What Happened to Edgy Games?

Text on the meme

MANHUNT ПРОТОТИПУ infamous DARKNESS What happened to edgy games?

What it means

A four-panel collage shows dark, violent-looking video games such as Manhunt, Prototype, inFAMOUS, and The Darkness. The joke nostalgically asks why modern games no longer feel as edgy, brutal, and stylish as these older titles, making it useful as a reaction to safer or less provocative game design. EN: A four-panel collage shows dark, violent-looking video games such as Manhunt, Prototype, inFAMOUS, and The Darkness. The joke nostalgically asks why modern games no longer feel as edgy, brutal, and stylish as these older titles, making it useful as a reaction to safer or less provocative game design.

Objects

four-panel collage / коллаж из четырёх панелей video game cover / обложка видеоигры masked man / мужчина в маске hooded figure / человек в капюшоне man in yellow jacket / мужчина в жёлтой куртке dark armored figure / тёмная фигура в броне red and black color scheme / красно-чёрная цветовая гамма lightning / молния glowing typography / светящаяся типографика urban destruction / разрушенный город