Like pretty much every other aspect of life, trends often come and go in gaming. Many ideas only become trends because they achieve a level of popularity that quickly elevates them to the status of “the standard.” Over time, though, it’s natural for people to become tired of those trends to the point that they’re eventually replaced with new fads. However, I struggle to think of a time when the incredibly popular trend of “Gear Scores” was ever truly welcome even before the industry’s overreliance on that trend turned it into one of the most tired tropes in modern gaming.
