| vr6GOLFr32 said: I'm going to use Socom as a prime example. If i were to be lead designer of that title - i would certainly go out of my way to hire SUKMYTURBAN as a tester to help get things done right. Socom Confrontation was such a disappointment in all fronts that I can't even believed Sony allowed /6 to produce that game and sell it. As of right now it's hard to say whether Socom 4 will live up to expectations to die hard fans of the series, as it seems Zipper is straying away too far from what made the game unique, and are just going to "oh this is popular" trend. I would certainly bring back a lot of the aspects that made Socom 2 - Combined Assault popular and liked and just improve on them as much as I could to make the fans happy. Atleast I know if I could satisfy the Socom community, then the game would have some really strong legs in the months to come. In my books it's all about what the fans want. If you produced a game that was well received from the beginning, then there is no reason to completely overhaul the game. Let's look at Uncharted 2 as an example. It has the same shooting mechanic, melee system (although upgraded in a lot of ways) and just a lot of tweaks to help iron out platforming issues that ocurred in the first game. It's all about adding new features and improving on what you have done in the past and making it better. Although I absolutely hate Halo as a series, many people love the game because they retained a lot of the features that made people happy and made the title a game of its own. This gen has been filled with "oh look how pretty my game is, BUY IT!" attitudes, but innovation in a lot of ways has gone completely down hill. I think developers need to start looking at the fans want instead of just trying to turn in a quick buck. |
I absolutley agree.
When you make a game, the last thing you want is old fans of the series that are dissapointed giving the game a negative word of mouth.
And fanservice always improves a company's reputation in the minds of the public. It makes for loyal customers.
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