CaptainSlayAHo
Banned
10 years??? Tattoos being a biker thing was like 70s-80s
Though first thing I thought was nice tits, second thing I thought was that these tats will look god awful in 5-10 years
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The game industy is in a state of dookie!
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Though first thing I thought was nice tits, second thing I thought was that these tats will look god awful in 5-10 years
Gamerguy84
Member
GT7 is Garbage compared to it’s numbered predecessors and is an example of exactly what OP is talking about. I could go on a tirade of things wrong but we OG’s know
I had to go to metacritic to verify that. JFC the console war is real. Im just about done interacting with other gamers. Theyve massacred this hobby.
BadBurger
Is 'That Pure Potato'
"As physical sporting events were put on hold and brick-and-mortar stores closed their doors, digital entertainment alternatives ranging from Fortnite to Animal Crossing provided consumers the ability to hone electronic communication skills and expand virtual cities and islands."
- Some industry analyst
"Games industry is big doo doo!"
- Gamer79 on GAF
- Some industry analyst
"Games industry is big doo doo!"
- Gamer79 on GAF
ChorizoPicozo
Member
Wait unlit next year. TM.
Fbh
Member
You guys are overdramatic.
This year wasn't great but I had a blast with Elden Ring and I'm enjoying catching up with some releases from last year like Returnal, Guardians of the Galaxy, It takes Two and Psychonauts 2. Not to mention some lower scale stuff like Sifu, Stray and Tunic.
Next year is looking awesome too.
This year wasn't great but I had a blast with Elden Ring and I'm enjoying catching up with some releases from last year like Returnal, Guardians of the Galaxy, It takes Two and Psychonauts 2. Not to mention some lower scale stuff like Sifu, Stray and Tunic.
Next year is looking awesome too.
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Ezquimacore
Banned
I just played the best jrpg of this gen so far a few weeks ago, and a few months ago played the best souls game ever... so maybe you need to play more games and stop complaining.
Apocryphon
Member
The ugly practices you talk about are real enough but they're persisting because people are still buying those products. There isn't as much mid-tier competition anymore which is frustrating and where I feel the change the most. Fortunately the indie scene has been on fire for several years now and it isn't going anywhere soon.
JayK47
Member
I would tend to agree. There are plenty of games to play though, but so many are sequels and remakes/reboots/etc. Take The Last of Us. About to release a remake after a remaster. So that is 3 versions of a single game. Shit is getting out of hand and people will happily buy these games 2 plus times. And if you are a developer, why make a new IP when people trip over themselves to buy remakes, reboots and sequels. So much easier to shit that out and more profitable.
vaibhavpisal
Member
OP get out of your comfort zone is all I will say.
Subscribe to one of services (gamepass or ps+ extra) and check out stuff you have never tried before. Supplement your SP games with a few Coop games and Halo Infinite sessions every now and then.
You will enjoy it.
Subscribe to one of services (gamepass or ps+ extra) and check out stuff you have never tried before. Supplement your SP games with a few Coop games and Halo Infinite sessions every now and then.
You will enjoy it.
BusierDonkey
Member
Until I've played every good game made up to now I have no reason to piss and moan about having nothing new to play.
I've played as many games as I have been able to with the time available since the mid-80's. I could play video games for every waking moment for the rest of my life and maybe have time to play a small fraction of the good games already available.
If you don't like the stuff coming out, look back. There are entire series of games you haven't touched that will be entirely different from what you've already tried. I've been playing a ton of 8 and 16-bit games lately as well as trying games I skipped on in the past and I've been enjoying it thoroughly.
I've played as many games as I have been able to with the time available since the mid-80's. I could play video games for every waking moment for the rest of my life and maybe have time to play a small fraction of the good games already available.
If you don't like the stuff coming out, look back. There are entire series of games you haven't touched that will be entirely different from what you've already tried. I've been playing a ton of 8 and 16-bit games lately as well as trying games I skipped on in the past and I've been enjoying it thoroughly.
radewagon
Member
MatrixReloaded101
Member
Don’t worry most of these “2023” games will get delayed.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
The industry is shifting into phase 2, which takes ~5 years.
We're currently witnessing the last remaining crap to be dumped from its bowels.
The GAAS future will be glorious when it arrives. We are not ready for its greatness.
We're currently witnessing the last remaining crap to be dumped from its bowels.
The GAAS future will be glorious when it arrives. We are not ready for its greatness.
Hobbygaming
has been asked to post in 'Grounded' mode.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I think this was less console war and more from the post-launch MTX stuff.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
One third of that lazy product is still better than most stuff coming out today.
Well, maybe not Sunshine, but the other two thirds? Gaming bliss.
I was gonna reply to OP saying that lots of games released full of bugs even in the old times and would never get fixed, that (nearly) yearly iterations of successful IPs are a thing that goes way back, and that originality was pretty scarce too with most devs following trends (in the mid-90s everything was either a platformer, a Street Fighter clone, a Doom clone, or a sports game).
But it’s true, in the past we didn’t have microtransactions or mandatory logins, and cross-gen titles weren’t really a thing ‘cuz the power gap was so vast, a game with the same title would often be a completely different game between the new console and the old one.
pleaseinsertdisctwo
Member
Idc about Western games so this largely doesn’t apply to me
laynelane
Member
The first time I ran into that was way back when I bought Dead Space 3 to play with a pal on PS3. I had to make an account to play this game I purchased and it was the same for Sims 3 which my friend played. It, among other things, permanently turned me off EA games and I've never run into it with any other titles I've purchased. If I did, I'd rather not play than jump through hoops to play a game I paid for.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
I definitely see where the OP is coming from. I truly think gaming is truly heading towards a dark path. Live service, endless greed, multiplayer focused, subscriptions, streaming, price increases, buggy releases, broken games, less creativity, risks and innovation, etc. Sure, there are and will always be good games, but I just feel a shift in the quality of the games and less passion. Before it was how can we create the best game possible? Not it’s, how much money can we milk from the gamers, chasing trends and we’ll fix it later. How many broken, disappointing major games have we seen in the last few years for example?
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Banjo64
cumsessed
I’d still use it as a cumsock in the meanwhile.
Bullet Club
Member
The Hulkster reviews the new Saints Row game.
Arcadialane
Member
playstation/xbox has stagnated since end of ps3/360 days, but nintendo games continues to get better and better.
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Javthusiast
Banned
Xeaker
Member
chromatic9
Member
You'll play nothing and be happy
It's a strange crossroad in gaming where the cost and time to make a game are too much. I can only see AI being trained to do away with most of the tedium that can be easily adjusted and steered by a team of humans solving the problem.
It's a strange crossroad in gaming where the cost and time to make a game are too much. I can only see AI being trained to do away with most of the tedium that can be easily adjusted and steered by a team of humans solving the problem.
Bernardougf
Gold Member
Yeah! Enjoy the endless stream of first party, fresh, newly games not remastered from previous generations with the most variable and less repetitive catalog in the industry
Go for it
Wildebeest
Member
Are you not utterly thrilled by Genshin Impact?
lovetalkgames
Banned
Metroid Dread, Xenoblade Chronocles 3, Splatoon 3.
Granted, all sequels that build on concepts you’ve seen before, but all varied with new elements in their own right. If someone bought a Switch today and those three games they’d have a unique gaming experience while still beating the gripes expressed in this thread.
*Note Splatoon 3 comes out Sept. 9th. Go preorder it.
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Dr. Wilkinson
Member
3D All-Stars was super lazy. But having remaster of Sunshine on the Switch and being able to use the GameCube controller is pretty darn cool, though.
kyussman
Member
I'm really struggling with if I want to continue gaming right now and I haven't since last June.I want to game in theory but everything about where gaming is going is putting me off lately.I stopped gaming because I had got through my PS4 backlog and couldn't get my hands on a PS5......now I can get my hands on a PS5(and Xbox SX),but I can't find the enthusiasm to bother.The only game that has come out since I stopped gaming that I feel I would like to play is Demon's Souls and that is an old ass game that got remade......it kind of says it all really,lol.
BigbyTheSheriff
Member
I think this year is great and full of interesting releases, and I'm already on track to finish at least 30 titles.
Why is 2022 worse than previous years when we have:
Elden Ring - one of the highest rated games in history
Horizon Forbidden West - a great sequel to a highly acclaimed Zero Dawn
Gran Turismo 7
Dying Light 2
Pokemon Legends Arceus
LEGO Skywalker Saga
Ghostwire Tokyo
Total War Warhammer 3
Xenoblade 3
Live a Live
Triangle Strategy
The Quarry
Tiny Tina's Wonderland
Not to mention a plethora of phenomenal Indie or AA games like:
Sifu
Neon White
Tunic
OlliOlli World
Nobody Saves the World
Stray
Norco
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Warhammer Deamonhunters
Two Point Campus
Then you have upcoming releases such as:
God of War Ragnarok - probably one of the biggest and best games this gen
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
Last of Us Part 1
Plague Tale Requiem
Callisto Protocol
Pokemon Scarlet/Violet
Bayonetta 3
Splatoon 3
Mario and Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Pentiment
Dark Pictures: Devil in Me
Evil West
Tactics Ogre Reborn
Evil West
Immortality
Return to Monkey Island
Metal Hellsinger
Like how is 2022 as bad as you guys suggest and in what way was 2021/20/19/18 etc better?
And most of these games are not remakes and Remasteres, yet somehow people say otherwise.
Why is 2022 worse than previous years when we have:
Elden Ring - one of the highest rated games in history
Horizon Forbidden West - a great sequel to a highly acclaimed Zero Dawn
Gran Turismo 7
Dying Light 2
Pokemon Legends Arceus
LEGO Skywalker Saga
Ghostwire Tokyo
Total War Warhammer 3
Xenoblade 3
Live a Live
Triangle Strategy
The Quarry
Tiny Tina's Wonderland
Not to mention a plethora of phenomenal Indie or AA games like:
Sifu
Neon White
Tunic
OlliOlli World
Nobody Saves the World
Stray
Norco
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Warhammer Deamonhunters
Two Point Campus
Then you have upcoming releases such as:
God of War Ragnarok - probably one of the biggest and best games this gen
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
Last of Us Part 1
Plague Tale Requiem
Callisto Protocol
Pokemon Scarlet/Violet
Bayonetta 3
Splatoon 3
Mario and Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Pentiment
Dark Pictures: Devil in Me
Evil West
Tactics Ogre Reborn
Evil West
Immortality
Return to Monkey Island
Metal Hellsinger
Like how is 2022 as bad as you guys suggest and in what way was 2021/20/19/18 etc better?
And most of these games are not remakes and Remasteres, yet somehow people say otherwise.
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Gaming is too big, too successful and controlled by heartless people who don't care about gaming. There are a lot of shady things happening and changes which are not for the better. Every now and then we are lucky to get something as special as Elden Ring or God of War. I fear what gaming will look like in 10 years. Yeah consider me ancient, I prefer physical complete games, my gaming spirit is stuck in the 8 and 16 bit era - when things just worked.
Thank God for Nintendo, god bless them. But even they are not immune to the changes, just look at their incomplete featuring missing cash crabs and re-releases. Everyone needs a piece of the pie, but I'll say Western game development seems way more corrupt and soulless than most in Japan. Activision is the poster boy of what is wrong with Western gaming companies.
Gaming companies have been given an inch and taken a thousand miles. Just look at Cyberpunk.
We are in a dark place right now, hopefully it gets better.
Thank God for Nintendo, god bless them. But even they are not immune to the changes, just look at their incomplete featuring missing cash crabs and re-releases. Everyone needs a piece of the pie, but I'll say Western game development seems way more corrupt and soulless than most in Japan. Activision is the poster boy of what is wrong with Western gaming companies.
Gaming companies have been given an inch and taken a thousand miles. Just look at Cyberpunk.
We are in a dark place right now, hopefully it gets better.
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
You know how bad the state of gaming is when a LEGO game is mentioned a proof that it's been a good year.
That being said... I'd really be as optimistic as some of you guys. Almost everything upcoming points into a heavily based GAAS and multiplayer focused gaming future and if anyone expects anything less he/she is, in my opinion, being absolutely delusional. I fully expect games like Elden Ring to be something that slips through the cracks every now and then in the future.
And then, when everyone is sick of this trash and either MS or Sony falls on their face we'll go fll circle again with campgains like 4 the players and shit.
BigbyTheSheriff
Member
Any proof of that? Or is it another case of "everything these days is remakes and remasteres", when reality is much different.
Some of you are so dramatic and pessimistic.
A Most Virtuous Cat
Banned
Don't forget The Message (TM) having become the primary consideration when writing stories and characters.
deeptech
Member
True my friend, the remake/remaster thing was cool at first, now it pisses me off. Originality obviously being a thing of the past, everyone is copying each other and playing it safe, not experimenting or risking a thing. It does suck very much right now. 2022 will be the year of Elden Ring and probably new God of War, nothing else. Nobody can in their right mind argue that it wasn't better than it is now and by a lot.
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BigbyTheSheriff
Member
So nothing has changed. Games have been copying each other for decades.
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
Do I really need to proof a push for subscription and service games? Every 2nd release is tailored around that these days and virtually every single game is supported for multiple years it seems. Everything points to a service games future.
BigDeadFreak
Member
Tattoos have got to be the single biggest way to ruin an attractive woman. One or two small discreet ones are ok but when they are covered in them it looks grotesque to me.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
Yeah.. Nintendo is the only one not doing that excessively. They just released the best jrpg in a decade as well as two great Kirby games that are unlike anything else in the Kirby series.
On top of that you have industry changing experimental games like BoTW. I mean who else would experiment so boldly with one of the top ips?
Nintendo put out a 2.5d GOTY last year. I mean .. think about that. Critically acclaimed and a big seller.. 2.5d game!
I really could go on and on….
Anyone who thinks Mario is the same from game to game hasn’t played them, but that’s been discussed in countless threads so no need to re-explain.
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saintjules
Member
Next year is gonna be better.
Starting in Feb. it's going to be nuts.
reinking
Gold Member
We saw this crap storm coming years ago when microtransactions first started. I stopped fighting it because of being drowned out by those loyal warriors that felt their chosen box/software maker was not as money driven as those other guys. I've adjusted to what gaming is becoming but I am fully prepared to bail on modern gaming and go full retro.
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MikeM
Member
Get a PC if that is the case. Best platform for retro gaming. A moderate one by today’s standards is all you need.