So, what you're saying is... I'm right?The game wouldn't match the standards of today's games.Glad we can agree that you're using nostalgia to justify your claims that no game this generation is as good as when you were a child, and had to be far more careful on what you would buy or rent due to not having a job
First, none of the things you keep harping on have anything to do with being a videogame. In fact, when they take place you might as well put the controller down. Im not saying they have no value, but the vulgar saturation of them in the market has severely depreciated said value. Especially when that value is always present when far more important core fundamentals have atrophied.
Second, Im not talking about when I was a child, Im talking about just one generation ago. I personally believe gaming has by and large been getting better and better. Even when it suffers a graphical downgrade, like the nes reboot after the crash, fresh new gameplay carried it forward.
The games that existed when I was a child sucked. I will always revere them as landmarks, milestones. But nothing more. The games by and large suck now, and at best, are as amusing as mobile games, but much worse looking (missile command for example).
You are talking to the guy who constantly puts nostalgia champ oot at the bottom of the zelda lists (its not nostalgia to me, as far as im concerned anything 3d is pretty recent) with the only things lower being the original nes games.
You are talking to the guy who cant stand pokemon because it hasnt changed enough.
You are talking to the guy who constantly ruins ffvii love sessions (sorry guys, I yam what i yam.)
Nostalgia really isnt a factor here. The ps2 gen is nowhere NEAR old enough to be nostalgic. Its pretty recent to me.
And that generation makes this one look like crap. Factory line assembled homogenous crap.
also, reading sucks.
You just made Jordie Laforge cry.
On a serious note, I had a college grade reading level buy the time I was in the fourth grade. I think I can attribute that mostly to games like ff6 and chrono trigger.
You seem to be lumping all the fps games like cod and bf into the pile and it's skewing your results.The gameplay can be sound and nothing new, tomb raider had pretty good gameplay, but it's nothing new.Mario is nothing new, but it's got some of the best controls and gameplay I've ever enjoyed.Some complaints about ps2/xbox-1 generation:in racing games, ghosting was still common practise, where you'd overtake everyone and be 9001 miles ahead, and still they'd overtake you as soon as you made a single mistake.That's pretty much done away with now.hitboxes in fps' like armoured core, halo, etc. were often infuriating.That's what I've got off the top of my head.online multiplayer has spawned a whole new genre of games, for good or bad.Like bayonetta 2I mainly buy indie gamesI usually read a synopsis or watch a video of gameplay rather than let the game's budget decide what I should buy.
And im not just talking about fps's we have 4 fricking assassins creeds, 3 freaking uncharteds, (and a portable) and all their little me to clones all come from the same ps2 era source . They are all game design rips of the prince of persia 3d reboot with small tweaks.
It was already getting old the first time I played them. Except the ridiculous amount of money spent on vo and cutscenes. Which have nothing to do with being a game.
And im not saying there is nothing this gen, even among multiplats. i said my 360/ps3 library was smaller not non existant.
im talking about oversaturation and the devaluation that results. Yes there will always be room for good old familiar experiences, every once in a while, not all the time, which is my personal problem with nsmb (talking to the wrong guy about that series) or tossing out the brands identity, not to forge a new unique one, but to ape the factory line status quo, like tomb raider.
Although I agree with you on indies. the current model is unsustainable. Isnt that right thq? A lot of these incumbents will be following them if they dont change.
The indies will take their place with the good old proven sustainable business model that had kept gaming moving forward before it was abandoned and we began to stagnate. (all big name publishers of today used to be independant studios. Indie EA was amazing for its time. Theres a reason they no longer call themselves electronic arts.)
New experiences will begin again, and those that are chosen by the consumer will move on to AAA production.
Its only a matter of time. Im simply waiting for the festering cancer ridden remains of the corpse gods to finally die