8 Video Games That Won't Let You Quit!

2. Every "Live Service" Title

Psychonauts 2
Marvel Studios

Not to sound like the old man yelling at the clouds here, but video games have changed a lot since I started sucking on that digital teet back in the early '90s, and one of the most incredible shifts for me personally isn't related to the graphics or the processing power of modern-day platforms, but in how video games are now effectively "evolving titles"

Thanks to the ability to patch games on the fly, the rise of "Early Access Titles" and of course Games as a "Live Service" we're genuinely experiencing a bizarre scenario where the game you buy on Day One might actually be totally different to the final product that becomes shaped by events, DLC, and community feedback. What developers are trying to do here is make a title that adapts to the players changing tastes and in effect provides them with something they will never stop playing.

The last thing a title nowadays wants to do is make a player quit, and so by clever (and rather disturbing) emotional manipulation and reward cycles, can tease out daily challenges, roadmaps for content, special timed events, and more in order to keep you hooked. In essence, some video games these days will do all they can to never let you quit!

Creepy right?

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