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I think AAA games continuously fall into the trap that more money, more resources means a better game. Yes, more money and resources and development CAN lead to a better game but you can't rely on brute force to fix fundamental problems that should have been caught during the pre-planning or conceptual development of the game. If you are sacrificing the fun of the game loop to advance micro-transactions or whatever eldritch goals your upper management bosses want to splice into your Frankenstein monster of a game, you are never going to be able to mitigate the downsides of that approach.
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As usual these days there is always a game to scratch that specific itch. I have yet to play this one, but seems to match what you've not been able to do as a 'Wizard'
Simplicity in concept, complexity in execution, I would like to add.
Indie games have many great examples of this. They simplify existing games but they excel on the execution part, you're given a simple toolbox, but the way you use those tools is where the gameplay keeps evolving. Triple A also gives you a simple concept, but then forgets to make it shine, they don't explore the possibilities in execution, its just giving a character a standard moveset and then dragging it through a game world, when open, to visit all the map markers, and when linear, to check off the quest markers going from A to B. What's supposed to keep you attached is a constant stream of gacha mechanics, flashy lights when leveling up and constantly holding a promise that there's more, which really doesn't amount to anything.
Also, making video games is still an art form. Too much game development is still context-dependent and situational to make concrete rules that apply universally to all game development.
). TV's were black and white, pretty small and only 3 terrestrial channels available, there was no choice but to go outside to play or die from boredom 
Electronic calculators became widely available in retail when I was about 13 I think although they existed before that but I had never seen one in a shop until that age.
