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What's a video game that you just don't get the hype about? (discuss.online)

submitted 1 week ago by lriv724@discuss.online to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a momentum from early 2000s. Rockstar (or was it Take 2 by that time?) set a lower moral line in the gaming industry and published games like Man Hunt and GTA III, where you can commit crime without much consequences. The gaming experience was nouveau and a thrill.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 19 points 1 week ago

The game series also mixed in a lot of mafia movie vibes and satire.

Then Rockstar realized you can release a lot less content by pushing online gameplay, stopping the release of single player content.