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Millennium on 18 November 2009
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sega4life said:

So what are your thoughts on this?

Namely, that all of it is complete BS. None of this is even remotely necessary: it makes for good marketing fluff, but is never necessary for any of the game mechanics mentioned and does not improve games in any meaningful way. It's nothing more than the graphics-are-everything trash that has been poisoning this industry for two generations, and exactly why consoles like the Wii that force developers to focus on things that matter are necessary.

Maybe in another gen or two, when developers have learned to behave themselves and focus on quality, it will be appropriate to advance graphics again. No sooner.



Complexity is not depth. Machismo is not maturity. Obsession is not dedication. Tedium is not challenge. Support gaming: support the Wii.

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What do I hate about modern gaming? I hate tedium replacing challenge, complexity replacing depth, and domination replacing entertainment. I hate the outsourcing of mechanics to physics textbooks, art direction to photocopiers, and story to cheap Hollywood screenwriters. I hate the confusion of obsession with dedication, style with substance, new with gimmicky, old with obsolete, new with evolutionary, and old with time-tested.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.