Topher
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Honestly, my tag should say "Fact Speaker." Someone with bad opinions gave me this tag.
Honestly, my tag should say "Fact Speaker." Someone with bad opinions gave me this tag.
That’s where I’m at with this.I personally think if you dont notice there is a difference in gaming today...then you are part of the problem.
I keep seeing people on this board, Twitter, Reddit, etc. complaining about how shitty games are these days and I'm having a hard time agreeing.
Yes, there are loads of incredibly greedy business practices, crunch for developers, broken promises, your "Red Falls" and "LOTR: Gollums" and myriad issues plaguing the industry. PC hardware prices have been bad recently and there has been a piss-poor track record of ports this last year or two.
But at the end of the day, we're getting some pretty damn incredible games very frequently. Despite my absolute best efforts, I simply cannot keep up.
This year alone has been a non-stop force-feeding of incredible game after incredible game. whycantIholdallthesegames.jpg.
Tears of the Kingdom just came out and while I'm reeling from that. BOOM. Diablo 4, Street Fighter 6, Final Fantasy XVI. Hell, even Boltgun is awesome and just came out!
Are people just playing a few genres and getting frustrated when something good doesn't fall within their limited view?
If you're one of these people, I'd love to know your reasoning.
i have no appreciation whatsoever of detailed discussion regarding fps, or graphics effects, or any other tech aspects, but i feel i can say, with a good amount of confidence, that you are correct. i am, for the most part, playing the same quality games on the ps5 that i played on the ps4. not seeing any genuinely striking differences...You just answered your question. Every single one of those are easily possible on a PS4. Why do we need this new generation?
BingoFewer and fewer big games. And the variety with aaa games isn't the best amymore unfortunately.
The problem isn't the devs its the publishers/ companies funding the projects. They only care about making money, so they won't fund innovative projects for fear of the game bombing. This is also the reason so many games being released are broken at launch because they don't care about the quality of the games they are putting out. Especially when they have already made money off preorders.I think zelda proves that its the devs who no longer have the passion, the talent or the ambition to pull off these massive leaps we have come to expect.
to play at 60fps.You just answered your question. Every single one of those are easily possible on a PS4. Why do we need this new generation?
This has been case for a looooong time.Seems like people don't actually know what they want.
I remember playing Final Fantasy 7 remake and wondered why I couldn't find any of the super shitty looking textures. Like the N64 door in midgar.Every single one of those are easily possible on a PS4. Why do we need this new generation?
Do people forget COVID?
Everyone complain about every generation, to finally, at the next generation, say "ah the previous generation was so great, this one sucks".
I've seen this with Resident Evil franchise as well. It is a franchise I follow since the very first game on PS, in Japanese, and that was exactly this...
"Huh, RE2 sucks, where's the fucking mansion? And wtf with all this action ? RE1 was so great they're shitting on the franchise."
"Huh, RE3 sucks, the game's so short, and wtf more action? And fuck Nemesis he's annoying ! RE2 was so great, they're shitting on the franchise"
"Huh, RECV sucks, wtf with the 3D camera moving, it was better with preredenred background, and wtf those action cinematics ? RE3 was so much better it is the last tru3 RE game, they're shitting on the franchise"
"Huh, RE4 sucks wtf now a full action game??? Mikami are you fucking high ? There's nothing that says "Resident Evil" in this franchise anymore, they really shitting on the franchise"
"Huh, RE5 sucks, wtf in Africa now? And with more actions??? and coop? it's not even scary anymore, RE4 was the perfect revolutionary action game. They're shitting on franchise"
"Huh, RE6 sucks, they didn't know what game to make so they took a little of RE3, 4 and 5, but everything sucks so much, and now again more action, it's out of control, Capcom stop, you're shitting on the Franchise, RE5 was great now that I think about it".
"Huh, RE7 sucks, it's almost not connected to the RE lore anymore, and a FPS ? Seriously ? There's no respect anymore in this world, RE6 was a fun game after all, they're shitting on the franchise"
"Huh, REVillage sucks, werewolves ? And why not the fucking leprechaun or Carrie ? There's still enough shit in their ass to keep shitting on the franchise after all those years?"
(was very fun to write and I can assure you that it's sadly very accurate )
If you've been gaming long enough you'd know this is the first gen where devs stopped trying to make "next gen" graphics. That's really frustrating for a lot of us.
I have been gaming long enough that I no longer give rat ass if they make "next gen" graphics or not, If the game fun to play then thats all I need.If you've been gaming long enough you'd know this is the first gen where devs stopped trying to make "next gen" graphics. That's really frustrating for a lot of us.
The COVID excuse strikes yet again...This generation has barely even started. Do people forget COVID?
This is EXACTLY where I'm at. It's not like we're getting these garbage looking games. There are a TON of games recently that look fucking fantastic graphically. But I'm here for the gameplay first and foremost with art style being after that. Graphics are like 4th or 5th on my list of "what makes a good game".I have been gaming long enough that I no longer give rat ass if they make "next gen" graphics or not, If the game fun to play then thats all I need.
Also its not like we getting "horrible" visuals, some of you guys not getting "OMG GRAPHICS!" you were hoping for. Its not end of the world, you can still play and enjoy the games.
Clear as day that isnt at all what he said.So a game must be impossible to play on the previous generation in order to be good? Nonsense.
No its publishers who did it by not increasing the budget despite record profits.Uhh what? You're saying that just universally, across the board, all devs just decided together "hey, this is the year we pull the wool over their eyes and stop trying to advance graphics".
LMAO
Tears of the Kingdom is not possible on PS4 because that game is developed by Nintendo and Nintendo doesn't make games for the PS4.You just answered your question. Every single one of those are easily possible on a PS4. Why do we need this new generation?
What no I love video gamesThat projection is strong as hell
Generally speaking, negative or critical opinions dominate social media and forum discussions these days.
As a Nintendo fan, I think the Switch may be the best console Nintendo has ever made and its run is still going.
To me it doesn’t even fell like we moved up one gen from last gen. We’re about 3 years in and outside of faster loading times most games are cross-gen or feel like they could’ve been made for last gen systems.
There’s plenty of good games and I’m playing a lot of great stuff for sure, but it feels like 95% of what I’m playing doesn’t motivate a generational leap.
You just answered your question. Every single one of those are easily possible on a PS4. Why do we need this new generation?
Case in point about last gen:Everyone complain about every generation, to finally, at the next generation, say "ah the previous generation was so great, this one sucks".
Because I don't want to play on hardware with 1 minute loading times while they fly off the shelves like jet engines? Also I'm not gonna buy 2k$ graphics cards to play digital only games, so it has to be consoles.
I don’t entirely disagree, but the main issue is publishers not moving on imo and still being tethered to systems with hardware from 2013.Technology has gotten to the point of diminishing returns. The same reason your new iPhone isn’t as exciting as your iPhone 4 released back in 2010.