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Iv'e had a Blast with Second Son, Drive Club, COD AW, Batman AK, Madden 2016, LIMBO, Rocket League, Resogun.

An OK time with Watchdogs, and "rental" the Order 1886

Really looking forward to Uncharted 4, Horizon, Dreams, Tomorrow's Children, Quantum Break, Crackdown, CupHead



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For my thoughts on the generation, I've been mostly pleased. I haven't come across that one amazing game, but I do feel like the overall quality has been good. I've never seen so many localizations and for someone with my niche tastes, it's so great to see the levels and production of studios like Gust, Chunsoft, Vanillaware, Nippon Ichi, Experience, Falcom, and Idea Factory has risen to more respectable levels.

PS4:

I've been enjoying it. I feel like it's pretty similar start wise to previous PS consoles. I do enjoy all of the social functions like Share Play, streaming, etc. I've really enjoyed a bunch of games (big and small), so I can't say I'm disappointed at all. With a lot of big games launching in the next year or so, I have a lot to look forward to.

Vita:

While the Vita hasn't gotten a big budget title since Freedom Wars, it still gets a lot of games that I'm interested in. Even moreso than the launch period that most people praise. While Persona 4 Golden is still my favorite game, I've greatly enjoyed so many other titles big and small (DanganRonpa, Neptunia, Tales, Demon Gaze, Ys, and Soul Sacrifice). While there's still no big Vita game on my radar, there are several games I'm excited for. The only lasting con for about the platform is the memory card format and its prices. While PS+ does allow me to delete game data once I complete them, it adds a wrench into the process. For the games I like, it's the top platform for me, although it's still behind the PSP and DS.

3DS:

I got my 3DS a couple of months into its life. I was sold on it for only 3 games, and was lucky enough to see all 3 localized (Code of Princess, Senran Kagura, and Bravely Default). While some games have exceeded my expectations (Dead or Alive and Fire Emblem), I was disappointed in some (SMTIV, Code of Princess, and Bravely Default). I'm catching up a bit in some of the recent releases I've missed (just got Soul Hackers on the sale, and I'm waiting on Persona Q), but the 3DS is in a pretty weird spot this gen too like the Vita. The support it gets is varied and I think 3rd party devs are carrying it. Still a couple of games in the pipe I'm hyped for, so I'll still be playing my 3DS (Bravely 2nd and FE: Fates especially).

Wii U:

I only got my own Wii U about a month ago. It's pretty much what I expected. It has a few gems but hasn't gotten a vast library. Bayonetta 2 is excellent and worth the price of admission. 



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Overall, it seems Gen 8 is continuing many of the trends started in Gen 7. Those trends being: longer development times, the main focus being on big budget "blockbusters" and ignoring the more mid range titles, increase in DLC practices, timed exclusives, yearly sequels, remasters, and many other things that greatly benefit the publishers and remind us it's a business. Now, not all of that results in a worse experience for the gamer. But much of it does. And Gen 7 is kind of where my interests and the industry's interests diverged a little. I'm not really into many of the games that the industry pushes. I don't care about CoD, or Battlefield, or Battlefront, or Assassin's Creed, or Tomb Raider, or Gears of War, or the other "big hitters" of the industry.  Lucky for me, the indie market can satisfy some of that need I have.  And Kickstarter has definitely filled some of the holes as well.

That being said, I definitely have a nice collection of games for the PS4, Wii U, Vita, and 3DS, not to mention the PC. I just see the direction the industry is going in, and it's not necessarily how I would prefer it go.



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Wow, mind I recommend Bloodborne?



 

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The only 8th gen console I own is my PS4, which I use sparingly, not all right now because its back home in Houston and I go to school in Chicago. And its not that I don't want the games, but I'm to busy being a college student to buy and or play them, thusly I've been primarily gaming on PC for the past 4 years.
Through friends, though I've played KH3DS, PW: AA, JFA, and T&T so far, so its good. On Wii U, I played MK8 and a small taste of Smash 4 at a tournament or other, once I graduate in December, I'll be good.

I'll admit last gen was more fun, but only because I was in high school and had so much god dammed time.



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Awesome.

I have already put more hours on the PS4 than I did PS3/Wii last gen. (I stuck with from 2010+)



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Pretty good. The 3DS and WiiU have been tons of fun. I sold my PSVita since it was a bit lacking imo, but my PS4 has been okay thus far; I will be buying a lot of games starting next month.



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Great. 7th gen was a massive disappointment to me compared to 6th gen.

So far my favorite genres have been pretty strong compared to last gen. The games I have played so far have all been satisfying, and manages to break me off of PC gaming often.