Arcade gaming future, reality or wishful thinking? not casual games

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LordTheNightKnight said:
"Well lets put it this way, if game companies follows Malstrom's suggestion then we never seen this kind of game AGAIN FOREVER:"

He didn't write anything resembling "no FPS". He even notes some games like Doom among the great games. He would just want more pick-up-and-play to it. Try again, like with Heavy Rain.

 

 

The question WAS... are there games on retail today that are pick up and play to begin with? Except for flash games and casual games such as WSR and Wii sports and NSMB Wii? Lets think about this for a moment, are anyone here wants to play FPS games by online and local multiplayer alone? I doubt it. You want to feel that you're in part of the game even the casuals aka ordinary people. Video games are active past time not passive past time unlike TVs and radios but it certainly still a past time. Thats why facebook games are popular. And its not the definition of an arcade game unlike on Y8 and other flash games. 

 

Most games today even the likes of God of War, gears of War, COD 4, even Assasin's Creed 2 have core gameplay mechanics attached to it. Even on singleplayer, yeah there are cutscenes and dialogs and texts and tutorials but its not overdone as FFX, Xenosaga series and MGS4. What Malstrom implying about high budget games making blockbuster games just as like modeled in Hollywood WAS BAD, but epic singleplayer campaigns with added multiplayer in COD 4. Whats bad about it?

 

For one thing, cutscenes in COD and MOH series arent important and you wont missed much since the story isnt good to begin with so you can skip it. The good thing about those series was the singleplayer campaign like you're a part of it. I KNOW, Malstrom dont like the idea. But again, lets think about this for a moment is that what happened to us when we are a kid when we're playing Mario, castlevania or Megaman on the NES? What Malstrom really whining about all along on his blogs? Thats why he is disappointed with WSR, Wii Sports, Wii Play, etc... because theres "no content to it?" But in reality, he was longing for Gears of War and COD experience on the Wii too? Again lets think this for a moment. The real problem with games today are the excessive cost in development and advertising I doubt theres nothing wrong with the gameplay at all and we should go back to the arcade roots. Do you all think developers wants heavy rain  gameplay?

 

The real content was make video games new again, just like on the NES times. Without developers making the same shooters, JRPGs and action games over and over. And its possible with the Wii and motion controls. Not making games back to basic it would lead us to video game crash sooner than expected.