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Veknoid_Outcast on 06 June 2016
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ClassicGamingWizzz said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

I explained my complaints above. All these little drops add up. If you're fine with the status quo, I respect that.

But there's a reason the industry is defined by cynical business practices; buggy games that require huge day one patches; annualized, creatively-bankrupt series; micro-transactions; and, in general, a huge gap between the haves and the have-nots. Because we as consumers allowed it to happen.

I'm just pointing out how Horizon contributes to what I consider a negative trend in the industry. Is it an inexcusable crime? Not at all. But I do think we need to reflect more on what we expect from the medium and how best to protect ourselves from manipulation, instead of watching something cool and then clicking the pre-order button.

We know more and care more about video games than most people. We should be the vanguard.

I just find it weird that you choose this trailer from a GG games to rant about the stuff you are ranting.

 

Its a new ip in a new genre they never explore.

GG never did make every year releases.

They even delayed it to improve the game.

They never had buggy game.

They never had day one annoying patches.

Or garbage DLC plans.

Its not a cgi trailer.

They already showed gameplay and will probably show next week a new demo.

etc.

I don't think I was ranting. I thought I laid out my thesis in a focused and dispassionate way.

Anyway, this isn't about Guerrilla's resume. It's about negative trends in the industry. I'm asking people to pause and reflect on this medium we all love so much, instead of getting caught up in a wave of hype.

Again, if you're fine with the way things are, then more power to you. I'm not. The video game industry in 2016 is a mess. Profits soar higher and higher every year, yes, but creatively we've hit a brick wall. And publishers are finding new and creative ways to separate us from our money. 

I know it's a lot easier to argue back and forth about this exclusive being better than that exclusive, or bragging about Metacritic scores. I know it's not easy to have these difficult conversations and really analyze our behavior and attitudes. But it would do us good.