I don't really care about cars but I have much more appreciation for the sim side. If it leans to simulation, the more nuanced the physics systems get. They are simply deeper games.

Black Ops 2 zombies is fantastic. I could imagine an argument

I wonder if they identify the normal encounters as boring, lacking any real strategy, so they make it faster. I feel like they've been making normal encounters quicker with each game. Maybe they should solve the root problem instead of creating more problems

After playing the game, I was thinking of Spiderman (2018) in comparison which uses many negative Hollywood tropes. The big thing being a character becoming the main villain because of their disability

In FFXV the character Ignis becomes blind, accepts it and has agency but the other party members all feel guilty and fight over it. Immediately after, Ignis is not useful in gameplay but eventually adapts and becomes effective as before. Same as before is unrealistic but I think it's good portrayal

TLOU2 is closer to Shadow of the Colossus but taken to extremes. The dissonance and contradiction between the player and player character is the point (enjoy the combat, it is thematic!). MGS3 requires role playing to make it work, where TLOU2 would never let you self insert