HaveButOneLife
Banned
I understand that there's the COVID-19 pandemic going on, but all this recent talk about next gen had me thinking... I don't think I've seen a drier year in gaming. The Last of Us Part II disappoints me even though I didn't like the first game much, and really the only interesting games this year are either on a Nintendo platform or one PlayStation game. 2014 was pretty boring as far as games were concerned as well but this year may give it some competition.
If it's not the driest year for game releases, then it's certainly one of the driest when it comes to announcements. We were overhyped for an Xbox event expecting the first look at truly next gen games... and were left disappointed, and Geoff Keighley disappointed us twice with a mere remaster and a tech demo that was pretty insane but wasn't a real game (I'm aware this is what we'll be seeing during this time, roughly the same period this generation we saw the first unveiling of Unreal Engine 4).
I believe these companies can simply be more competent to suit what I believe is our standards that we should have as consumers (a half decent console launch with better planning with a well thought out dialogue between producer and consumer), it's like since the last generation they haven't been able to plan their game releases, their planning has consisted of having a terrible launch lineup followed by years of disappointing events, delays, and other announcements, to an exclusive that's finally worth playing a couple years into the generation. There is no planning in advance in order for devs to release their games in a timely manner (since they had to learn that games are starting to take more time). We're all getting older, and it feels like for two generations straight we're all playing the waiting game for one game per developer that takes 5+ years to release a game, hopefully I'm not alone on this.
It's not all negative, though. Microsoft seems to be improving their first party lineup significantly, and next gen seems to have a pretty sizable difference in both visuals and overall scope. The only real issue is the fact these games take more time to develop which is why we got so many delays, so we're only going to see more delays and disappointing news from here on out. Microtransactions (mostly talking about loot boxes) in AAA games are dwindling, and consoles are finally starting to catch up to PC. I'm still a proud and avid gamer, these are just my overall concerns regarding the state of gaming at the moment, pandemic or not, the most important thing to take away from my complaining is that as consumers we deserve the best experience as possible and everybody is doing their best, we have limitations and so do they. But is this really the driest period in gaming history other than the major crash back in the day? Hopefully I didn't miss anything, I appreciate anybody who read till the end, sorry if I seem like a negative Nancy.
If it's not the driest year for game releases, then it's certainly one of the driest when it comes to announcements. We were overhyped for an Xbox event expecting the first look at truly next gen games... and were left disappointed, and Geoff Keighley disappointed us twice with a mere remaster and a tech demo that was pretty insane but wasn't a real game (I'm aware this is what we'll be seeing during this time, roughly the same period this generation we saw the first unveiling of Unreal Engine 4).
I believe these companies can simply be more competent to suit what I believe is our standards that we should have as consumers (a half decent console launch with better planning with a well thought out dialogue between producer and consumer), it's like since the last generation they haven't been able to plan their game releases, their planning has consisted of having a terrible launch lineup followed by years of disappointing events, delays, and other announcements, to an exclusive that's finally worth playing a couple years into the generation. There is no planning in advance in order for devs to release their games in a timely manner (since they had to learn that games are starting to take more time). We're all getting older, and it feels like for two generations straight we're all playing the waiting game for one game per developer that takes 5+ years to release a game, hopefully I'm not alone on this.
It's not all negative, though. Microsoft seems to be improving their first party lineup significantly, and next gen seems to have a pretty sizable difference in both visuals and overall scope. The only real issue is the fact these games take more time to develop which is why we got so many delays, so we're only going to see more delays and disappointing news from here on out. Microtransactions (mostly talking about loot boxes) in AAA games are dwindling, and consoles are finally starting to catch up to PC. I'm still a proud and avid gamer, these are just my overall concerns regarding the state of gaming at the moment, pandemic or not, the most important thing to take away from my complaining is that as consumers we deserve the best experience as possible and everybody is doing their best, we have limitations and so do they. But is this really the driest period in gaming history other than the major crash back in the day? Hopefully I didn't miss anything, I appreciate anybody who read till the end, sorry if I seem like a negative Nancy.
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