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Seems more like wishful thinking to me. Mind you, it's wishful thinking that I agree with 100%, but I still think it's just wishful thinking.
While I adored Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire, and while I liked Dragon Age: Origins well enough (I never finished Dragon Age II and I still haven't yet touched Dragon Age Inquisition at all), and while I liked Mass Effect and, to a much lesser extent, Mass Effect 2 (still haven't touched Mass Effect 3, and I will never be touching Mass Effect Andromeda ever), I'd take a Baldur's Gate I & II or, especially, a Planescape: Torment over any of those any second of any minute of any hour of any day of any week of any month of any year. (I still can't really comment on The Witcher games or Cyberpunk 2077 as I haven't played any of those, aside from a few aborted attempts at the first The Witcher game.)
And, yeah, Disco Elysium pretty much blows all of those "cinematic" games completely out of the water, too. Prior to this article, though, I hadn't even heard of Broken Roads before. I had, apparently, heard of Citizen Sleeper at least, given that it's on my Steam wishlist, but I remembered next to nothing about it when looking at it again just now. And Roadwarden has been on my list for a while, though I haven't bitten on it yet. (EDIT 2) I've since given Roadwarden a try, and it is indeed pretty good. (/EDIT 2)
(EDIT) Just don't make the same mistake that I did of reading the asinine, putrid comments under the article. Rancid "opinions" like those are the very reason why I think the article itself is just wishful thinking. The modern video game industry, after all, is going to continue to cater to modern video game consumers, i.e. all those who have been sufficiently trained by the modern video game industry to "enjoy" (and, more importantly, to rabidly, militantly defend) the fetid slop that the modern video game industry spews out these days. *weary goddamned sigh* (/EDIT)
While I adored Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire, and while I liked Dragon Age: Origins well enough (I never finished Dragon Age II and I still haven't yet touched Dragon Age Inquisition at all), and while I liked Mass Effect and, to a much lesser extent, Mass Effect 2 (still haven't touched Mass Effect 3, and I will never be touching Mass Effect Andromeda ever), I'd take a Baldur's Gate I & II or, especially, a Planescape: Torment over any of those any second of any minute of any hour of any day of any week of any month of any year. (I still can't really comment on The Witcher games or Cyberpunk 2077 as I haven't played any of those, aside from a few aborted attempts at the first The Witcher game.)
And, yeah, Disco Elysium pretty much blows all of those "cinematic" games completely out of the water, too. Prior to this article, though, I hadn't even heard of Broken Roads before. I had, apparently, heard of Citizen Sleeper at least, given that it's on my Steam wishlist, but I remembered next to nothing about it when looking at it again just now. And Roadwarden has been on my list for a while, though I haven't bitten on it yet. (EDIT 2) I've since given Roadwarden a try, and it is indeed pretty good. (/EDIT 2)
(EDIT) Just don't make the same mistake that I did of reading the asinine, putrid comments under the article. Rancid "opinions" like those are the very reason why I think the article itself is just wishful thinking. The modern video game industry, after all, is going to continue to cater to modern video game consumers, i.e. all those who have been sufficiently trained by the modern video game industry to "enjoy" (and, more importantly, to rabidly, militantly defend) the fetid slop that the modern video game industry spews out these days. *weary goddamned sigh* (/EDIT)
