The "Good For Its Time" Defense

[Kosheh]

now, let me tell you

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* Kosheh raises hand and desires to add very little to this argument except

pick me pick me i wanna answer this one

Will both Five Nights at Freddy's and Flappy Bird be "good for its time" 10 years later on?

NO - they'll not be classics because they're an "old game" or a "trendy", "mainstream", "skinned" version. they'll be classics because of the distribution platform at the time and also the "low on resources, high on gameplay" aspects of the game!!! (in other words, how the creator did so much with so little!!!!!) let's not forget the arcadey approach of "oh cmon you can do better just hit this button to retry"

- Flappy Bird being so disgustingly simple (yet hard to control) that its deceptive interface made it easy to get mad at the game and keep trying due to its fundamental design!!!
- Five Night Freddy piggybacking on 1) anthropomorhic animals which the internet loves 2) spooky games that can be churned out on a dime that gamers love 3) surprisingly thick lore that TEENS love 4) its EXTREMELY LOW PRICE POINT that teen internet gamers love
- oh yeah and they're both PC (politically correct not the computer) because like theres no distinguishable genders in it for modern critics to use to bring up tropes for a discussion point

they've set the bar high for developers to come!!
Ten years from now we'll probably have gamers reminiscing on FNAF and indie developers once again trying to make Shit Your Pants horror with the game dev equivalent of bubble gum and toothpicks