Fun, In a 2020+ Way
Games in 2020+ are not like games of earlier generations. Whereas fun used to be the goal of games, now the ultimate goal is to frustrate you into making in app purchases, and delivering some positive feedback behind that. It delivers a temporary shot of re-enforcing reward behind the purchase, with the hope that you will develop a Pavlovian purchase == fun response. This is the status quo in the App Store now, and the younger generations have bought into it. Older folks, however, understand why your driver was programmed to crash on the lap he was winning (message: see, if you had spent the cheddar you would have won, remember this next time!). The thing is, once you understand the emotions your supposed to be having, the whole thing becomes quite predictable, so if your one of those who doesn’t think to much about it, you’ll likely enjoy it more. It also begs a little carried away with the virtue signaling bandwagon jumping. It’s a mobile game, not my moral compass. Probably 70% of my drivers in the game are women and probably half of the mechanics. This does not simulate reality anywhere, and therefore the made the effort to do this for reasons other than your personal enjoyment. I do not want my mobile games to try to teach me values as they see them. I’d rather they just focus on fun. I know that it’s a fad, but it’s silly, and it seems desperate . I’m not even sure why it would be desirable. There are few men in the roller derby, few women janitors, some things are dominated by one or the other. That is not bad, and there is absolutely no reason to insinuate that it is. Especially when 95%+ of the game’s players are evil oppressors. Just make 95% of the drivers evil oppressors so it will look familiar to us. On second thought, since this app has good ratings, and most players are male, it means that you are providing psychological enjoyment to the toxic 48% of mankind, thus enabling their evil thoughts to continue. My god, you’re monsters! I hearby shame you. Shame shame shame shame … Everybody now! Shame shame shame shame … You folks in the back, I can’t HEAR YOU! SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME! Oh yeah, that’s the stuff! I feel better about me already! Wait, where was I? Oh yeah, the pizza could have used more pepperoni, and the atmosphere was a little noisy, but the sauce was really good and I’ll be returning whenever I’m in the mood for some decent pizza. 4 out of 5 P.S. Kudos on the lack of data collection. Much respect for that.