Games That Threaten The Industry
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No its not, and before you start trying to take my argument down, you should probalby have taken a look at wikipedia. Eve online was released in 2003, so obviously it wasn't influenced by the wow syndrome.soilent said:
Yes there are some innovation in the industry, but its very little compared to what it could be. Did you even read the article I linked? If you didn't then you frankly shouldn't comment on my post.
I won't presume to speak for anyone else, but my own gaming group was ruined for about three years because of WoW. They were too busy grinding and raiding to play anything else.MiracleOfSound said:
And they never once sounded like they were having fun; just endless bitching.
But they kept playing anyway. I have no idea why someone would put up with that for so long.
That's my axe to grind with WoW.
Yeah, because Doom didn't do that...Souplex said:
Any mario sports game besides mario kart. Kart established the kart racing genre, while the sports games feel like a cheap cash in.
I don't want to see him play baseball, I want to crush goombas beneath my feet.
2D shooters were all the rage back in the late 80s/ early 90s yet I doubt many on these forums play them.Thyunda said:
Yet, there are still a GREAT many being released all the time (mainly from Japan though). It's the same with point and click adventures.
Yes, they don't make the money they used to, neither are they as prolific as FPs, but as long as there are fans to previous games of the genre, there will always be some of those same fans who will collaborate to make more.
Not a single person I've met in public school likes most of the games I like (save for the few FPSes I play, cause to be honest, there's only a few of them)
All my friends from my first school have the same (basic) interests as me, because they introduced videogames to me. Most of them like the same RPGs or RTSes as me, because they got me into them. The guys who aren't big on them still like some of the same games as me, for example, Fallout 3 or anything by Valve.
The people in my second private school really didn't play too many games, so... no comment.
All my friends from my first school have the same (basic) interests as me, because they introduced videogames to me. Most of them like the same RPGs or RTSes as me, because they got me into them. The guys who aren't big on them still like some of the same games as me, for example, Fallout 3 or anything by Valve.
The people in my second private school really didn't play too many games, so... no comment.
Wait.. what?buy teh haloz said:
Brave steps, implementing a technology that no one has ever used in ages because it was deemed to gimmicky, that was brave, copying the same product that another company used and trying to steal that other company's success (or at least trying to) it pretty stupid and cowardly if you ask me.
And how are they making it better? The things aren't even out yet. Get some facts or at least some serious opinions behind your posts, the only things we've seen so far that are getting released with the wii accesories for 360 and ps3, are pretty much "mature" versions of wii mini-games, by mature I of course mean, with no color.
...also, wii is the best thing that could have happened to gaming as a whole, now even grandparents know that gaming is not something "evil" and "weird" that kids do, because now they fucking do it too. Game Overthinker (aka. moviebob) has expressed it way better than I have in the past but the point remains, the more gaming becomes mainstream, the better for all of us.
I think the term used is... Shovelware? You know, the heaping amount of games made for no other reason then cashing in on a demographic. When a game comes out that's ether A: Based on a Movie or TV Franchise, B: A quick knockoff of another series, sold at a lower price, to make money off of being similar to a good game, C. Made specifically for kids ages 0-5 or 13-16 and does nothing to hide it, or D. Bad Minigame compilations that usually fit in to one of the aforementioned categories.
Since they make a good chunk of the market (and, unlike similar movies, are sold along side the good games) this paints the picture that games as simple toys for kids and only kids. That leads some ignorant parents to believe that games like CoD: MW2 or God of War 3 are also for kids (and probably only for kids). Then, shit hits the fan as what many users have mentioned before...
Since they make a good chunk of the market (and, unlike similar movies, are sold along side the good games) this paints the picture that games as simple toys for kids and only kids. That leads some ignorant parents to believe that games like CoD: MW2 or God of War 3 are also for kids (and probably only for kids). Then, shit hits the fan as what many users have mentioned before...
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I'd like to think this is the reason CoD is such an icon for the gaming world... not a good icon at all, but this is why people shun them. Shovelware confuses the parents and Gritty Shooters in term sell well because of it. Then onlookers start noticing kids playing shoot-em-ups and blame the industry for being nothing but gritty murder simulators.Plurralbles said:
me and some of my friends had the same probablem with runescape then oneday while i was fishing so i would have enough food to go on a few more killing sprees i realized i am virtualy fishing on a day that is so nice i could actually go fishing and right after that i logged off and havent been backAtmos Duality said:
P.S. and this is way off topic but im on the last chapter of final fantasy 13 and am in orphans cradel and i feel like the grunt monsters are harder than the boss battles anyone else feel this way
P.S.S. to be clear i grinded for like 15 hours in the great plains before i got here and am super pissed that im still getting pwned
That's it, I'm making them.MiracleOfSound said:
A new Trekkie toy, it will be a box of figurines labeled:
"Captain Picard Throwing Figurines"
I'll make millions.