Reply To: Everything was better back in the day! Even the clickbait!

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The ‘old games are more complex’ is the main point here. People who grew up with those games have a certain nostalgia towards them and they enjoyed the complexity and nuance, but to be perfectly honest, no one of my generation has time for that. The games market changed to meet the new markets and almost always does. The ideas of these games might appeal to me, but I would never have the time, or energy, to play something that is too complex. I actually like the idea of a game I don’t have to think about too much, because for me actually being in a social context and just doing something with friends is far more valuable and, to be honest, the bit that’s hard to fit into a schedule. Things weren’t ‘better’, they were just different, really. And the prices going up and up are very simple; they know that the people that want these things badly enough are now older, usually have more disposable income, and are willing to pay inflated prices. There will be the argument of a shortage of product, which is true, but really if someone is willing to pay that then someone will charge that. I’d be willing to bet that there is a stark generational gap between those who want the ‘old school’ complexity back and those who are happy with how most games are now. That being said…a bit of balance in these newer games would be nice…