There's a lot of AAA that isn't slop. That sounds like coping.

Honestly this. I really need people to start defining what they think a AAA game is, because I feel like my definition is different. In my mind, a AAA game is any game made by a large well-known company that either has a series/brandname for itself (i.e. Mario, Resident Evil, CoD) or one that has poured a shit ton of money into it (usually due to employee count). Usually a mainline game, not side or spin-off.

And so going off of that, I truly struggle to think of a AAA game I have played in the last 3 years that could truly be called slop. The only game in that timeline that makes me go "eh", was FFXV, but I don't think the game is pure slop, it's just obviously incomplete without the DLC story. There are people still crying about this game and saying they miss the characters, and it's more than a decade old now, so I feel it's hard to call it slop.

Maybe it's because I mostly enjoy single player games over multi and I play more Japanese than western games, but I don't know why people buy the latest CoD or Madden and expect it to be significantly different from the last game. Like we know EA does microtransactions, stop buying their fucking games! Why do we expect 95% of SaaS games to be remotely good?

And not that I think indies suck, because I think they're great too! But people make it sound like every indie game is going to change your life, when there are thousands of indies out there that are just okay. Hell, some big name "indies" aren't even indies, they're AA games like CO:E33. And some indies have unfortunately felt lackluster for me, like Cassette Beasts.

Don't even know of that game.

I dont really stay up to date on super new games either tbh. I have a huge console collection so a lot of my gaming is spent there as well. Besides, I dont pay more than 20 dollars for games, so I dont buy new ones.

Also, since I refuse to run windows, quite a few scummy game companies are purposely locking out linux users with their trash anti cheat. So I wont play those games and have no want to.

Oh also I just looked up that game. I cant stand that kind of game so I would never feel the need to play it. Too much fantasy and flashiness for me. Wayy too complex to be fun for people who dont game 12 hours a day.