GamingVice.net:
"Have you ever noticed the difference between games that came out 15+ years ago and now? And I don't mean graphically, or the addition of online play…or the format used for the games itself. Something in the gameplay has changed and makes games feel more random or cheap than anything and less strategically challenging unless you play against another person.
Developers seem to be more focused on how many enemies you see on the screen, or the quality of the graphics, or what the online features are rather than making the gameplay the strength and everything else a bonus."