This is exactly what I said to myself last year when I noticed Shrek, Xena and Zoboomafoo. Even the shovelware eventually becomes precious

Dural better have caustics like this in the new Virtua Fighter

It means we made them spend a billion dollars kicking our inevitable victory down the road and it's only going to get more expensive. Win or lose, this was huge progress compared to 2020

all tron sequels should look like this

Croc tank controls made me the man I am today. You must become a game-shaped peg to fit the game-shaped hole

Same reason my paintings got fewer and further apart, and why I never used the same style more than twice. Also the main thing that distinguishes the games I'll play for 2 hours and 200 hours (and why I barely play games at all now). I've consumed all the low-hanging fruit already