Learning about the concept of enshittification (https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/) made me suspect that this might be going on with games too. I mean these always online and monetisation trends seem to suggest so.
Though for me it‘s also the age and work, quest logs remind me of ticket systems and grinding of more repetitive work and it all lost it‘s shine. I enjoy games still, but less often I would say.
I usually hate LinkedIn, but I once found this little wheel of control and abuse there:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/workplace-abuse-power-control-jo-banks
Read through this with the mindset of being a powerful minority in charge of a powerless majority, who need to be kept under control and producing for your benefit. Then a lot of this makes sense.