I mean, what the title says. Publishers, Funders; budget for programming and stop blowing your ridiculous wads on graphics and presentation. AAA, I’m tired of these movie-ass games. Give me knobs to fiddle. Give me buttons to push! Give me knobs to fiddle while pushing buttons and give me buttons to push while fiddling knobs. Give me playgrounds to knob and button.
100% agree
I’ll add that I also want challenge, I often lose interest when the game is just too easy.
I remember the old days with Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters where you had a “challenge” section that was so fun, you were determined to finishing them.