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insane how stagnant computer/video gaming has been over the past 2 decades
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Date: March 19th, 2018 11:45 PM Author: Trip Mustard Principal's Office AAA games with enormous dev teams and multi-million dollar budgets can't measure up to games made by small groups on shoestring budgets unless you're really interested in seeing uncanny valley facial animations and terrible, overwrought writing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923415&forum_id=2#35642676) |
Date: March 19th, 2018 11:46 PM Author: Charcoal Area what if I just want to feel not dead inside (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923415&forum_id=2#35642681) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 11:46 PM Author: racy big-titted legal warrant Lots of other cool stuff going on though, like streaming, card games, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923415&forum_id=2#35642683) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 11:51 PM Author: Trip Mustard Principal's Office sTTTreaming is awful; enjoy twitchthots while i pine for a better age of low-res .avis of frag montages and devil may cry combo videos set to awful nu-metal. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923415&forum_id=2#35642708) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:03 AM Author: Histrionic Apoplectic Home Deer Antler (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923415&forum_id=2#35642800) |
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Date: March 19th, 2018 11:47 PM Author: cerebral frozen locale video games now are addictive, not fun. Sad! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923415&forum_id=2#35642685) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:03 AM Author: vivacious station Sounds like some grass-is-greener bullshit, brother.
So many games of yesteryear were absolute SPS garbage, and you were stuck with them because libraries were so small or grew so slowly. Classics like LTTP or Super Metroid stick out in part because they towered over a field of terrible competitors and therefore brought you back to play them again and again as a kid. Today there is even more garbage out there, but there are even more great games.
If you're only interested in Madden or Call of Duty then yes, things have been pretty stagnant. But games have become incredible storytelling mediums on par with movies, television, and novels. And we're still inventing new genres: the MOBA (eg, DOTA) and Battle Royale (eg, PUBG) genres are all relatively recent and have/will shape gaming for the next decade in the way the original FPS and RTS genres did. Not to mention VR is going mainstream in a way it never has before. |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:17 AM Author: Trip Mustard Principal's Office "But games have become incredible storytelling medium"
this is probably half the reason why games have become so awful; the emphasis on cinematic storytelling in a medium premised on interaction. it's not fun to sit through hours of cutscenes and dialogue crafted by film school rejects when you want to be PLAYING something.
and this emphasis also funnels resources towards things ancillary to gameplay like facial animations or hiring expensive voice talent, and away from important things like level design, weapon variety, etc. |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:26 AM Author: vivacious station There is plenty of mindless button mashing if you want it. The space is big enough for all types of games. The Witcher didn't prevent another Mortal Kombat from being made. Facial animators wouldn't have created more of whatever genre you prefer, they would have worked for Pixar instead.
You should consider being less judgmental and let yourself enjoy the worlds and stories these film school rejects are crafting for you. Games like The Witcher 3, The Last of Us, The Walking Dead (S1), Nier Automata, and Life is Strange are all telling stories as well or better than most films or TV shows. |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:58 AM Author: Trip Mustard Principal's Office i don't want mindless button-mashing, i want innovative gameplay experiences. stuff like the original fallout, thief, deus ex, mario 64, smash brothers, god hand, or any number of other games i could rack off from 10 years ago.
nowadays, there's hardly any real steps forward in gameplay; only dumbed-down reboots/sequels and a bunch of games that grab some generic control template (e.g. third-person, over-the-shoulder shooter), slap a couple proprietary gimmicks on, and rely on graphics/story to sell. |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:05 AM Author: Transparent Crackhouse (guy who doesn't remember Pokemon Go) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923415&forum_id=2#35642813) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:08 AM Author: Vibrant state filthpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923415&forum_id=2#35642843) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:42 AM Author: sinister supple hall affirmative action Wolfenstein New Colossus was good except that it kept bugging out duribg combat as I was trying to save America. "Friendly fire will not be tolerated" wtf? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923415&forum_id=2#35643060) |