somethings.

Need some Sprite art? I know a guy who does psychedelic album covers (Doug Tennaple)

Need music? I know a garage band that can help. (Skate or Die 2)

Going through a breakup? Losing your faith? Hate your boss. It'll all show in your story. (Panzer Dragoon Saga)

It's all a corporate formula now. Behavioral scientists know the drop rate to keep you addicted. Even non-rpgs are level-up collectathons. You'll play till you hit the last achievements. The story is focus grouped to either be Incel fan service or virtue signalling SJW propaganda. The credits are over 500 people. The game is on a bi-yearly cycle.

Games are no longer an art. They are a science now. Dopamine based Skinner boxes.