There are many good reasons, not least the fact that for a game to be playable in first-person perspective the game has to be designed to be played in first-person perspective.
Also, there are countless examples of games played in third-person perspective that are deeply immersive. The Witcher III immediately springs to mind.
@Giulio6686 Double-jumping / air jumping. It makes no sense whatsoever, unless the character has a jet powered backpack or something, yet most platformers insist on using it.
Everyone was allowed into the room before this, it's just that only some were willing to put the required effort in. Now, the people who didn't want to put the required effort in will also be making games, and the average quality of games will plummet. This has already begun, just look at this years Steam Next Fest.
@NoMooreMercy I am still bitter over what they did to Dirt Rally. DR2 was one of the best racing games ever made, the sequel was inferior in every way. They abandoned a custom engine for Unreal and suffered all of the many problems and drawbacks that would obviously result. Idiots.
@gr8_rebellion I think it's true that there are more great indies game than ever but at the same time more indie shovelware than ever. Getting noticed is arguably the most challenging part of launching a title at the moment, and I'm not sure what the solution is.
@LadiesOfReddit@afall40 It's a brilliant game, a lot of fun. Maybe the people who can enjoy it for what it is (the gaming equivalent of an action movie) are the smart ones?
No, I don't like the show because it desecrates his work. It takes everything he made and perverts and twists it, with the intention of supplanting it in modern culture. The people who make it are leeches and parasites who cannot create themselves. They can only take what Tolkien worked so hard to create and attempt to bleed it dry in the full knowledge that he would be mortified to see this happen to his beloved creation.