Maybe selection bias? Is it like with music, where we think they use to have only great music just because all the bad stuff was forgotten and left in the past?
single again, light of my life, acting lessons, midlife crisis,now and then, a moment of bliss, avelon, bad memories, ecchi sensei(not really good writing but a fun romp), forbidden passion, libertine, freeloading family, harem hotel, desert stalker, hot sands of antartica, sorcerer,
I think alot of people noticed how much money people were making and hosted money grab projects i also feel that alot of games take too much inspiration from other games or use the same models to the point it doesnt really feel like were playing different games