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greenmedic88 on 07 August 2008
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steven787 said:
KZ2 said:
WessleWoggle said:

I disagree with you because it's a shooter and that means it sucks to me for the most part, to each their own.

I'd say the same about any shooter called the greatest game.

I like unique games.

Well I could say what you just said and apply it to any Mario or Zelda game. The world is full of different opinions. Each to their own.

 

 

I wouldn't call MGS, Zelda:TP, or SMG the best of the Gen...  Al three are only marginally different.

 

This generation is about User Generated Content, Online intergration, and Unique Controls. (According to execs from many companies)

Nothing has satisfied that yet.  As of right now?  maybe, to me: Boom Blox, Echochrome, UT3... but none of those are really perfect or Generation Defining... it's just too early.  We still have 38 good years.

It is pretty tough to announce any new chapter of a well developed and entrenched franchise as the "best" of generation. Priority one is just about always in the interest of providing fans of the previous games more of the same experience that keeps them coming back, with enough twists added to the formula to keep things fresh. Evolution rather than re-invention.

User generated content and online integration go hand in hand and seems to be the direction in which consumer interests have shifted through the natural course of game development, rather than because it was decreed by company executives. They see the shifts in the wind, and so such comments are probably simple acknowledgment of what consumers appear to be gravitating towards.

There's still quite a bit of room for growth in the control department, although the biggest success of the best example of this generation has largely been directed at making the games themselves more accessible to a broader range of consumers. It's still too early to see how this will pan out over the long run, although it still looks pretty promising.

I really can't say I see any single example of a generation defining game yet that pushes the industry forward on all fronts. LBP is about the only IP that comes to mind, but that's only based upon the concept. If the final product doesn't deliver and/or it fails to find resonance with the paying consumers, it doesn't matter if it turns out to be the best concept that no one bought.

Mostly, the 7th Gen been more of the same with improvement and refinements; the natural course of evolution. Other than Wii Sports. As much as I don't see it as the greatest innovation in gaming ever, or even anything I can take in anything other than small doses, it has made a permanent change in common perception in regards to video games.