The trend has stopped for modern films, but tons of releases are retroactively showing how it could have been done. Games that capture the creative intent of great films really well like pretty much any of the Alien games from the last decade, those terminator and robocop ones, even Dead by Daylight directly invokes specific director’s visions on characters, scenes, and even campy acting.

All of which are not rushed and who’s scope have appropriately matched their budget.

I’ve come to understand that satire is a canary in the coal mine for a society. The minute it becomes indescernible from the facts, something has gone seriously awry with society at large.

Obligatory don’t drink murcury… That said, there are 2 types and one is biologically innert so like… If you WANT to feel dense pools of metal splash down through your guts like… You can. It does nothing beneficial to your body except maybe the chance to dislodge something? Go ahead and ask your doctor, I’m sure he would enjoy the laugh.

Factorio feels way different even if it scratches the same itch. More structured with the grid system and lends itself to clean blueprint layouts for efficiency… Always more efficient… Always…

Idk if you’ve played Rimworld or Factorio but they scratch the same long-term-planning itch that Zomboid does.