Because the formula you described has already proven quite successful when executed well. Of course, now we are oversaturrated with games like that and newer ones seem late to the party. With time, new trends will probably emerge, but for now - the incest formula still rules them all. In the...
1. RPGs, especially open world (Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed Odyssey/Valhalla)
2. Grand Strategy RPG (Pretty much any Paradox game - I have thousands of hours in Crusader Kings 2/3, Stellaris and Europa Universalis 4)
3. Sports (Football Manager, FIFA)
4. MMORPG (e.g. SWToR)
5. The...
Slow burn where the story progression guides the content is fine, I don't mind taking a journey with the writer. Pointless repeatable grind on the other hand just annoys the hell out of me and I usually either cheat to unlock whatever it is I'm grinding towards or drop the game altogether.
They can probably work with the proper execution. However, judging from the lack of positive recommendations in this thread, that doesn't happen often...
I can't actually remember the exact age I started thinking about sex. I do remember that I had my first real crush at maybe nine or ten, so it must have been around that time.
My first real drink was probably around 12. Then I started smoking and regularly drinking coffee at 15 and tried weed around the same time.
Nowadays, almost 30 years later, I still smoke more than I'd like and don't consider myself woken up until I've had my first cup of coffee. I drink...