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2014-2020 and beyond the golden age of gaming...

Yes. 9 16.67%
 
No. 40 74.07%
 
Maybe, I haven't though much about into it. 5 9.26%
 
Total:54

Games are a technology dependent medium, and therefore will continue to get objectively better over time, regardless of how much nostalgia we may have for games from certain eras. There is no golden age of video games, just as there is no golden age of TV, or movies. The market just becomes a lot more crowded, but the quality of top tier productions are always on the rise.



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Angelus said:
Games are a technology dependent medium, and therefore will continue to get objectively better over time, regardless of how much nostalgia we may have for games from certain eras. There is no golden age of video games, just as there is no golden age of TV, or movies. The market just becomes a lot more crowded, but the quality of top tier productions are always on the rise.

What? Lol, the top movies today arent any better than the top movies of the 90s' or 70s or even 60s/50's by any objective measure besides box office gross.



John2290 said:

(...) Horizon Zero dawn, Uncharted 4, Bloodborne, MGS5, Persona 5, Yakuza 0 (...)

Am I being overly positive here or do you agree? And lets not forget the amazing lineup yet to come, off the top of my head...

Detroit Become Human, Red Dead Redemption 2, Spiderman, Death Stranding, Dreams, The Last of Us 2,
Cyberpunk 2077, Left Alive, Soul caliber 6 (...) and so many more.

interesting thoughts, John. fantastic games and so many great titles are coming in the next 2 years. 100 % yes in my opinion, Its the golden age of gaming. Why ? Because..

a) GAMER are the focus of many big developers (Rockstar Games and Sony, Naughty Dog, Bandai Namco, Platinum Games ect)

b) Many games with love to detail have much better sales than their predecessors (Persona 5, the new God of War, Yakuza Zero), also japanese games are selling well again (Nier Automata, Monster Hunter World, Dragon Ball Fighter Z, Dark Souls ect). Also remake are very successful (Shadow of Colossus, Crash Bandicoot ect). And Shenmue is back! New IP's like "Horizon Zero Dawn" or "Ni-Oh" have amazing sales figures too :) And the west-and japan games-support is fantastic, in the last - this and next year!

c) 2 friends of mine have a PS4, their first console ever. Yes, the first console! And my sister dont like video games, but wants to play "Detroit Become Human" this month. And she play every week "Ni No Kuni 2" with my console : D Thats a good sign.

d) Many movie fans have a lot of attention for video games currently - the new Spiderman (PS4) will be maybe the best licensed game ever (my prediction). This will make video games more popular, I think. Worldwide.

e) Games like "The Last of Us 2" and "Death Stranding" will strengthen the entire video game industry, 2019. Especially Sony is investing the biggest production costs in games currently (with Rockstar Games) - that is good for all.

f) i think so too -  the genre jrpg is back and strong, after the great PS2 Time. Fantastic jrpgs in the last time with Ni No Kuni 2 and Persona 5. Dragon Quest 11 is coming, the next jrpg-highlight. And in future Kingdom Hearts 3, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Granblue Fantasy and so many more interesting or big titles :) i'm happy about that. Japan is back!

g) The biggest reason: I have never had so much fun, passion and interest in good games - but in the last and next months... oh god, yes! I've been playing since Nintendo 64 / PS1. Thats why.. now its the best time for videogames in my opinion.

Important is: All GAMER must hold together and support high-quality games with much love to details :) This strengthens the games industry. It's such a nice feeling when a video game has a wonderful story, good gameplay and interesting characters :) PS: And the E3 is coming with many new titles/trailer/games & surprises :)

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contestgamer said:
Angelus said:
Games are a technology dependent medium, and therefore will continue to get objectively better over time, regardless of how much nostalgia we may have for games from certain eras. There is no golden age of video games, just as there is no golden age of TV, or movies. The market just becomes a lot more crowded, but the quality of top tier productions are always on the rise.

What? Lol, the top movies today arent any better than the top movies of the 90s' or 70s or even 60s/50's by any objective measure besides box office gross.

Literally everything except box office grosses (adjusted for inflation) is better

If you transported someone from the 50s, 60s, etc to the modern cinema experience, their mind would be completely blown by how amazing it is.



Angelus said:
contestgamer said:

What? Lol, the top movies today arent any better than the top movies of the 90s' or 70s or even 60s/50's by any objective measure besides box office gross.

Literally everything except box office grosses (adjusted for inflation) is better

If you transported someone from the 50s, 60s, etc to the modern cinema experience, their mind would be completely blown by how amazing it is.

Maybe special effects. Scripts are worse, pacing is worse, pretty much everything except explosions are worse today. The original jurassic park is still 10 times better than Jurassic world.



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The early 2000's PS2/GC/Xbox era was the golden age. Games came out as complete products back then, and there were plenty of smaller studios making money. Graphics were not so advanced that you needed a multi-million dollar budget to or slavery hours to keep your company afloat. The 360/PS3 era saw the closure of most AA western developers.



contestgamer said:
Angelus said:

Literally everything except box office grosses (adjusted for inflation) is better

If you transported someone from the 50s, 60s, etc to the modern cinema experience, their mind would be completely blown by how amazing it is.

Maybe special effects. Scripts are worse, pacing is worse, pretty much everything except explosions are worse today. The original jurassic park is still 10 times better than Jurassic world.

You're generalizing. Are there shit movies? Ya, there's plenty. Way more than back in the day even, but that is simply because the market has gotten far more crowded, which I said earlier. That doesn't mean there aren't plenty of really great productions, and the best of the best today is a million times higher quality than the best of the best from a few decades ago. The same will be true of these things decades down the road. They'll be far superior to what we have today.

That doesn't diminish the things we love from back in the day, but these mediums just evolve. From visual and sound effects, to filming/developing techniques, immersion, picture clarity, production values, all the nuances in the performances that come through now better than they ever could in the past, etc. 



Angelus said:
contestgamer said:

Maybe special effects. Scripts are worse, pacing is worse, pretty much everything except explosions are worse today. The original jurassic park is still 10 times better than Jurassic world.

You're generalizing. Are there shit movies? Ya, there's plenty. Way more than back in the day even, but that is simply because the market has gotten far more crowded, which I said earlier. That doesn't mean there aren't plenty of really great productions, and the best of the best today is a million times higher quality than the best of the best from a few decades ago. The same will be true of these things decades down the road. They'll be far superior to what we have today.

That doesn't diminish the things we love from back in the day, but these mediums just evolve. From visual and sound effects, to filming/developing techniques, immersion, picture clarity, production values, all the nuances in the performances that come through now better than they ever could in the past, etc. 

Do you even watch the best movies of the 60s/70s/80s/90s? Whats better from the past 5 years than godfather 1 and 2? Than pulp fiction? Ben Hur? Lawrence of Arabia? I mean the list could go on endless, the best movies of today are not even remotely on the level of the best movies of prior decades. There will be blood is one of the few movies of the past decade that I can think of which could sit pretty as an all time great of any decade. Great movies are driven by script and acting. Technology doesnt do a whole lot for that.



The moment someone formulates/asks this question but hasnt even seen anything besides maybe 2 gens first hand, gg



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As a PC gamer I have to disagree with you.
I think the "golden age" of games was between the mid-90s and early 00s.
At that time, the variety, especially on the AAA market, was so much higher than it is today, and it was also a time of great inventions. Think of 3D Engines, RTS, FPS, Online Multiplayer, all these things started there.

The amount of classics from that period is crazy:

Half Life 1 and 2
Counter Strike
Unreal
Quake
Thief
Deus Ex
System Shock 2
Planescape: Torment
Baldur's Gate 2
Fallout 2
Comand and Conquer
Diablo 2
Star Craft
War Craft 3
AoE 2

and that's just the PC-Games.

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