![]() ![]() I can’t truly blame game developers for this. Hell, sometimes you have to finish the game and then call a phone number that plays a secret message for your ears only. You have to find that secret area you only get by putting in the right console command. You have to collect all one hundred-plus collectables. Sometimes, to find that hidden treat, you have to devote a ton of time to the game. Specifically, when games have a hidden treat, it’s not something you can always find just by playing the game to completion. While spoilers are a thing in every form of media that range from spoiling an ending to a book to the shock reveal or twist midway into a series, games have special things and aspects no other media can boast. ![]() To understand the impact, we have to fall back years and go to one of the things video games do stronger than any other media: hidden/surprise content. Rather, my frustration with the games and the game industry can be summed up in a word: ![]() It’s not the absolute silence of criticism, it’s not manipulation of websites like Metacritic and it’s not any sort of design philosophy. In recent times, the most disturbing and problematic trend in video games (to me) isn’t any sort of ad revenue problem. ![]()
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