> You can play those beautiful single player games that have none of these problems
I was never a small studio lover, until all the large studios started really sucking.
Tunic, Subnautica, Hollowknight, Outer Wilds are absolutely must plays. Tunic being the latest which has been the closest I’ll ever get to playing A Link To The Past for the first time again.
Exactly.
Well, some indie games are now extremely good, way better than big studios.
FTL: Faster Than Light
Ori and the Blind Forest (doesn't count as indie)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Invisible Inc.
Hollow Knight
XCOM
Dyson Sphere Program
Kerbal Space Program (to be fair, this is not really for everyone)
XCOM 2
Assault Android Cactus (great for coop!)
Factorio
Dark Souls 1 and 3 (big studio)
Frostpunk
Hellpoint
Sundered
Starsector
EXAPUNKS
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (yeah, this is from a big studio)
My list is really long, so I'll stop there, this is already years of gaming
The big studios sucking has, for better or worse, reduced the amount of time I spend on games.
They don't survive if they don't do something right. Compare that to the big studios who churn out their yearly releases, and get by because they're still milking a cash cow that dominates the 'gaming' headspace for people who prefer to turn on a console and stay busy.
I was never a small studio lover, until all the large studios started really sucking.
Tunic, Subnautica, Hollowknight, Outer Wilds are absolutely must plays. Tunic being the latest which has been the closest I’ll ever get to playing A Link To The Past for the first time again.