Edgy protagonists and plots need to make a comeback. Why did people hate them so much?

Because the games they were in weren’t good

>>715672734 (OP)
were they actually edgy? how would edginess be brought back in 2025?
in the 2000s it was possible because it was easier to be dumb and anything even vaguely dark in tone was problematic to normies.

god i love dark / evil transformations. its just such raw cool energy and if anyone says its lame they are lying to themselves

You know what genre I'm glad died out? Collectathons.

the warehog wasnt edgy and his gameplay sucked
it was a medicre beat em up that required you to scour every level for medals to progress. if you have ever played dmc or bayonetta there is not point to replaying unleashed night stages

>>715673549
One of the most dated genres. Half the reason we enjoyed them as kids was because we had only played maybe 1 or 2 games before that.
They are bottom of the barrel games that are painfully casual.

>>715673674
>using the word "we" when he means "I"
Anon, your autism is showing.