Hey!

I have been thinking lately about something that i am very passionate about, and that is gaming...
Do you remember the time when games used to be exciting, fun and challenging? I do.
I don't know if this has anything with me growing apart from gaming, or not. I still enjoy gaming, don't get me wrong here but not to the same extent i used too, especially when playing these newer titles that are coming out the last 2 years from 2014-2016, Most of them are rather lackluster... And i have a theory about that i will get to in a moment.

First i want to say that i still enjoy those older titles i used to play back in the days, such as the first Dragon Age game, which was awesome and still is! Diablo 1 and 2 are both great games, and Warcraft 3 and the Frozen Throne expansion, those are awesome as well! World of Warcraft even used to be very immersive throughout the first release and its two expansions after that, i had a very good time, and with the release of Cataclysm it all started to go downhill. The content within the game got less and less engaging and exciting, like they stopped caring about their game.

I have thought many times and asked myself, is it me who are just tired of playing games? But im not so sure that is the case, since i still enjoy a lot of games and can spend hours upon hours playing, no i think it has something to do with the industry in itself.

A lot of people praise the days of gaming since it has become mainstream, it is more socially acceptable to be playing games these days, and thats a great thing for the community to not be ostrisiced. But the downside to this fenomenon is clear to me now that gaming has become mainstream, it has become a moneymaking industry, and all powerhungry and greedy fucks are starting to put their claws into it, and killing all the passion that used to drive people to make many great games throughout the years. Nowdays the most exciting gameplay you get come out of indie projects, and rightly so because those are still made out of LOVE for gaming.

Mainstream gaming companies have completely sold out, and its easy to see with the kind of results they are putting out. Even those who used to be really passionate in the past, like Blizzard. It seems like a part of the spark that drive their passion is slowly dying out.

A lot of people have theories on this, and the most common one is that it all started to go downhill when Activision bought shares in their company and started making demands. This is the time we first saw the "Blizzard store" pop up, selling cosmetics and other vanity items for money, ON-TOP of the monthly fee, and i thought to myself "This is the beginning of the end". You could clearly see the drop in subscriptions year after year, until they stopped posting numbers anymore after WoD, i can understand them too... Its embarassing.

And now in the in-game store, theres Pay to win. people say its not pay to win, but i beg to differ... Instant boost to max level for money, is that not pay to win?

Skip all the way to end game, and some people who do that are completely new to the game and they will have a horrible experience trying to play together with other people when they skipped the learning curve all together..

FeelsBadMan with the gun.