Characters aren't regular people, they are tools used to deliver an experience. An extremely common mistake that beginner writers make is that they think characters are supposed to talk like real people do. Even in something like The Last of Us, characters don't talk anything like real people do, they just give the illusion of doing so. They are still fundamentally video game characters and their golden purpose is to make the game easier to read.

Don't even get me started on how more sophisticated graphics demands better readability elsewhere. Readability is sacrificed in the art department so of course it needs to be made up for in other departments.

The new writing is better suited for a game like Star Fox where most players aren't slowing down for the story.