On spoilers - also the whole goddamm culture shifted. A lot of people won't pickup a game until they see at least gameplay vid of it or read tens of posts etc. Spoilers became culturally mainstream.

I do not partake and dive blind most of the time and still got that wonderfull wonder sensation I got as a kiddo.

Only ya know. We got so powerfull machines now that devs tend to focus on looks rather than story/gameplay. Thankfully slowly changing, in parts thanks to indie devs.