8 Video Games That Prove The Industry Has Learned Nothing

6. Crackdown 3

The Lesson: Open-world games need variety.

Open-world games have come a long way this generation. While just having a huge sandbox for players to explore and fight over used to be enough to maintain their attention for tens of hours, developers today need more than that to impress.

Consequently, the sub-genre has exploded in a whole load of different directions, for instance in the depth and complexity of Rockstar's worlds, which double down on their simulation aspects, and Ubisoft nailing the perfect formula of giving players an overwhelming amount of content to take on across their supremely detailed environments.

However, there are still games that refuse to change with the times, and are content to push out cookie-cutter sandbox experiences that feel like they've been pulled straight out of the mid-2000s. Crackdown 3 is the latest example, an extremely dated shooter which barely feels like it's advanced from 2007's original. After 10 years, you're still jumping around uninspired urban areas, collecting orbs, engaging in uninspired combat and repeating the same mission types over and over again.