True journalism is dying amid an ocean of indifference. People rarely read newspapers anymore! Everyone I know gets their daily dose of (often misunderstood/out of context/straight up false) headlines from the internet and news aggregator sites, which of course feeds into the problem - nobody buys newspapers, newspapers can't afford the same quality standard as before, less people buy newspapers.
I wish a serious effort was done to push back against this, or at least the problem was recognized as such. Democracy can't survive if there's no serious journalism: it needs well-informed people to make the right choice. Without journalism, all that remains is clickbait/ragebait headlines that are prime targets for election meddling. And that's not even accounting for AI writing slop with a "trust me bro" source attached to it.
I have the same reaction with the gameplay as well.
They somehow managed to add more crunch and complexity without improving neither the balance nor the turn-to-turn variety. I'm honestly impressed by their sheer incompetence.
Being cute?