I Want Shorter Games With Worse Graphics 

"Good visuals can make a game better, but they cant make a bad game good" you couldn't have have said it better. Great video discussion.

The real core of the issue isn't that AAA game publishers don't know what they're doing. They know exactly what they're doing. Their goal isn't to make better games. Their goal is to report higher profits to their shareholders than they did last year, and the broken cycle as it currently exists is what allows them to do that... for now. It's not sustainable, but it's making them money _now,_ and that's their only actual concern.

another reason I especially agree with the "worse graphics" part is that less intense graphics means the game runs better. as someone with a rather old computer this is a godsend for me, as I can't run a lot of modern games.

I think what part of the community means when they say they want "worse graphics" is that the game studio shouldn't spend 50% of their budget on it and instead focus on the gameplay.

This is why i love indie games. They have more varied artstyles and are also short enough that it isn't completely overwhelming to finish them

I care less about a world that LOOKS ultrarealistic, and more about a world that FEELS real, and cohesive, with characters i actually care about

The industry spent so much time trying to make games "cinematic" without remembering that games need gameplay.

I think the thing is when people see "worse" graphics they aren't thinking like actually worse, they're thinking "not your playstation exclusive for graphics snobs" levels of realism and maybe something with a more stylized look, that may not have all the bloom and vignettes and anti aliasing and stuff, but looks charming and cute, games like cuphead, or persona 5 or tf2 or overwatch and less like, insomniac spider man, or the last of us 2

Another thing about "worse graphics" is that makes it easier to run games on lower end hardware. Love your channel, I'll be sticking around for a while to see what else you put out!

With realistic graphics: "Hey, after school you wanna play this awesome game with me?" "Oh sorry, my computer cant handle that" With worst graphic: "Hey, after school you wanna play this awesome game with me?" "Sure let do this!"

Rooting for indies and the return of the AA game. It's insane to think that we've reached a point where some of the industry's biggest studios will only have time to release one or two games for an entire console generation.

being a software developer and having been on the end of some crunches, when I hear paid more, I hear better work life balance, ultimately there is no amount of money that it suddenly possible to sustainably work crunch hours. the base pay of game devs should go up generally though.

I think by "worse graphics" people mean "stylized graphics", and if that's the case I highly agree. We've seen a lot of "realistic looking games with a lot of repetitive tasks". In comparison to that, games with stylized graphics -in particular indie games that are smaller in their worlds, time to complete but offer fresher experiences.

People sometimes act annoyed when I call myself an "indie game player", but immediately change their mind when I point out that half their top 10 are indie games. So many people surprisingly don't think of games like Hollow Knight, Hades, or Dead Cells as "indie games" because so many people think indie game = bad game, and these are good so they assume they aren't.

Making a good game is hard as hell. Tried to take the leap and make one myself around a year ago. All I did was draw character concepts and wrote a lore synopsis, which all took 6 months to complete. After I made my first teaser, I lost motivation entirely, and the project is currently shelved with all documents / assets saved to my computer in a folder gathering dust over time. Serious credit to any game that makes it to release. Development opened my eyes to the jaw-dropping talent needed to produce masterpieces like Undertale. Games like that are a testament to amazing dedication and fantastic work ethic. Can’t imagine pouring my soul into a game project for 5+ years only for it to flop massively, falling short of the original vision entirely. Honestly seems like it could cause a mid-life crisis. Best wishes to all you game devs. Games are hard, but they’re just games. Don’t let them decide your worth, fell into that fallacy myself.

as an indie game dev, myself i hope indie games get more recognition they deserve

For me, as a 3D artist, I always have the feeling that hyperrealism and creativity are inversely proportional, the more realistic you make a game (whether from an artistic or gameplay point of view) it seems that the more limiting it becomes, maybe that's because I've always consumed many Japanese games throughout my life, Capcom, Namco, Square Enix, etc...

I interpret it as 'Stress takes the soul out of work.' So many games now feel soulless and empty in contrast to older ones

One of my favorite childhood books is "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." It perfectly encapsulates the mindset of needing better and better graphics and not being sufficed with anything less.

i think a thing that personally bothers me is that games with realistic graphics tend to end up looking similar since they're imitating the same thing, while games with more stylized graphics have a more visually distinct identity to them, and are much easier to tell apart when you don't know anything else about them (just speaking from personal experience). whenever i've seen unlabeled gameplay footage i've found interesting in a video essay, i have a much easier time to later recognize the game somewhere else when it's more stylized. in addition, realistic graphics easily step into uncanny valley for me personally and can make my gaming experience actively uncomfortable, so it's definitely not my cup of tea. the rise of the "spiderverse style" in 3D animated movies is very exciting to me for a similar reason!

I've been saying this for a while about graphics. A lot of games have been going for "as realistic as possible" as their art style lately, and that's just not an artstyle. You are not limited by anything, really, so create an artstyle that's unique to your game, that makes me recognize it immediately. Very few big games do this. On the other hand, a lot of indie games do this out of sheer necessity. A single dude who can code often can't do much in the area of art, so he has to compromise, and the result is often minimalistic but recognizable, which is all a lot of people are asking for, really.

The Iron Triangle sounds like a fighting game character's finishing move

Important conversation for all game fans to be having and keep having; to analyze the problem, strategize, and take action however we actually can. Thank you for using your platform to further that cause!

I've been working in software development for 5 years now. On a few occasions, I've been asked to work overtime to finish a product, and I've refused every time. I understand that a company will cut you loose for that, but when nearly the whole department refuses and pushes management's poor planning back on them, you're not losing your job anytime soon. Maybe I'm already jaded on software.

I work in design, with a programming/project management undergrad and am about to complete my Master's in Business Admin. Literally have diagnosed PM issues in nine figure businesses doing consulting work. And this is the best breakdown of Total Quality Management I've ever seen. Seriously, should be required watching.

Games with less money spent on graphics and padding might actually be able to take risks and have creative gameplay. Creativity is lacking in the current game industry.

When the CEOs of these gaming companies have never played games properly in their life, it is not surprising how the AAA industry is in this state.

I like realistic graphics just fine. But I LOVE distinct, expressive, art styles.

I LOVE your videos. I really appreciate the fact that you dive into and research these topics over parroting others' opinions on social media, or simply summarizing work other people have done. your scripts are to the point, concise, and purposeful. I just really like seeing an essay youtuber actually do it right, lol

$20 for 17 hours spent of fun? Someone is complaining!? Seriously? By that standard, it's WAY more entertainment value than any current movie ticket price (no matter how good the movie is).

Man it's a real shame that this channels numbers aren't as big as they could be I'm so serious when I say this is some of the most quality content on the platform

I could not agree more with this. I have friends who work in game dev and the only thing I've been hearing is how much pressure they're now under to crank these games out. It looks like AAA devs have lost that passion for games, but the devs haven't lost that passion; it was ripped from them by executives who demand better work on the cheap done yesterday.

Wildly specific but my favorite is shorter games that can last forever if you want them to. I'm big on tycoon games and things like Stardew valley. You *could* finish the story in a few hours if you wanted to, and you could stop playing after doing so. Or you can meander through the plot and then afterwards make up your own goals and fun and keep going forever. Helps with having limited money to spend on games and so so much free time.

Literally, their selling us movies dressed up as "games" when they hardly work/focus on the GAMEPLAY!

Game devs need creative unions like writers and screen actors do.

Whats funny is I believe making "ultra realistic" games are much easier now than artistic games. Realistic assets are practically drag and drop now a days, and because its a lot easier, the optimization also takes a hit. Lighting is becoming less and less artistically placed in favor of drag and drop ray traced lighting. Call of Duty for example is becoming ultra realistic, but the gameplay sucks now and the performance has taken massive hits

The problem is, people complain but still buy

Another motivation for wanting games to reduce their scope is that they keep using "games are more expensive than ever to make!" as the excuse to increase the price of games, include multiple season passes, and run MTX in games that we already payed for, all of which also significantly negatively impacts the gaming experience and I can't speak for everyone but I personally would rather prefer we pulled way the hell back and made actual games instead of money printing machines. And these games aren't _just_ artificially lengthened to meet player demand, they're often done so to make "live services" so they can completely capture your attention and have more opportunities to peddle their cash grabs at you. And NONE of this is worth it. I would happily go back to PS2/PS3 level fidelity if it gave up all this _trash._

Great video! As an agile coach with 20+ years in the trenches, I‘ve always been baffled how far behind the video game industry is on modern work and product development methods.

I want more games like Stray. It was just perfect. Quality, right price, Right length, good enough graphics and just fun

I was thinking about this a few days ago, I miss when videogames used to look like videogames and not like CGI movies, somehow it was more immersive since you had to complete the picture with your imagination plus gameplay was more fun generally and developers took more risc for good or for bad sometimes 😅.

I want bags of potato chips and nachos that are at least 75% full, and have only full sized completely unbroken chips all the way to the bottom of the bag.

The biggest change of the game industry is that it used to be led by a coalition of Programmers and artists. This is no longer the case.

You actually list your sources and things used in your vid???? Man, I think you're my favourite creator this month already. Gonna binge em up and hit that bell and sub. Well deserved brother.

I will say, roguelike games specifically are made simply to let you feel stronger each play. They aren't "Meaningless" the meaning is to grind and by the time you actually 100% it, you feel super accomplished. The biggest thing with roguelikes is they are for a specific type of people.

Two of my most satisfying game experiences (Sayonara Wild Hearts and Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion) each clocked in at under 3 hours. Meanwhile, most big budget games I enjoyed at the start end up over staying their welcome by a dozen hours or so.

I think games made for limited (portable) hardware are very important. hardware limitations help keep graphics and length in check. As a not dev I don't know if it takes less time to make though . there's also something kind of magical about a game that pushes it's hardware right to the edge in a competent way ... I am also old and miss the glory days of the PSP and 3DS .

It's kind of interesting (or tragic, you pick) to think that these hundred-hour-long-game developers are doing large amounts of "dead" work that only the most dedicated 100%ers will see. At some point, doing every single quest in Skyrim is going to be beyond the point of fun for most people, yet someone had to design, program, voice act, etc...all of those, probably during crunch - and how much of that extra sludge is going to be genuinely narratively fulfilling, or a satisfying challenge to the player? I agree with you completely; shorter games with a higher density of actually meaningful gameplay is the way to go. That, and good gameplay with a strong art style trumps sheer weight of length or graphical hyperrealism, even if you're not a Small Indie Dev Team. Just look at a game like Hi-Fi Rush - a commercial and popular success without being a million hours long or "pores on the skin" level graphically.

As if youtube couldnt rot our attention span enough, here comes: Short format content the game

There's something so wonderful about Hotline Miami 1 really setting the pace/aesthetic of the 2010's to slightly retro, neon violence. Of course cyberpunk existed long before (tabletop game was from the 80's), but HM1 really pushed the rest of the scene when it went viral. All this from a game I can beat in 1-2 hours, almost always in one sitting.

I want less buggier games with worse graphics and a consistent framerate

I think that Cruelty Squad being one of the weirdest games out there, and still being fun as hell actually says a lot about this.

One of my favorite small indie games, A Short Hike, is a great example of the argument made. The art style is very stylized, with its pixelated camera filter and cartoony characters. It’s a very short game too, clocking in at around only 2 hours, but it was a blast trying to 100% the little game and finding out all of its little secrets. I highly recommend it if you want a casual game to have fun and explore in.

Nintendo and most indie games are doing a great job of meeting these needs, and I am super excited to see the Steam Deck doing well so far since it could mean a future for indie consoles

For me, a games aesthetic and characters are really important to me. I recently played Master Detective Archives: Raincode, and is it the best game..? No. But the world and characters are just so charming, I had fun even if it felt a little too short. A cool style draws me in way more than a realistic style.

Agreed with all your points! I haven’t even FINISHED Cult of the Lamb but I still feel I got my moneys worth. Not everything is made for everyone and that’s fine.

i 100% feel the same way. Studios are too afraid of taking chances because the budgets are so high right now, so everything feels formulaic.

Those people who are in the mindset of "well, indies exist" don't get the point, it would be ten times better to have a polished Game with amazing artstyle and badass gameplay but Big studios are just focusing in bigger games and better graphics that causes them to delay those games for like Half a decade now, When ignoring those things would be much Easier to just make banger after banger of profitable and cheap games that take 2 years at much. The thing is indie games are cool but they don't have enough budget to make both a Good presentation and Good gameplay and at the same time polish the thing enough before lunch. It usually is just 1 or 2 of those 3.

Was about to comment saying, "if it's such a problem, then stop buying it" right as your collective action segment started to roll. Glad you mentioned that. Wish it was more integral to the video instead of just running as the credits roll. Makes the important part feel like an after thought

I think believably chopping down trees would be satisfying and fun. Maybe it got cut because they were concentrating on the graphics.

Understandable. Indie games are pretty baller.

I'm a programmer by trade. As is probably true of most devs at this point in time, I originally started because I loved video games and wanted to work on them. The book "Game Coding Complete" (I think I had the 4th edition) by Mike McShaffry and Rez Graham set me straight quickly. These guys both worked for major development studios and shared stories from their time in industry. One thing that stuck was mention of "the Century Club," a joke about how hard they had to work - 100+ hour weeks often enough for them to see it regularly.

As someone who does enjoy their long open world games at times. I do appreciate smaller indie games with creative art styles with solid experiences that don't overstay with their welcome unless you absolutely want to. I adore Hades, Tunic, and Pizza Tower so much. You can put alot of hours into it if you want to.

100% agree with this video if a game is short but feels great to play and doesn't keep dragging on forever, you'll be a lot more likely to replay it as well; that whole "cost per game length" thing assumes you're only playing through that game once my top 3 favorite games this year (as in, games I played for the first time this year, not games that came out this year) are Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Lunistice and Final Fantasy IV; one cartoony-looking modern AAA game, one obscure indie game with pretty-much-PS1 graphics, and one game older than me (well, at least the original version of it) with pixel art graphics. they took me 30 hours, 15 hours and ~50 hours to complete, respectively, but every single last one of these hours was enjoyable, with Ratchet & Clank making me wish we were getting more AAA game like this nowadays. It hasn't even been 2 months since I 100%'ed the first two, yet I'm already starting to wanna replay them lol (FFIV I finished like 2 weeks ago. will prolly wanna replay it again later tho) but I do enjoy some long games *IF* they follow this "every moment spent playing feels worth it" pattern; Hollow Knight and Epic Battle Fantasy 5 (an indie turn-based RPG Flash game from 2018, also the game with my favorite soundtrack) take a really long time to complete but would definitely be in top 10 favorite games since they just, feel, good, to play.

I hate people who thinks "I paid this game x amount so it should at least be x hours long" so much. It's because of that kind of people if now games are made so painfully long for no reason at all. It's just a stupid way of valuing your time too, you want a game to last 60 hours even if the game sucks asses just because you paid it 60? People should value how much FUN and ENTERTAINMENT not using the completely arbitrary and random metric of "1 hours = 1 buck". Who even decided that? Why is it not 50 cent or 5 bucks instead of 1? It makes absolutely no sense. The Order 1886 was harshly criticised because it was "too short" but I would kill to have a game like that again. It didn't drag long for no reason, it was straight to the point and it did what it wanted to do really good.

I only have one disagreement: ALL workers need to be unionized.

i genuinely think ps2 graphics are beautiful, its almost like reading a book where you dont have the complete visual representation of it, and so you need to imagine the details and nuances. idk how to explain but when i play these somewhat early 3d games like ps1/ps2 i fell like the graphics makes me imagine everything more vividly. like when playing half life, i like seeing a cylinder and having to complete the image in my head to create a granade (sorry if bad eng)

I just wanted to say that I love the way you talk in a very clear and calming way, with a pretty good dictation, and without doing any kind of exagerated expressions. As a non-native english speaker, I can understand you perfectly. You're doing an amazing job and I wish that more people discover and follow you content!

"Iron Triangle" GREAT call out!! your example for this is on point, really illustrates the issue with AAA expectations.

I do love a game with a beginning, middle and end, slight side quest necessary to move the gameplay forward and many fun side quest that just give you more goodies for winning them. I do not have enough time to linger on too lengthy games. I could play slightly lengthy games back in highschool but when you have a job and several obligations, going for long playtimes is rare. Short fun makes you feel like you have achieved something when you finish them and it feels good. A too long game feels like a never-ending fun-turned-to-nightmare stuff.

When focusing on the main objectives, The Binding of Isaac is about 11 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 138 Hours to obtain 100% completion. So yea, that doesn't mean the game is 140 hours long, it just means it has a lot of hidden depth behind the rogue-like loop. Otherwise is just an 11 hour finish and switch game. Which is shorter than Cult of the Lamb, if you really want to compare the 2.

For me, a major component for me to continue playing a game is the story. If it doesn't grab my attention within the first chapter than I will more than likely not finish it. This applied to games like FF10 and hopefully FF16 after the demo, but it also included games like Valiant Hearts and Hades.

I think that there is an argument for worse graphics. Something that stood out to me when watching Bungie's Halo 3 video is the amount of work that increased when they transitioned to HD.

oh hey thanks for the iron triangle part. I came across that way back in my university days, my professor used "effort" instead of scope but everything else is exactly the same and I have lived by these teachings ever since. just never knew it was called the iron triangle. fucking sick name too.

one of my favorite games ive played in the last few months is Vampire Survivors. Graphically it looks like it could of came out on Sega Genesis, yet its so simple and addictive

Holy hell your channel skyrocketed and grew so much from last I checked you out, congratulations! Been a fan for a while, and thank you for your continued content!

I love your videos and your style of presentation, simple, to the point, frank and of course the fact that you express yourself very well(the words you use and the tone of your voice) thanks for another great video !

My absolute favourite releases recently was hi-fi rush it's just a perfect game imo it wasn't rushed it a decent length and best of all it's just plain fun! No micro transactions, no subscriptions, no loot boxes, etc. just a fun hack and slash with amazing animation and art style and it's funny af

I'd love for AAA-studios to have a contest and come up with the best possible game within a 12 months timeframe. All gameplay, little time for graphics and a small story. I'd play that

I think you forgot to mention perhaps the most important thing related to the initial statement. If games get overall easier to make, more of them can be produced, that means more games to play but also more shots for devs, so possibly more experience and more concepts

Metroid Dread is the perfect example of how this mentality can make an incredible game

Something I feel could have been brought up is the lack of creative freedom for developers in larger studios. Due to publishers wanting to follow trends, many mechanics are sometimes pushed into products that the developers would not have pushed otherwise. Take for instance all the blatantly forced battle royale modes so many games got and microtransactions. It also correlates to modern games being "safer" in terms of design, not taking risks as its an easy revenue stream. This is less of a problem for indie games as they are not chained to a set of rules for their development.

An incredible video as always. Couldn’t have come at a better time either! Last hour of my shift was infinitely improved, and its a topic that’s been on my mind since I preordered Diablo 4. As always, I loved watching, and I can’t wait for next time!

I want longer games with better graphics made by people who are paid less to work more. We are not the same.

The problem isn't realistic graphics. The problem is that for the last 10 years what we got from the AAA western studios have been always the same. Action Adventure or Shooter with realistic graphics that take up to 10 years in development. That's why people get excited for a Tech Demo like Astro's Playroom.

Excellent commentary an editing. Glad this video showed up in my recommendations (YT has been really off the mark on that in recent months). The Iron Triangle graphics were fantastic, including how they changed in tandem with your talking points. Kudos!

good video. my one issue with it is I felt you might have misunderstood the "worse graphics" part of the meme. you discussed this as if it were solely a demand for stylised graphics rather than photo realistic, whereas it's a bit more complicated than that. for me there are two main reasons for wanting worse graphics, the first is the effect on the devs, which you covered in other sections. but the second benefit, the one you didn't mention was the effect on hardware and frame rate. take The Last Of Us 2 as an example, if Big Naughty Dog Neil came to me and said would you prefer graphics similar in quality to the PS4 version of part 1, I wouldnt have thought twice, I'd happily sacrifice some fidelity for a performance improvement, in fact I do exactly that on PC all the time. funnily enough the conclusion about graphics still applies, a higher frame rate won't make a bad game good, but it can make a good game better

I don't want to be nitpicky too much because I agree with the sentiment you mention and it's a good video, but some points need to be pushed back at least from an indie perspective. With regards to short vs long game, maybe some people on social medias "say" they want shorter ones, but in game dev circles a lot of people are analysing what games are selling for marketing and sales planning: it's pretty clear that a big section of players (aka most of Steam) much prefer longer games (generally through replayability). This also goes into the management triangle with which I don't agree (mostly as a project manager myself lol). There are games that took a couple of months to make and have very long gameplay. Here's list of a few games that, for a (generally) small team (1-3) were made (generally) under a year: Another World, Binding of Isaac, A Short Hike, Paper's Please, Hotline Miami, SNKRX, 20 minutes till dawn, etc. even more recently Endoparasitic, etc. And it's not just indie: if you look at older games, you can find examples (just to name one, Rollercoaster Tycoon). What I'm saying is that although graphics are really the crux of the matter, the "type" of game also has an impact: less so the playing time itself. A very good roguelike/roguelite or management/simulation game can be done with low graphics in a reasonable time (low scope) and will still provide extended gameplay and enjoyment for the players (in the tens if not hundreds of hours). (Also, small nitpick, but IMO cuphead IS sophisticated, it is a highly polished 2D in a very professional style. Compared to the total size of the team, the number of artists/animators/art contractors is higher than the rest.) Good video and discussion!

Great overview of the issue! The importance of artstyle, and style in general, is such a good point. It's not even just the games industry struggling with this "make everything expensive and identical" problem, it's every creative industry right now. For a good example of fantastic indie games, look at everything by Analgesic Productions. They're a phenomenal two-person team making innovative gameplay experiences with stories that impact me far more than any AAA title ever has. Sephonie, for example, is a masterpiece on both fronts. I can't think of a corporate game in from the 2020s that compares. Shorter, more stylistic games with well-paid devs is the only way out of this mess!

People are finally learning the difference between aesthetic and graphical fidelity. Graphical fidelity can help sell an aesthetic, but AAA companies have been putting the cart before the horse and focusing first on graphical fidelity and aesthetic second or not at all.

You're right; for me, it's much more about having strong art directions, and far less about the graphical fidelity. If a game's art direction is displeasing, there is no amount of polishing that will save it, and, personally, I can't stand a focus on hyper-realism-- at best, it's only ever an uncanny-valley.

Motion twin (the creations of dead cells) are amazing with dev times and avoidance of crunch time. Truly a pillar of what the industry standard should be.

im pretty open to all types of games, even the open world stuff, i enjoy completing stuff even if its “meaningless” cause its just nice for me whilst enjoying short games at the same time like Undertale and Cuphead which are some of my favorite games. Graphics never really mattered to me as long as they dont make my eyes hurt.

One of my favorite examples of a shorter game that left me with a really good experience was Oneshot. It's a $10 game that has some puzzle elements, and a really good story. It takes under 8 hours to fully beat, but that doesn't make it not worth the money. Think of it like buying a book. Most physical copies of books will cost about 14-15 USD (20 for hardcover.) Some books are longer than others, but it usually doesn't take you 15 hours to read the book. The value comes from the experience, how much you enjoy it, how much of an impression it leaves on you. There are games that I've played that I don't even remember a thing about, and the games I've played that make me smile fondly when recalling the experience I had playing it.

You have such a fantastic point with the “make it meaningful”. Also 2 other major problems: 1) You have to create your own ingredient Instead of devs can go into the kitchen and cook something, they often times have to build their ingredients before they even can cook something, even tho there are so much engines it is still complicated. That leads in my eyes to 3 other problems: Many do the same mistakes (year over year bad games are reborn), second they waste time and third surviving the time. Indie-Devs that have to develop for 4-7 years, like for example Stardew Valley. THAT IS INSANE! If many basic things would already be done, easy interchangeable and more people could ACTUALLY cook, instead of creating their own ingredients, that would be a game changer. So people could focus on story, puzzles, mysteries and basic (solid) structures. 2) Wasting Hardware If we think about HOW MUCH Graphic-Cards have increased in their performance over the era from 1080 to 3090, but instead of using those potentials resourcefully, they just get WASTED. Games like Crysis already look decent. But today, in perspective of the 80/20-Rule, so many games with PERFORMANCE ISSUES!? WTF!? thx for reading potato

I loved this video!! We need more based video game channels like yours! Unfortunately quite a majority of vocal “gamers” are cranky man-children “gamer bros” who always throw tantrums about “graphics not being pretty enough”, “not having enough content they can whale out their time or money on” or heck even stuff like “my gameplay character isn’t objectifiably good looking like a supermodel”

I think a good example that comes to mind is Corpse Party. I rarely get scared anymore by "polished" horror games, but CP had so much horrifying elements in its storytelling and, along with the use of a few moving pixels, made me lefitimately feel unnerved. The player's imagination added so much - and I feel this is something that big studios just don't cater to enough.

Wish more games embraced stylized looks

One example is batman arkham knight, that game is only 16 hours long, but the care and meaning put into that game to make some real art is what makes it one of my favorites of all time. I also just don't want to spend days playing one game, there is so much better to do in my opinion and enjoying a shorter piece of art is my preference. Take the first portal for example. That game takes 45 minutes to complete- but it's another one of my favorites of all time. The mysterious story, environment, and hilarious sarcasm makes it worth it for me

I WANT LONGER GAMES WITH BETTER GRAPHICS MADE BY DEV WHO ARE PAID LESS TO WORK MORE AND I’M NOT KIDDING