i can't help but feel like there's this constant cry for a world without consequence, and I think it's making gaming worse.
I'm not trying to win gaming. I'm just trying to have fun. If you re-read a passage in a book do you castigate yourself? If you rewind a movie do you self-immolate?
Not everyone plays games the same way, and that's not an indicator of the world getting worse. It's an indicator of people who enjoy things in a different way than you, which is - and this is scientifically verifiable - totally chill, my guy.
I have no idea what rereading a passage in a book has to do with my comment.
A world without consequences is basically saying there's no challenge. Overcoming obstacles is core to the nature of gaming. In fact, it's core to the nature of storytelling.
Again, why does there have to be success behind every failure?
"I go left." --you get what you want.
"I go right." --you get what you want.
"I stay put." --you get what you want.
While you're having fun getting what you want and being "chill," the rest of us are wondering what the heck happened to challenges with consequences. Scientifically speaking, of course.
