[gicadin]

One thing i've found as an avid gamer is the lack of "humanity" in modern games. Modern high budget games are streamlined, risk averse, and predictable.

If you look at older games you'll often find the creator's / developer's quirks and mannerisms have seeped through showing mild biases, prejudice, stereotypes, etc (humanity). The freedom to express yourself in your work, resulted in people becoming emotionally invested in the product. This investment likely meant they spend many additional hours if not directly working on the product, than thinking about it resulting in a faster shipping date or a higher quality product in the same timespan.

[polytely]

There are still successful games like that, just look at the success of Elden Ring

[dlp211]

Maybe in aggregate modern gaming exhibits less humanity, but the best games today are on an entirely different level of story telling and emotional investment than 1991.

[anthk]

In depends on the genre. On IF, a lot of story telling has been unmatched.