Nice list! While I don’t play those genres, I’ll re-confirm that this problem doesn’t affect all games.

You don’t play first person shooters, first person melee games, third person shooters, third person action games, survival games, factory games, beat em up games, puzzle games, stealth games, or story driven adventures?

It sounds like your issue is that console calibre mobiles games are shitty, to which I’ll point out, they always have been. There was never a golden era of Modern Warfare 2 on mobile.

Maybe if your issue is with mobile games, the problem might be with trying to game on mobile?

Man, honestly, you sound like you should disconnect and spend less time on the internet.

You’re writing off literally thousands of games and painting them all with the same brush, because of broad complaints about general trends in AAA gaming.

Let me go through my recently played games, and just find a small sampling of games that fit your bill that have come out post enshittification:

• Avowed
• Indiana Jones & The Great Circle
• Alan Wake 2
• Control
• Grounded
• Subnautica
• Vampire Survivors
• Balatro
• Elden Ring
• Tunic
• Cyberpunk
• Plate Up
• Robo Quest
• Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order & Star Wars Jedi Survivor
• Wizard With A Gun
• Ship Of Fools
• No Man’s Sky
• Hitman
• Remnant II
• Baldur’s Gate
• Sifu
• The Outer Wilds …

Do I need to go on?

Games in general have lost their innovation and have just become too enshittified to enjoy these days. I’m glad I was a gamer before all that.

If they’re too shitty to enjoy, why are you playing them?

If you’re not playing them, how do you know they’re shitty?

And regardless, how would you know that it’s not you who changed?

I’m sorry, I hate Doug Ford, but this is a horseshit post.

You can disagree on his approach to the US, but trying to convince them to ignore their stated concerns, view us an ally in the fight against China, and consequently drop their tariffs against us, is not being a traitor.

You can disagree with that strategy, but it’s not traitorous, it’s not even nearly as bad as conservatives like PP and Danielle Smith who actively validate Trump and capitulate to him.

Let me be clear, I’ll be voting for my incumbent NDP MP on Thursday and hope to hell that somehow Doug gets at least knocked down to a minority government, because I value healthcare, education, and municipal planning and autonomy, but I can’t support blatant misinformation and slander like this.

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I agree with you there, but the key is the last part about being understood. In OP’s case they’re insisting on using a formal writing style that makes the average person perceive their message with an unintended tone.

Young people focus on the tone they’re conveying.

Old people focus on following the rules that were beaten into them as children for no reason.

Is your intention to convey a certain tone or win a grammar competition?

YES IM JUST EXPRESSING MYSELF, ITS TOTALLY EVERYONE ELSES FAULT FOR FEELING OFF-PUT BY MY TYPING STYLE. THERE DEFINITELY ARENT SOCIAL NORMS AND CONTRACTS THAT WE ALL FOLLOW TO BE ABLE TO EASILY AND ACCURATELY COMMUNICATE.

They didn’t say do it right, they said do it with propriety, as in making sure to follow the rules for the sake of following the rules.

Because those of who grew up communicating a lot via the written word stopped feeling beholden to type using classic grammar rules like ending every sentence of every communication with a period no matter what.

The entire purpose of language is to express yourself, and people started noticing that their texts sounded friendlier if they sounded less abrupt, so they started typing that way.

You type according to traditional essay writing rules which is how older people learned to write, younger people learned to focus on producing natural sounding language and conversation.

Oh yes of course, the whole world has of course been watching the mass protests and general strike being organized with baited breath, oh wait.

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Come on doc, you’ve gotta help us, we’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas!

Jesus fucking christ. If you do this, and exploit Ukraine while they are literally under the gun, the US will be dead to the rest of the western world.

I cannot express how hard you can go fuck yourselves.

The literal rest of my life will be spent trying to fuck over America and Americans. Fuck you, you selfish, coward, pieces of shit.

Single Player:

• tetris effect connected
• descenders
• tony hawk pro skater 1 & 2 remaster
• hitman 3
• Whatever story driven single player game I’m currently into (shoutouts to the dishonoured series, prey, the outer wilds, subnautica, etc.)

Multiplayer with close friends:

• Risk of Rain 2
• Rocket League
• Golf with your friends
• Halo (if they get their shit together and get their player count back up)
• Fall Guys (if they get their shit together and unvault the maps)
• Shoutout to our time with Grounded, that was truly special