Azzanation said:
I am sure the list you mention can easily be bigger however last gen was a different story and let me explain. Not only were all 3 console makers delivering on all fronts with amazing quality and IPs. 3rd party was also on another level to what we got in the 8th gen. Major companies like EA brought us trilogy's like Mass Effect and Dead Space etc. 7th gen wasn't flooded with remasters or serviced styled Multiplayer only games like the Battlefront 1 and 2 series. 8th Gen was plagued with many issues that brought bad buisness practices like Pay to Win and gambling mechanics being more common in games, and now PSN and Nintendo now charging for online Multiplayer access and the trend of reselling older games due to the lack of BC. 8th gen was a graphic showcase, that's undoubted, however that seems to be the trend with a lot of games. Less innovation but prettier graphics. Id also argue that BOTW was a last gen game built around the WiiU and delayed to release on the Switch launch. 7th gen was an arm wrestle on who can make great games across all platforms, 8th gen became an arm wrestle on who can deliever great graphics. I brought VR this gen, i agree its amazing but only for a few games like ALYX other wise i would be happy with out. Though that is just my personal opinion. |
VR alone made 8th gen better. I exclusively played VR games for a year and a half, went through 2 headsets, loved most of the experimental titles. Too many great games to list.
7th gen started the online pass, mtx, dlc trend, normalizing paying for online. 7th gen was the graphic showcase where HD had to be wrestled in at the cost of many games struggling to get near 30 fps, screen tearing and poor draw distance / pop in.
8th wasn't flooded with remasters yet it had plenty room for remasters to get better running versions of 7th gen games. Probably were a lot of rose tinted views from 7th gen come from. Also 2nd half 7th gen 360 dropped the ball, no more good exclusives and Wii motion controls showed their lack of actual use. Sony struggled to get out of the gates and only got good content in the 2nd half of 7th gen. Mass Effect and Dead Space started good, both crapped out as well. Then you had the PSN hack, over a month no online and who knows where your credentials ended up.
Imo 8th gen had more original content, but that's heavily influenced by all the experimental titles on PSVR. 8th gen had better hardware, wasn't struggling with memory all generation long and got rid of screen tearing and upscaling artifacts. Online finally just worked (so many connection issues in 7th gen, nat type incompatible, sound issues on 360, no mic on ps3) as well as much more responsive UIs.