Where did all the GOD GAMES go?

youd think god games would have resurfaced with the rise of PC gaming, and perhaps more logically, during the VR push

what better way to sell VR than making Black and White 3 or another god game where you can literally look down upon your subjects, wank them off, throw them about and build or smash the cities. Pic related would have made sense being VR as is, but even without VR, why did the genre die?

We've got endless 'cosy' lifesim building games, colony builders, city builders etc
Wheres the slow burn anti-cosy god sims at?

>>717823905 (OP)
>>>/vp/

>>717823905 (OP)
>all the GOD GAMES
All two of them?

>>717824246
there were a couple of other ones, they were popular back in the day and were up there with things like age of empires
there were some attempts at bringing them back, including the autist behind black and white crowdfunding a new godsim back in like, 2016 or something

it failed
the issue is people keep cutting corners or getting lazy, leading to boring games

>>717824482
I wouldn't say they were "popular" exactly. They were prominent, because the games were unique and interesting. But ultimately niche. And not only niche among the players, but there was like one devs who made those. And when they stopped, nobody else did. Although, I agree in the sense that I did expect a revival of the genre with better tech, but alas.

Black and White had some fun ideas but overall it was a shitty game

>>717824637
which is why games like that should be remade

remake bad games with good ideas, or good games with flaws. Stop remaking the shit we already liked.

Wouldnt buy a VR set for B+W but I would like to see a B+W 3 with 1/2s issues sorted out
like I said, colony builders are popular, which is basically what god games are, only theyre more... direct? less casual?
Theyre so similar its weird to me it died off is all

>>717823905 (OP)
Molyneux was the only guy making them

>>717823905 (OP)
touch screens destroyed rts

>>717823905 (OP)
>Pic related would have made sense being VR
Fuck off retard, VR died for good reason and any attempt at reviving the god game genre should steer well clear of it.
>yeah we're gonna revive this genre and put it behind a $300+ entry fee (plus the cost of the game), force players to wear an annoying headset to play it, and then waggle his hands like a retard to do what he could have done with a small motion of the mouse

God games give players too much power in an era of censorship. Too problematic.

>>717826302
but in 2025+, being a god fearing christian is back on the menu

maybe in 2028 we will finally see its glorious return