At the height of eroge in the 2000s, a small company like Minori can pull off Ef combining great art and writing. Likewise all the best stuff are from then or early 2010....Somehow afterwards though, there seems a malaise in the industry for some reason.....stuff became more simple and half-hearted.
There's arguments that writers and artists are shifting to other entertainment media but I somehow don't really buy that. At least game-wise, the point/click ADV text game is stupidly popular in Japan since forever. Hell, most mobage these days are literally ADV style as a basis. It still seems that a drop in quality is the main reason people turn away but why that drop, I can't tell
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