# Are games getting worse, or are we just getting jaded?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-games-getting-worse-or-are-we-just-getting-jaded/549347>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 5, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-games-getting-worse-or-are-we-just-getting-jaded/549347 "2010-08-05T23:03:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 8

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-games-getting-worse-or-are-we-just-getting-jaded/549347/141 "2013-01-24T02:54:22Z")

</div>

> [@msmith537](#):
>
> Ok, this game from the people who made Total Anihilation and Supreme Commander might be pretty cool:
> 
> [http://planetaryannihilation.com/](http://planetaryannihilation.com/)

Seems to be the same formula you are dismissing though, just on grander scale.

Game looks awesome though 🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-games-getting-worse-or-are-we-just-getting-jaded/549347/142 "2013-01-24T04:01:33Z")

</div>

> [@Kinthalis](#):
>
> Seems to be the same formula you are dismissing though, just on grander scale.
> 
> Game looks awesome though 🙂

Yeah, but you get to crash an asteroid into a planet!

You’re right though. I would like to see something different. Maybe something like adding a realistic civilian component or something where it didn’t just feel like two armies of emotionless automatons going at it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-games-getting-worse-or-are-we-just-getting-jaded/549347/143 "2013-01-31T20:47:13Z")

</div>

I know, blasphemy…

but as a PC player I thank Og for Steam.

Lots of crap on there but also some gems.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-games-getting-worse-or-are-we-just-getting-jaded/549347.md?page=7)