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Game ideas that would have been cool in 2003 but not anymore

by redfoxbennaton

We once had amazing game ideas but they never made for fun ideas in the end

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Microtransaction

1. Microtransaction

Microtransactions used to be cool for wow and phone games. Now they make playing a video game a chore. Have been put everywhere and are pure greed.

Downloadable Content

2. Downloadable Content

Add ons where cool for games like wow and quake. Now they are just filler and can get lost to time.

Scripted Events

3. Scripted Events

Scripted events brought games like Half-Life to life. Now they just slow down the experience locking you into a wallking cutscene

Steam

4. Steam

Steam is still good dont get me wrong but now it's just annoying that i open a video game client just to open another game client. It was just easier with disks atp.

5. Live Service Game

Having a game constantly updated with goodies is such a good idea or was. Now it's boring and no one cares about it. Please just stay in pop tropical.

Open World

6. Open World

Go anywhere do anything! Is pointless if any choke point has no true purpose. Popularized by gta 3. Open world games changed gaming. Due to a backlash against linear games. People wanted everything Open for no reason.

Virtual Reality

7. Virtual Reality

VR was so cool in science fiction. Too bad most vr experiences are as immersive putting your face too close to the tv with poop in your pants in real life.

Discontinued MMO

8. Discontinued MMO

Mmos in general