If they really wanted to capture that 2000s-era nostalgia, they shouldn't have gone for 2024-era wallet-squeezing.
Zenless Zone Zero
miHoYo
2
It's an open secret that XIV keeps Square Enix afloat so they can spend all the money on Forspoken and NFTs.
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
Square Enix Creative Business Unit III
3
All these spinoffs and side stories and not a single one makes me want to play League.
League of Legends
Riot Games
4
"GOTTA clap for Star Wars."
Star Wars Outlaws
Massive Entertainment
5
Have you seen the women in this game? Cash ain't the only thing they're milking out of me.
Marvel Rivals
NetEase Games
6
Roll for Mualani and Chasca or solve these three puzzles as the slowest lizards known to man? I know what I'm choosing.
Genshin Impact
miHoYo
7
Knowing that this is the one they're going to make again and again makes me covet Destined Death too.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
FromSoftware, Inc.
8
They've been doing this for decades now. Final Fantasy Tactics, Ehrgeiz, every game and movie in the Compilation of FF7, Kingdom Hearts. It never ends, this shit.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Square Enix Creative Business Unit I
9
Fortnite and its consequences have been a disaster for the games industry.
Fortnite
Epic Games
10
Of all the lessons to take from Fortnite, Cheech and Chong shooting at Homelander and a Gundam was not the one I was expecting.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Treyarch, Raven Software
11
People used to say "How many times can you make the same game?" as a joke.
The Last of Us Part II Remastered
Naughty Dog
12
The guns don't kill the Justice League, but microtransactions and season passes do.