Why did gaming industry ditched this aesthetic, and why is every time they do try to emulate it, it just ends up being faggy and gay?
>>744637378soulslop popularized dying and hopeless slop
Armored Core did that for literally 1 game out of 10 and even at the time it was unusual for the series. As for everything else, vectorized designs don't lend themselves well to games trying to sell themselves through HD ultragigga 4K resolution graphics.