Unfortunately im afraid Microsoft has clearly lost sight of what made gaming great and Sony may be heade m d down rhat road as well, i think the days of creative and original games are gone and the golden age of FPS games are here.
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 On 06/10/2013 at 04:37 PM by GamerGirlBritt See More From This User » |
I can only get so excited for the same thing over and over again....
*sigh* I honestly don't understand how people can still be excited for these things. Don't get me wrong, they look pretty and involving, immaculately constructed, and smoothly controlled, but something's just....missing. What my eyes are taking in isn't translating down in my heart. My heart rate doesn't pick up (as Kinect will tell you), and I don't get any sort of mystical feeling in my soul of seeing something so unreal it could only be brought to life in a video game.
Quite honestly, I'm tired. I'm tired of lose stories, repetitive multiplayer, and the same cover/pop out/shoot/cover mechanics I've been subjected to in the entirety of the current generation. I want to be able to see my character, or at least other characters, in all their well designed glory. Enough with the scraped metal armor and ambiguous helmets. I want a connection with these people. STOP with nonsensical narrations in trailers that don't actually translate to any meaningful dialogue in game.
Even games like Ryse: Son of Rome were aesthetically pleasing, but something about it is just oh so....familiar. And yeah they showcased The Witcher 3, but I only got excited for that out of some innate sense of obligation. "Finally! An RPG!" I thought. Until I remembered that the Witcher isn't exactly Ni No Kuni, nothing that will REALLY have me dashing out for a day one buy. Don't get me wrong, The Witcher is excellent, but again....oh so familiar. You could make the argument that Ni No Kuni was quite familiar as well, but not monotonously so.
Maybe it's because I've just played The Last of Us, a game as emotionally draining as it is invigorating. And not only from a story telling standpoint, but also from the gameplay perspective. These "infected" aren't exactly what would be called "innovative", but this is truly a game worth more than the sum of it's parts.
I'm starting to ramble, but the point I'm trying to make is that regardless of DRM issues, used game issues, or whatever plethora of problems we've all taken to the web to complain about, the games are what really matter. And from that standpoint, not a "whooo hoo Xbox One sucks, PS4 ALL THE WAYYY" standpoint, I'm a little disappointed. And sure EA sucks, but that Garden Warfare game? That was something different. It was cute, funny, a little bit of a satire on everything about these games that sucks.
It's all about competitive edge, I know. But this is my gripe with Microsoft: instead of trying to level the playing field with Sony by implementing things like TwitchTV integration to share gaming footage (a la PS4's "share" button, which will inevitably be more seamless), work on what makes YOU as company great. Don't try to pretend you're going to be all about supporting indie developers by throwing them on stage for two minutes then moving onto the Call of Duties and Battlefields of the world for the entirety of the presentation. Just stop. It's not worth it. All you're going to achieve is making more people upset.
Here's hoping the Sony conference is more my style.
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