The problem is that because everything is an immersive sim, the only “true” ones are in the LGS lineage which has probably done more damage to gaming than anything else. Shock 1 and Thief are among my favourite games but while these games felt years ahead of everything else we’ve seen nothing but retreading of old ground. I’m sick of the audio logs, sick of space stations and 0451s and solving problems by crouching in a corner and cycling through powerups and then savescumming until I get my intended result. “Looking Glass Technology” in Prey didn’t make me feel acknowledged, it made me roll my eyes.
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