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Subject: I'm contemplating on quitting this current generation of "...

I too am disappointed with movies and games alike as of lately. One of the issues is the emphasis on improving graphics to photorealistic qualities. One thing that developers or gamers alike don't seem to realize is that concentating resources on visual enhancements does not make a fun game. Take the original Mario for example and give it realtime rendering with distance blur and ray tracing and tell me if it makes the game anymore fun to play than it already is.

I think what graphics are is a selling point, actually. What I mean by this is that with how spoiled we are, we expect every game out there to look like real life. If the game doesn't look fantastic, we don't even give it a chance. Take for instance when I tried playing FFVII and at first I wouldn't touch it with a 10ft pole because the character models looked ridiculous. Only after awhile did I return to the game and after playing it for a bit, I discovered that it was as much of a piece of gold as everyone makes it out to be.

Video games shouldn't visually go back to the stone age but if there's anything I've learned, it's that gameplay should take complete priority over visual flair for that's what makes a game enjoyable. Gameplay first, visual design second.

  • 12.04.2012 2:12 AM PDT

It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.

Posted by: chickenlittle
Cheeto is the only one among you that doesn't suck.

I honestly don't want games and movies to all be photorealistic. Yeah, some stories are better told looking real, namely modern dramas and war stories, such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, etc.

Most games would be better served with more creative visuals and color palettes, ones that will be vibrant and beautiful to look at.
That's not to say it can't look real. The characters don't have to be cartoons, but they don't need to look like they aren't CGI.
Posted by: DarkSpyda04
I too am disappointed with movies and games alike as of lately. One of the issues is the emphasis on improving graphics to photorealistic qualities. One thing that developers or gamers alike don't seem to realize is that concentating resources on visual enhancements does not make a fun game. Take the original Mario for example and give it realtime rendering with distance blur and ray tracing and tell me if it makes the game anymore fun to play than it already is.

I think what graphics are is a selling point, actually. What I mean by this is that with how spoiled we are, we expect every game out there to look like real life. If the game doesn't look fantastic, we don't even give it a chance. Take for instance when I tried playing FFVII and at first I wouldn't touch it with a 10ft pole because the character models looked ridiculous. Only after awhile did I return to the game and after playing it for a bit, I discovered that it was as much of a piece of gold as everyone makes it out to be.

Video games shouldn't visually go back to the stone age but if there's anything I've learned, it's that gameplay should take complete priority over visual flair for that's what makes a game enjoyable. Gameplay first, visual design second.

  • 12.04.2012 2:47 AM PDT

-blam!- Was that actually blammed out? Or did I just type it? You'll never know.

I've pretty much stopped playing anything online, but and AC3 and Absolution made me weep for single-player experiences. I'm thinking Far Cry 3 will change that though.

  • 12.04.2012 2:49 AM PDT

Or alternatively you could get a life and game less. That way you don't need games to have fun and and as such bad games won't bother you. Only play when a good game comes out.

  • 12.04.2012 3:02 AM PDT

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Posted by: Onca Rapotee
Like Deus Ex...Hell the developers of that game had the courtesy of keeping you updated on the story so far whilst the game was loading.


Few and far games will do that, but patience will have the good games come out.

  • 12.04.2012 3:22 AM PDT

My legit Killtrocity

Camping like a 'mouth breather'
If Fed Ex and UPS merged into one company, would it be called Fed Up?

I don't want to start another account for a digital number that has no true value in ten years.

The world is all about money

Learn to deal with it

  • 12.04.2012 3:35 AM PDT

Why Bungie, why would you do this?! - Halo Community


Posted by: EvilTaffyapple
Posted by: Onca Rapotee
How is the Wii U anyways?


Blunder of the century apparently.

  • 12.04.2012 3:57 AM PDT

I think the only time that influence has really hit me hard is with Mass Effect 3. Couldn't care less about anything else, I can filter that out. But, "lots of speculation for everyone!"...

  • 12.04.2012 3:59 AM PDT

Half of the time I'm dead serious.
The other half not so much.

I actually find myself playing mostly older games anyway. The only new game I bought this year was Halo 4, as nothing else has really piqued my interest.

Also you don't really have to "quit" a generation of gaming. You can just switch back and forth whenever new games come out that you find particularly engrossing.

[Edited on 12.04.2012 4:07 AM PST]

  • 12.04.2012 4:03 AM PDT
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Screw off OP

  • 12.04.2012 4:28 AM PDT

Remember those times when we all had something better to be doing, but didn't do it? Those were good times. Gooood times

Making a video game was once the art of entertaining the customers.

Now, making a a video game is the art of beating out the next CoD/AAA title long enough to earn some money.

  • 12.04.2012 4:28 AM PDT

Because it isn't like gaming corporations haven't always been like this. Nintendo totally weren't the biggest sellouts in the industry's history back in the 90's or anything.

Nope, it was always better in the past.

  • 12.04.2012 4:33 AM PDT

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cold or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out"
- Bill Hicks

ITT: People have on their rose-tinted glasses and think that video games haven't always been about the money.

If you think people used to make games only for art's sake, and for the love of the medium, you're -blam!- deluded.

[Edited on 12.04.2012 5:31 AM PST]

  • 12.04.2012 4:46 AM PDT


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Posted by: App L Sawz
and often buy yearly sequels to games that do little to reinvent the formula (no link necessary).


Almost every Nintendo game for the last 6 years
I redact my statement, Nintendo is the Apple of the game industry although they do add things every once in a while. Although some series are exempt from this i.e Legend of Zelda


Nintendo was great right up until 2009. There have been 2/3 DS's since then and yet there still aren't any decent games for it.



lol at this comment there are tons of innovative games like skyward sword or zombii u. Did you say Nintendo wasn't innovative if I recall they created the wii remote which Xbox then created the kinext and went in that direction. With wiiu it changed the way games are played. Goat your fanboy is showing.

  • 12.04.2012 5:07 AM PDT

I acknowledge my user name is stupid. However, I promise I'm not.

Disclaimer: The latter is a lie.

Nah, I love games.

  • 12.04.2012 5:16 AM PDT

Wake me when the jews are gone.

Uhhhhhh.
FTL, ARMA, Halo, XCOM, Legends (that PS3 exclusive everybody liked), Bodelands, Far Cry, Dishonored, CoH, LoL, Dota, SoSE, Planetside ETC... Disagree with you.
Just because you have to do a little diging to find the good things doesnt mean that this generation sucks.

  • 12.04.2012 5:18 AM PDT
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Foman is my favorite moderator. <3

OP is so edgy and cool. I want to be just like him when I grow up.

  • 12.04.2012 5:21 AM PDT

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