Edit: Games aren't about gameplay no more.

[Mazty]

Suke said:

Can we just admit ... somewhat the fact that games aren't about gameplay no more. I know this is an REALLY overrated topic, but I seen all the new engines, impressive but highly forgettable if they don't enhanced the gameplay or physics. This was the same reaction I got from the Battlefield 4 reveal.

As a kid, I always dream of the graphics that were reveal at GDC. After watching the tech demos, I just wasn't feeling it. It look like every other game I played this generation. Each time the topic "Video Games" come up these days, we don't talk the characters, we don't talk about the story or experience, all we talk about these days are specs and resolution.

That's why I feel that games are not about gameplay no more, its just specs, how close developers can replicate reality. Flame wars up the wall and so much hype for one game as other gems are ignore base on there appearance or so call "engine". Not saying its bad to program these engine, I just feel devs. lost their way. I miss video games, not movie/reality simulators.

PS: Glad I bought Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, the most fun I had in years. Good story, lovable characters and fun/decent gameplay.

Fun Fact: Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time was the first PS3 exclusive to be bash for its graphics. W.T.F!?

Yes & no.

I voted yes because BF4 looked shit. Shit as in "done that a million times before". What is the point in having fantastic graphics and yet the storyline is still some bullshit involving you and your new bestest buddies taking on the man one henchman at a time? But I completely disagree with you saying we don't need reality simulators. What could be more immersive than VR? Devs have lost their way by recycling old gameplay rather than actually making large improvements to it. 

Using films as an example, it's as if gaming is currently stuck in some crappy B movie cycle. 

We need to go from this:

 

To this:

Or even better:

What does fill my with confidence however is how Quantic Dreams are talking more about getting emotionally involved with games, rather than seeing everything as just lifeless NPC's.