Games That Are Fun vs. Games That Are Not

 Here are some ways to tell if a game was made by people who care about consumers.

First off, we have Sony. Back when the PlayStation first came out, there used to be a lot of really fun and unique looking games.

I've never played any of these games, but I can tell by looking at them that they were made by people who care about gamers having fun. The covers alone make me want to check them out!

Spyro the Dragon was one of my favorites growing up. Despite the obnoxious "tude" on this cover, his design is still iconic to this day. 

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last at Sony. Starting in the late 2000s or so, a lot of their games began to take on a homogenized look.

I don't know about you guys, but if I saw images like these in a video game, I wouldn't want to play them at all.

Believe it or not, this comes from the same developers as the original Spyro games. Gone are all of the colorful, stylized levels and character designs. Now we have contests to see how "realistic" we can make our human characters. 

Doesn't this look fun??? I've always wanted to play a game where some girl is getting operated on!

Everyone loves Ratchet and Clank, right? Well, what if they were REALISTIC??????

Blech!!!! Haven't you always wanted to see the individual hairs in Ratchet's eyebrows? He looks like a rejected Pixar character!

Moving on from Sony, we have Ubisoft. Being a French company, they used to be fun and wacky.

Unfortunately, by 2003, they had only started making games that look like this:

Bland designs, bland washed out colors, and no fun.

Look at how gorgeous these 90s Capcom games were!

BUT NOW LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE BECOME

If you see a game with extremely dark visuals, then it's a sure sign that it's not fun at all!