Nier creator Yoko Taro reveals the sad reality of modern AAA game development, “there's less weird people making games”

Nier creator Yoko Taro reveals the sad reality of modern AAA game development, “there’s less weird people making games” - VideoGamer

Nier and Nier Automata creator Yoko Taro laments the loss of weird people making games in the modern games industry.

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TL;DR: Nier mastermind Yoko Taro—famous for roaming around with a moon-faced helmet and shouting “shit, Square Enix”—says modern AAA studios have grown too safe, squeezing out the “weird” visionaries who once made games memorable. While indie hits like Undertale, Disco Elysium and Doki Doki Literature Club still push boundaries, big budgets now shy away from anything too off-kilter, leaving talents like Yoko Taro stuck in development limbo (sorry, no Nier Automata sequel just yet).