10 Ways Gaming Is Better (And Worse) Than Ever

4. Better - The Sheer Feel Of Gameplay Is The Best Its Ever Been

Mario Odyssey Mount Volbono
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Of course, the fact that gaming has matured into having its ways set in stone, means innovation is replaced with perfection. Look to Super Mario Odyssey, and you have the best, most exquisite 3D platforming on the market.

FPS' like Titanfall, Call of Duty or Battlefield are hands-down the most responsive and objective best they've ever been. Sports titles, fighting games - just the act of controlling someone in, say, Dragon Ball FighterZ is unequivocally better than ever before.

It's an element we tend to overlook, but where many other mediums unanimously fail to recapture past glories, gaming tends to end each year with a slate of titles that do everything you already loved, in a far more worthwhile capacity.

Compare the sequels or reboots/remakes of games to those of films or the written word, and it's not even close. Games play better today than ever before, simple as.

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Gaming Editor
Gaming Editor

WhatCulture's Head of Gaming.