Right there with ya on the broken games.
This past gen I probably purchased and played the most games I ever had in my life. And yet still think this gen was a giant let down. My biggest issue is just how babied and dumb games are. They are mostly a visual experience these days, and GAME-PLAY has taken a back seat. Uncharted was a big culprit in cinematic gameplay with zero substance (Though with Last of Us, Naughty Dog proved they can do good gameplay).
Most games these days are so watered down with hand holding and easy to beat, that the games just don't have any sense of replay-ability.
This generation summed up: "I beat it, played for 2 weeks online, and then bargain binned it"
Developers in particular, many of which suck at their jobs, think that by making games more accessible and broaden their appeal so they can increase sales. This actually has an opposite effect for most games.
Hence, I mostly just play TMBO and Resident Evil Outbreak 1-2 online.
Bingo. Gamers HAVE NO BACKBONES. NONE.
Being an old school Resident Evil fan is the most dissapointing thing ever. You have fellow "hardcore fans" who claim to hate RE4-5-6, and yet everytime Capcom makes a new RE game, they BUY IT?!?! WHY? Does Capcom care about anything other than sales? No. They only listen to dollar signs....
Seriously? What other industry is like this?
*Car dealership*
Potential Buyer: HI! I'd like to buy a new 2014 Ford Pinto! My old one was horrible! It exploded, killed my family, and well... it was a nightmare.
Dealer: Well then you're in for a real treat, all your problems are solved with the new remodel!
Potential Buyer: Hmmm... you screwed me last time... but OK sounds like a plan! Where do I sign?!
Yeah ^^^^, this would NEVER happen anywhere but the gaming industry. Fucking pathetic. I have boycotted Capcom since RE5, and havent given them a dime, and never will, until they actually change.
This right here. Along with Thumpy's and The Truth's statement as well.
When I 1st started playing video games, it was all about the gameplay. Why? Because back then, all you had was coin-op. If your game sucked it wouldn't do well. I don't know WTF people now a days would've done for games's like Asteroids, Pac-Man, Super Mario or Donkey Kong that are the very foundations, and the seeds of what games have become today. Noone bitched about graphics back then. It was because it was FUN.
The really popular games would have quarters lined up on the bottom right hand corner of the screen indicating how many people had next game. If you walked over to a game like Double Dragon, it would have 5 quarters on it, meaning 5 people were next. You could be playing a game, and if someone wanted next, they'd put their quarter up.
Sometimes the panel would work loose, so you'd warn the person to put it somewhere else because it'd fall into the box of the cabinet. LOL! I lost a few quarters that way.
There really are times when I have took small moments with games like Skyrim, GTA5, RE4, and so on....and tell my oldest son (who had played Atari 2600 games) it astounds me what I see today compared to what I was playing when I was his age. Amazing really. Almost makes me cry with joy. Alot of gamers don't get how beautiful it really is, when the games today are awesome.
And some of them were difficult too. Quarter suckers. Sinistar, Gauntlet, Space Ace, Centipede.....I could go on. Another aspect of games that has seriously dropped off in the industry. Why?
Because people don't have the intelligence, and/or the patience anymore. Why the fuck would anyone want to try and figure out RE1 today? That shit's to hard! We'll complain! It angered me RE3 was so fucking easy, and was made that way because people cried RE2 was to hard. So they bitch again when 4 is fucking epic, and again when 5 is a turd.
God dammit don't get me started.
Most of the times I just let shit go by. I can understand that the industry is a buisness that needs to make money but, unfortunately the customer base for this industry is so fucking fickle, it really hurts what really matters. GAMEPLAY.
You trade off a possible hard game, because people would cry it's to hard. You trade gameplay for graphics, because it's not fucking pretty enough. I would rather play Spy Hunter all day on my 2600, than to try and play through RE5 on Expert again. I don't give a flying fuck how pretty your fucking game is. If it's a gameplay turd, you fail. Aliens Colonial Marines??? Yea....choke a dick.
What Road said is the absolute truth. Don't fucking buy the shit. End of story. I also have not purchased a RE game since 5 either. Though it killed me to know there have been....what? 2 RE games made after it, that I refuse to give Capcom my money. I'm am unfortunately sad to say that I am in that boat with TM as well. I do not want to have that debate/argument crop back up here again but, that is just how I feel and is my POV.
The industry is going to continue to do whatever it needs to to make money unfortunately. It has become more of the corporate, money grab, do what it takes to make a profit, type attitude. With DLC, to digital. If it can turn a buck, and gamers are willing to pay it, why stop doing it? If I was able to make a dollar every time I said the word "fuck", I'd keep doing it no matter how many FUCKING people complained. I know alot of car models I could take to heart with Roadie's comments. It's so true.
"We don't care if it sucks and is broken! Our shareholders need results now and needs to be released 'x' date or your all fucking fired!"
Extreme? Sure. Far off base? Maybe not. I don't much care for what direction the industry is going. All I know is that I will still speak with my wallet, and if that isn't good enough, My money will unfortunately have to go elsewhere.
:::::EDIT::::: LOL @ the off topic board comment. As slow as it is at the site right now, I'm also agreed that it's a discussion worth having. Some rules can be bent every now and then.
I guess.......
::::::EDIT 2:::::: The gaming industry owes me 12 "fuck" bucks.