| freebs2 said: -Today gaming is less an art form than it has ever been. -Naughty Dog's games quality has declined after Jason Rubin left the company (in 2004). - The 3DS is the worst handheld ever designed by Nintendo. - The IR pointer of the Wii is still the best way of playing shooter games on consoles (though only 3-4 games used it correctly). - Metacritic is the death of game critics. |
Wow. I agree with almost every one of your points, except 3DS. I think it's fine, save that "3D" effects, to me, have always been a terrible gimmick, be it for movies or games. The system itself, with the 3D turned off, is just fine, with a lot of really good games.
I wish Naughty Dog would have stuck to making more colorful, creative, interesting games. To ME, personally, on PS3 they moved onto making generic "gray and brown" shooter based games. And I simply wasn't interested.
I would also argue that there have still been some VERY artistic games here and there, especially indies. But in general, yes, the medium going mainstream and being based around GameStop preorders and "AAA" blockbusters releases, really has taken a lot of the soul out of it.
