SlorgNet said:
Well, films have changed quite bit, too. Each decade of film history has its own standards -- 1940s film noir, 1950s domestic drama, 1960s auteur film, 1970s sci-fi blockbuster, 1980s Hong Kong action, etc. Take the film out of that period, and it's very hard to judge. I think videogame reviews need some massive institutional investment -- classes, seminars, books, articles, etc. -- to even begin to get better. I'm in academia right now, and it's terrifying how little attention is paid to videogames. It's like they don't exist. I'm trying to change this, in my tiny little niche, but it's going to take decades. |
A good point. There was a time in video games where you action/platformers were absolutely everywhere. They were the "in thing." There was also a time when arcade-style compete-for-points games were in style. There was also a time when fighting games were the absolute craze.
Genres rise and fall throughout the generations and gamer taste changes even more often than console graphics.
