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    The Current Trend of The Anticlimax in Video Games

    I'm not so sure it's a matter of want. In the end, the bean counters are the ones that direct where the resources go. I'm quite certain the designers had every wish to make a big ending. Then there is another issue: Ubiquitous DLC. Many people will be less interested in DLC if they...
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    The Current Trend of The Anticlimax in Video Games

    It's NOT mid-way budget cuts. In the last five years, games makers have been deliberately cutting back on the "big ending". Why? Both consoles and PCs now collect player telemetry. Mass Effect 2 was the first big one I saw on this, but everyone's doing it. What did they find? Only 50%...