Most important part is not to spiral down as you've already mentioned, it's a tough world out there and we live in a very grim time, I am sure you got this, and being a bit depressed it totally understandable.
What professions do you actually like? Sciences? Computer stuff?
I rarely played such genre, porn empire seems to be one of the most hyped ones, ero-hunters is kind-of a management game, also I played a unity-based city-builder that was quite okay but the game loop was quite easy, sadly forgot it's name thought, something with brothel I think 🤔
You've been through hell and still managed to pull yourself back up more than once. That's not "woe is me", that's resilience. Vent away, you've earned it. Hope the next turn comes soon.
Isn't that also the destination of every Live-Service game that doen't have a satisfying average player count for the stock holders?
Gaming had become pretty sad nowadays and we just can glance back to the good old days of people doing games from their hearts.
Hard to imagine that the "early access epidemy" started with minecrafts paid alpha in 2009 which has shown willingness of players buying unfinished games and skyrocketed with steams early access program in 2013 (2014?)
Ah, a fellow time-tossed child. You stopped in Subcon Forest? The place with the Snatcher’s instant-death hug-ropes and the Weeping Angel-esque Mafia statues that sprint when you blink?
Yeah. That’s the exact part of the game where the difficulty spikes from “cute collect-a-thon” to “excuse me...
Worst part is that people just accept it (better said have no might to say anything against it), I kinda feel the internet will die out slowly due to all those dystopian surveilance-laws slowly but steadily
I would guess quite the opposite will happen, nowadays we live in a very investement-oriented society, everything will become subscription-themed and even more pre-baked, not just games but cars and everything else you can consume. BMW already has subscriptions running for some years for some...
Oh damn it has forced ID now? That sucks
I try to stay away from all social-media stuff, I don't like getting spammed and it feels unhealthy, since I deleted Whatsapp (my only source to social-media) I feel way more healthy, it feels like all that stuff drains your life.