https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03a.htm#s1

This work is titled "Marxism and the National Question" which Stalin takes the time to firstly descriptively investigate what nations are as they exist, and not what they *should be*

It might be worth it to read that beginning part so you get where I am coming from

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Considering how video games have been dumbed down and simplified over the years, will there be any games that till cater to people who like highly complex games that requires high amounts of investment 10 years from now?
@everyone

Why is this a question

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I hope so

Not everything needs to be geo political

But, the degeneration of video games is emblematic of the degeneration of art in society in general

Of course, If the market asks for it there will always be people that will provide such games

yes

@Earl of Morrrrgantown these kind of games still exist

also just turn up the difficulity lmao

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Just compare Daggerfall or Morrowind to Skyrim and you will see that games get less complex to appeal to a wider, younger audience

The cult of the market is destroying everything that once was beautiful and sacred

I don’t think video games have been simplified but the ones that are popular are simpler, if you do some digging you can find some really detailed ones

I do not believe that market forces should dictate everything

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@ritasuma Its not difficulty, its complexity.

@Earl of Morrrrgantown some people say bloodborne is just that

When the motivation is only money, the quality of the product is poor

I don't think Paradox Interactive is going to be as good they are now in the future

Games have become big business

there are also games like 'the witness' which is essentially a giant 3D puzzle exploration game @Earl of Morrrrgantown

Yes, Jonathan Blow is great

He has the right philosophy about all this

ive been meaning to play that game, havent gotten around to it yet

The only AAA game that I consider complex is Kingdom Come Deliverance

im getting a copy for my mom, who introduced me to myst when i was about 5yo

At least one that I bought recently

If I list all of my favourite games of all time, I realize that almost all of them were made by only a few people

Certainly teams of less than 10

@Earl of Morrrrgantown ehhh
complex games do exist

Art by committee is a mistake

That doesn't hold true only for games, but you can look to films and other media where you can see that the greatest masterpieces are often created by auteurs

Most gamers are unfortunately too stupid to care for a game accurately portraying Medieval Europe.

Yes

It's really that most _people_ are too stupid

Games have begun appealing to much wider audiences

And this necessitates that they be catered to with simpler, less challenging systems