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Ill start by poycotting DLC 49 30.43%
 
Ill Buy Games with Campaigns 81 50.31%
 
Ill quit gaming 31 19.25%
 
Total:161

I'm liking this generation so far, but I can agree with the broken games. The perfect example here is Batman: Arkham Knight on PC. The port team might be to blame, but they might've had little time, tools or manpower to work with the game. That's why I watch reviews before buying a game so I don't have to spend my money on the broken ones. And it has worked like a charm; I actually haven't played a broken game since I bought my PS4 last August. I don't mind that developers lengthen the game's release date if it's to fix out these kinks. But this shouldn't become a trend either.

I don't mind buying DLC I really liike for the games I like, whether it is new levels, new missions or new clothing. But I'm extremely picky with them. I avoid Season Pass like the malaria. They're a crap shoot; you don't know what you'll get with them. They entice you with getting the content in bulk for a lower price than buying them individually, when the content itself isn't what you expected. Even worse, you never know if that season pass will apply to future content, which is what Activision and Bungie did with Destiny. Microtransactions are utter bullshit. I'll never spend a penny on them.

I don't care much for episodic contents, except for Tales of the Borderlands, which I really liked. I don't like when they split the game into cheap parts, which is what I feel what they'll do with the next Hitman.

I don't mind remasters, as long as they add all the DLC from the original game. It's there for the one who didn't play it on the other console or for the double-dipper. Eventually, the devs will find a way to exploit this.

This gen is alright... for now.



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kitler53 said:
i wholeheartedly disagree:

1. I have yet to buy or play a game where i felt like i got 1/5th of a game on the rest was behind dlc. the only dlc practise i dislike was destiny and that complaint wasn't that the orginal game lacked content but that the dlc invalidated its use "forcing" me to upgrade to the latest add-on.

2. with ps+ gaming feels cheaper and more affordable then ever. i have a huge backlog of games i want to play which makes it easy to wait for new releases to drop to half price 6 months after release.

3. i like remasters of games i like. if i don't like the game i don't buy it and the existence of that game has ZERO impact on my life. there is no reason to list it as a reason this generation is disappointing.

4. i've yet to play a truely broken game. i'll bet most of you guys that complain about AC unity haven't actually played it. it's a fucking joke to call that game unplayable,.. go back to the NES era of gaming and i'll show you some truely "unplayable" games. an occasional dip in framerate, some pop-in, infrequent visual artifacts do not make a game unplayable. this gen has been no better/worse than any other except that these days game breaking glitches can be patch post release. things are better than ever honestly.

5. bloodborne. infamous. the witcher 3. rocket league. resogun. life is strange. fallout 4. the talos principle. metal gear. far cry 4. axiom verge. the order 1886. transistor. until dawn. the swaper. broken age. uncharted 4. ratchet and clank. the witness. the tomorrow children. detroit. dreams. cuphead. horizon. the last guardian. ect and so forth. i have played and am anticipating a huge selection of great games,.. and that's what gaming is all about. i'm having a ton of fun this gen.

People seem to forget how bad some games were back in that gen. And back then, a revised version was the only way for a game to be fixed, and if I'm not mistaken, you had to call the company to change the game by snail mail. And that's only Nintendo, don't get me started on Atari.

This might not be the sixth generation, but this is not the scourge of the generations as people make it to be.





Azuren said:
PerturbedKitty said:

I agree. This generation is terrible for all those reasons you just listed. I'm just glad nintendo doesn't partake in any of that nonsense or else this generation would suck even more than it already does.

 

By the way, you forgot broken games. 

Remind me again how you unlock that Challenge dungeon in TPHD?  ;)

you use the wolf link amiibo thats packed in with the game





Ruler said:
curl-6 said:
Farsala said:
curl-6 said:

Playing Wii and 360 last gen with friends made me want one. PS4 and X1, by contrast, just do nothing to hook me.

By contrast, me playing those made me disgusted with gaming as a whole and basically lead me to quit console gaming for quite awhile. Call me nostalgic, but Xbox and Gamecube were sooooo much better. I did eventually buy some 7th gen consoles used, because you can't just say no to such a deal that I got. I no longer own any 7th gen console.

I guess something similar may be happening to you for 8th gen.

That's pretty much how I feel regarding the 8th gen. At this rate I plan to return to 4th/5th gen gaming for a while once Wii U tapers off, and maybe come back in the 9th gen and see if things have improved.

so what they are supposed to be then? and what improvements?

Don't ask me, I'm not a game developer or hardware designer. It's not my job to create exciting new gaming experiences. That's Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo's job, and they have failed to impress me this generation.



The term season pass is what scares me the most lol.

I don't know if my content will stop working eventually or not.

I can understand a season pass for buying HD streaming services in sport because once the season is over its over.



 

 

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Farsala said:
7th gen sucked more.

God damn season passes and DLC: Don't buy them, or wait until the price is right...

Broken Games: Don't buy them, or wait until they are fixed (like Witcher 3 no?)

Remasters: Are Fine if they are just ports, they should have been released at PS4 launch though.

Lack of Content in Our Games: Agree, Campaigns should come back. Support games that have them, especially JRPGs, Koei Tecmo games, 1st party exclusives, etc.

Graphic Downgrades I personally do not care about graphics but to each their own.

Episodic Games: Don't support them then.

Doing all of that makes this gen just fine for me, you guys are missing out.

 

I cicked this link and this was exactly what I wanted to post.

Don't like it, don't buy it.

 

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well how are you expecting the publishers to make money, when they don't increase the launch prices of their games.
Fact is, gaming has never been cheaper for gamers. You aren't forced to pay anything extra. But if you do, you're not getting ripped off or anything, you're just paying the difference in value between $60 in 2005 (when the price was first introduced) and $60 in 2016.



curl-6 said:
Ruler said:
curl-6 said:
Farsala said:
curl-6 said:

Playing Wii and 360 last gen with friends made me want one. PS4 and X1, by contrast, just do nothing to hook me.

By contrast, me playing those made me disgusted with gaming as a whole and basically lead me to quit console gaming for quite awhile. Call me nostalgic, but Xbox and Gamecube were sooooo much better. I did eventually buy some 7th gen consoles used, because you can't just say no to such a deal that I got. I no longer own any 7th gen console.

I guess something similar may be happening to you for 8th gen.

That's pretty much how I feel regarding the 8th gen. At this rate I plan to return to 4th/5th gen gaming for a while once Wii U tapers off, and maybe come back in the 9th gen and see if things have improved.

so what they are supposed to be then? and what improvements?

Don't ask me, I'm not a game developer or hardware designer. It's not my job to create exciting new gaming experiences. That's Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo's job, and they have failed to impress me this generation.

You can only be impressed a limited times in your life, get used to it. Do you have these exceptantions for every book, movie or song too? 

There is something called virtual reality tough.



One thing that Mario Kart 8 DLC taught me is that even pretty huge content DLC can be pretty profitable at 7.99$



I've never been happier to now own any current gen systems,



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