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I specifically mean games or series that featured some kind of niche subculture/activity/lifestyle that appealed to teens and young adults as opposed to ones that were just fads among kids like Pokemon in the 90s or toys-to-life games in the 2010s or just generally popular games

DDR (no, not that one) probably counts as one, though that might've been mostly confined to Japanese arcades

Does this sort of thing even happen anymore? I assume these days youngins just play Fortnite, Call of Duty Warzone or whatever else instead of extreme sports or rhythm games

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[–] NewOldGuard@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago

I had a lot of fun with VR from like 2019-2021. But it really does still feel like a gimmick. I loved whipping it out at a party or kickback, and people were always eager to play some games on it, but it really was the novelty that made it fun. It offers unreal immersion but the space requirements, up front costs, and isolating feel are big turn offs. And using it longer than 2 hours or so is near impossible. That said, my friends all got quests and quest 2s during quarantine and it gave us a lot of new and more immersive ways to play pc games and socialize that I valued during that time.