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twesterm on 07 December 2009
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mirgro said:
twesterm said:
mirgro said:
twesterm said:
If it's a good game why break what's broken?

Yeah, your rant makes since on a high level but when you get bogged down in it, you see why publishers do what they do.

Making a AAA games is a huge risk that has a very high possibility of blowing up in your face. If you have something that you know works, you keep it.

You do everything you can to keep risk as low as possible so that means you keep the same engine, you make only basic tweaks, and you just improve upon what you already have.

Since AAA games cost a stupid amount of money and there's already a stupid high risk, it doesn't make since to take 5 years to make a game with a new engine and completely new unproven play mechanics.

Well then wouldn't it turn into a "survival of the fittest" scenario? The developers who make the good games will continue making them, the ones that don't go bankrupt. If anything that would be better for gaming as a whole.

So you want two or three games a year?

Make an expansion for them. Starcraft has lasted over 10 years, Diablo 2 as well. Good games can be played for a long period of time. If those 2 or 3 games were of the quality of Baldur's Gate 2, DIablo 2, Zelda OoT, Mario 64, etc. then having just 2 or 3 a year would not be a problem at all. Also sorry, I sneaked in an edit, but it pertained to something else.

I'm sorry, but that's just horrible thinking.  If we're relying on the type of game that can still be played 10 years later, the game industry would die a quick death.

How often do those types of games come along?

Do you realize that games would then be an even bigger risk and would be even more derivative to mitagate that risk?

What happens if you don't like Starcraft VI, Shiny New Mario, or Halo 8?  Do you just have to wait until next year to get a game?  Sucks to be you!

Sorry, again, no offense, but that's just a horrible way of thinking.

Back to your original argument, if you don't think a game is worth your money, just don't buy.  If a game doesn't sell it will stop being made or forced to changed.  Lucky for you, you apparently still have games to play and are fine with playing those for 10 years so there's no worry for you.