This may have been asked before but how have your habits changed this gen when it comes to gameplay?
My experience:
When I first got a PS3, I got Assassin's Creed and Uncharted with it. I was baffled by the gameplay, especially AC. I couldn't believe all the "platforming" was done by keeping pressed a couple of buttons and moving your character around, I thought it was extremely dumbed down and stupid. The fact that your character was like a magnet and was impossible to fail a jump annoyed me and I thought "where's the fun? I'm not doing anything, just moving the stick".
The swordplay was also really stupid, not only because it basically consisted of pressing one button to either attack or counterattack, but because you had no control about the character's actions. You counterattack and see your character perform a cool movement, but you couldn't choose which movement, the game did so for you. It was like "oh, look, I did this!" only you didn't, you do the same thing over and over and the game performs a variety of movements for you.
At the time I was very surprised about these decissions, I couldn't believe it was that easy and 'automatic' and I thought "who are you trying to fool? who likes this?".
I had similar (not so strong) feelings about Uncharted's platforming an regenerating health. Really? The charachter is attached to the platforms again? I just need to wait a few seconds and I have full health, no health bar? (this was new for me, I realise now that some games did it before).
Now... I sort of got used to all this. Mind you, Assassin's Creed it still a bad game IMO, but not because of the things I mentioned. It's bad because it lacked a lot of options and was extremely repetitive. The following games added much, much more variety and now I love the series.
But the free run and swordplay remain unchanged. Same with Uncharted series. And I realised I don't care. As gaming has become more "accessible" I guess I got used to it and now I enjoy the experience for different reasons. I don't even think about the parkour/free run, regenerating health, etc. in games anymore, it is second nature. Then I remember when I though all this was stupid and I realised I've changed as a gamer.
TL;DR: At the beginning of the gen Assassin's Creed and Uncharted's platforming, regenerating health, combat system (AC) seemed dumbed down and made the games unenjoyable, now I enjoy games for other reasons.
So how about you?
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