pariz said:
You two guys made a great description of how we gamers feel in general and what's the different orientation gaming as an experience is taking. The West has embraced open world non linearity full fledge and the East is on a crysis of sorts, aparently don't knowing if to keep it "pure" or westernizing. That lack of confidence, that confusion is what should be deal with in the following years. I was born in 1982, I did most of my gaming in the 90's, so I feel connected to what you both are saying. I enjoy jrpg games because they tend to be so intense, there is usually so much genious behind them... I can see, though, how some people might get tired of it, specially if they played two or three non innovative games with a weak plot. The first and only GTA I ever played was IV. My two brothers played all of them and they are big fans of the franchise. I personally felt it was very very boring. I will give it a try once again in the future, specially now that I am playing Read Dead Redemption and it's becoming one of my favourite games. In this case in particular, I think the cling was the horse and the steppe... I am from the South of Argentina, from Patagonia, a land which had many similarities with what in the US they call the West, non only because of its scenaries, but also because of how the process of colonization of those lands worked. It even started in the same historical moment. Now I live in Buenos Aires, a big concrete city and I miss those skies and the horizon... Riding with my horse through dusk made the deal for me with RDR. I was already satisfied with that. Mass Effect 1 and 2 have shown me all the possibilities behind the "make your own adventure inside these different paths and chose your personality through some ethical choices" concept and I gotta say, wow, if the future is offering more of this, welcome to me oh, divine future. Not because is better than traditional ways, but because is different and amazing and very rewarding too. Alphacris, if you haven't tried Mass Effect out yet, please do. I'm very confident you will have an outstanding experience. Specially with ME2.
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Thanks :) Summed it up better than any could.
