There are times I feel like an asshole for my appreciation of the aesthetics of darkness and grit, and fondness of shooter games above all others. I have listened to plenty of complaints about the epidemic of grey-brown shooters and action games clogging up the market, and I sympathize. No one wants the gaming medium to stagnate, innovation and new gameplay styles are great, and I certainly wouldn't argue that perpetual bleakness is a good thing - but dammit, many of my favourite games are those very same grimdark-saturated shooters. I cannot blame the developers for trying to make games that have the kind of aesthetics and gameplay that I honestly enjoy the most.