“Skyrim was generic” says Witcher 3 game Director

[Jaywood2010]

Mummelmann said:

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Chandler said:

JayWood2010 said:
From a company that is very respected by gamers im shocked by this comment. Skyrim is loved for many reasons and generic isnt the reason.

Generic is exactly the word I would use for Skyrim. I haven't played any Witcher game, but kudos to them for having actual taste.

And, the most generic movies, music, books and games are often the most popular ones. Lowest common denominator and all that. I'm not saying that I never enjoy generic things but the majority mass of any one market is likely swayed by the simpler things.

Call of Duty games, Twilight books, Transformers movies and Rihanna's music are perfect examples.

Actually Call of Duty 4 was very innovative and is the one that became popular.  Twilight isnt really generic either as I cant think of any kind of movies or books like it right off the bat.  The movies arent that great because of bad acting/directing not because it being generic.    Ill give you the rihanna one but ive already come to terms that music is a lost cause.  There is still great music being made they just arent heard of usually

Call of Duty 4 was great and fairly innovative, the ones after were not. Twilight is the very definition of generic, it takes well used mythology and throws in gimmicks, is poorly written, has a juvenile storyline and cardboard characters, including but not limited to, a main character that is a hollow shell of a being. There are plenty of generic movies that don't have bad acting or directing, most Judd Apatow movies fit under that description.

Yes, there is still great music being made and the same goes for movies and games. My point is that the flesh of the market and most of the big sellers are the generic ones, simply because they are generic. The more medicore something is, the broader its appeal, if you start going into depth in one direction, you will alienate many people one way or another, so people opt for the middle, or the lowest common denominator, like I mentioned.

This is not my theory, this is how society, and entertainment especially, really works.

I'll agree with a lot of things you say but if I dont think the game industy or movie industry necessarily works that way.  A lot of movies that are popular are the ones that stand out.  Sure every once and a while you will have something like twilight which doesnt deserve it's fame but other in recent years like Inception, The Dark Knight, Avatar, etc are the ones that grow popular and for a reason.

Games are the same way.  The ones that are popular are usualy the ones that stand out.  Yes Call of Duty stopped innovating but it became popular from innovation as well.  Even "The Witcher is prety popular and i dont think we would call it generic. How about Uncharted, God of War, Gears of War, Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Assassin's Creed, etc?  Are those generic?  No, they took great ideas and ran with them.  Good games get popular.  

Sure some things will get popular for not much reason but most of the time this is not the case.  The music industry is about the only industry like this right now and I blame the media and radio stations on that.