Games That Threaten The Industry

[RowdyRodimus]

I believe that a game like Heavy Rain can threaten the industry. If it became super popular and every game started becoming a "Press X to Jason" type game that is a B movie in video game form, the industry would collapse.

 

[nipsen]

And here I must stop you.
May I remind you about the male Blood Elves?
You know, when Blizzard only listened to the cries of the American fanbase who screamed "OMG GAY" so loud that Blizzard were forced to change them into something they were not?

Changing them from being addicted to magic to addicted to the gym.
Yeah, some listening to the fanbse.

Trust me, they do not listen to the gamers.
They only do what will earn them the most money.

..at least, they do what they /think/ will earn them the most money..

Have a lot of that. Get ten people to troll an official forum, and suddenly "everyone" wants something changed. Then the publishers react, the devs make the changes, and the popularity of the game flattens out.

And there's no connection between the events here, according to the internet majority.

 

[Akalistos]

Since its creation, the videogaming industry has spawned a few games that seemed to cripple their brethren.
It's easiest to explain through an example. Since the release of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, my thirteen year old brother has played nothing else.
Despite personal preferences, I'm sure we can all agree that Rome: Total War is an absolute classic. He looked at the Desktop icon, and said 'it's not my thing.'
I asked what his thing was. He launched into a lengthy anecdote about the aforementioned first person shooter. I tried to convince him to play Borderlands, with much the same result.
So the point I give to you, dear Escapists, is a question. Do you share my experiences? And with which games?

Yes, i think open world game cripple the industry. I won't make another long post when i said it all there tho
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.198200-Poll-Open-World-Gameplay-and-you

 

[lacktheknack]

I play absolutely anything (except for MMOs due to time constraints, but I do play SPMMOs like Titan Quest or the Witcher), and don't think anything is wrecking the industry. Absolutely nothing.

Lack of interest in unique games is retarding the industry, but not wrecking it.

 

[nipsen]

Well it's working so far isn't it?
12 million players after all.

But it was pretty much that.
The American beta testers lashed out against the "gay" male Blood Elves for not being manly man enough, while us, the European fanbase wanted to keep the magically addicted males which was deemed too gay.

lol. Sounds like that was a great argument..

No, but it's the same mindset, isn't it. Avoid offending people, and make things as bland.. I mean, "approachable" as possible for everyone. Instead of creating as many quirky and personalised options as possible, to appeal to as many different gamers as you can within the game-design.

Instead, it's the "most similar gamers" block they want to appeal to.

..have to admit it doesn't seem too bad when you have 12 million active users, though. Really.. 12 million?

 

[Thyunda]

Since the release of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, my thirteen year old brother has played nothing else.

He needs to be taught that all games have their own shining points. I assume he only plays multiplayer mostly?

He only plays multiplayer. He will play it for hours, shouting, screaming, cursing at the screen, all sorts. I reckon it's a serious problem, but I'm too lazy to care. So long as I get my own time on Borderlands, he can rot his brain out.

I've tried to teach him that other games even exist, but you can just tell that even while he intently listens to your explanation, all he can think about is what challenge he'll complete next.

he sounds competitive. Try the i guess your not good enough to play it. Don't insult him but just say you should try this and when he dismisses it just laugh a little and say never mind it seems to be to hard for someone with your level of playing skill. Then walk away. If he tries to get a fight out of it or gets angry just say that you think it would be to hard for him and you understand his hesitation to play other games.

I've tried that. He cited his k/d ratio, his highest killstreak and how many nukes he'd gotten.
My challenge went from introducing him to new games to making him shut up about the current one.

 

[Triforceformer]

Guys.

Guys.

I thought Modern Warfare 2 was alright.

Spoiler

O.T.I remember reading a post in this topic saying that the O.P.'s brother was raging hard at the game most of the time. If that is the case, then don't worry, he'll rage himself on over to a different, less frustrating, game soon enough.

 

[Thyunda]

No game is "Threatening" the industry. Just because one game appeals more to kids then your old, less interesting games doesn't mean shit. His tastes are different then yours. I bet he listens to other music too. Oh my god, is music being threatened now?

oh my god, I think I hit a nerve. Are you going to be ok? Do you need a blanket? How about you read the damned thread before you untie your fingers.

 

[Eri]

Well, World of Warcraft obviousy (yes, it's, I know it's an MMORPG, stop throwing your Captain Picard figurines at me)

How is a flexible, balanced MMO, in which the company LISTENS to its fanbase, a danger to gaming? .

Come on, you know why.

WOW is the most addictive game out there and is an easy scapegoat for people who want to blame all the world's ills on gaming. I even saw a Dr Phil episode about couple whose lives were 'ruined' by WOW.

Their lives were ruined by wow because they are idiots, plain and simple. If it hadn't been wow some other game would have done them in.

 

[Twilight_guy]

No. People have different tastes and these taste control the type of art and media that is produce by a society. Games are a form of media/art that is produced and results from society. I don't see any game as "hurting" or "threatening" the industry so much as reflecting the desires of those involved, customers and producers.

 

[CheckD3]

Eventually all games die. Halo 2 shows us that, with fans playing to their last green flashing internet light turned red/orange/dark and they couldn't get back.

I don't think that a game being popular kills the industry, I think that games that discourage innovation, games that prove that recycling the same crap over and over again won't kill the creativity spark that rest inside companies. EA Sports shows us that games can kill that spark, Epic games shows us differnent. Anyone who's played Gears and w/ the Unreal engine, and then sees the new Bullet Storm game, brought to us by Epic and their newly aquired People Can fly, a game with an original idea that they saw so good they deserved new toys. That's creativity. EA Sports, while fun, can not be. However, picking up a fun sports game for 5 or less dollars is fun for everyone ^^

 

[Manji187]

The Call Of Duty series has become a bloated, annually-installed monstrosity that even its creators have now abandoned. It will implode, taking the industry with it.

[small]free indie games for all![/small]

Yeah..Call of Duty is becoming more of a sports game franchise like Madden or Fifa.

 

[Thyunda]

No game is "Threatening" the industry. Just because one game appeals more to kids then your old, less interesting games doesn't mean shit. His tastes are different then yours. I bet he listens to other music too. Oh my god, is music being threatened now?

oh my god, I think I hit a nerve. Are you going to be ok? Do you need a blanket? How about you read the damned thread before you untie your fingers.

You seem to be the one who has a nerve or two hit there buddy. Way to flip the fuck out. You're pretty juvenile though, you turn up your nose at his game, deciding it to be terrible even though he enjoys it then pitch a fit because he doesn't enjoy your "classics" or share your taste in games. Congrats, you have the mentality of a small child.

I'm assuming you skipped the parts where I said I LIKE MW2. It was me that bought it in the first place. I just can't ge my head round the idea of playing a game that makes you so angry you scream and shout, then refusing to play anything else.
And I didn't flip out. I was patronizing you.