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TimCliveroller on 10 March 2016

And it wasn't ignored. Mistakes got repaired as per thread title say.



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binary solo on 10 March 2016
Lawlight said:
binary solo said:
Why are people mentioning sequels?

Also, I would put Mass Effect up there with UC and Gears.

The funny thing is Uncharted:DF was only a modestly received and OK selling game. It became a generation defining franchise with Uncharted 2.

The problem we have with finding something new and amazing is that the technological leap between 7th and 8th gen was not as great as between 6th and 7th gen. This makes it harder to make games that are generation defining in the way of bringing something obviously big and new to console gaming that just was not there in the 7th gen. In many ways, the 8th gen is really just the 7th gen with better graphics.

Is Horizon going to be a whole lot different to Skyrim in their core elements? The world might be more detailed with cooler robot monsters. But ultimately it doesn't look like being a genre or generation defining game. Perhaps it will being something new and amazing to the table, but I'm thinking it will simply be a great game that still fits quite neatly into the open world RPG box.

In some what what could define this generation is the evolution of indie games that have a AAA look and feel. No Man's sky looks to be a bit like that. Made by a 15 person indie studio, but has big ambitions and has a AAA look about it. Can smaller studios put out AAA type content on a budget? If they can put out AAA type games at a fraction of the AAA dev costs and put them on the market for $30 or $40 then that really shakes up the industry. I know No Man's Sky is a full $60 retail release but there's a lot of scope for big and bold indie games to come in at a lower price.

Drake's Fortune was modestly received? It has a 90% on GR and 89 on MC. And had sold 2.6M before Uncharted 2 came out.

88 on MC. And given the inflated scores games were getting in the 7th gen an 88 was modest. people woould complain bitt erly if a fan favourite franchise got less than 90 back then. So an 88 for a new IP was merely a good start. Now, thankfully with more rationality coming back into review scores a new IP in the mid 80s and even high 70's still gets a positive reaction. Though I expect major meltdowns if UC4 winds up in the 80s. It won't stop me from enjoying the game though.



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curl-6 on 10 March 2016
TimCliveroller said:
. I'm thinking of: gameplay-graphics-complete paradigm.

Simple, there aren't any.

So far, this gen has been nothing but the same games we've been playing since 2007, just with slightly shinier graphics.

I started gaming in the 4th gen, and unless something changes dramatically, the 8th gen will be the worst I have experienced. It's certainly the smallest leap from one gen to the next. It all feels so stagnant that I am starting to lose interest in gaming as a whole.



hershel_layton on 10 March 2016

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Meliodas2 on 10 March 2016

It has been a weak generation so far. Unnecessary remasters and indie garbage seems to make up half what comes out.



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ArchangelMadzz on 10 March 2016

Horizon zero dawn probably



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Meliodas2 on 10 March 2016
CGI-Quality said:
Meliodas2 said:
It has been a weak generation so far. Unnecessary remasters and indie garbage seems to make up half what comes out.

Indie garbage? Nah - not every Indie title is garbage (no different than other games). Also, unnecessary remasters? That's up to the individual buyer. The market doesn't seem to have a problem with them.

Well maybe there's one or two indie games that aren't garbage but just poor. Otherwise yeah, indie garbage.



Normchacho on 10 March 2016

I'm surprised that you didn't say Bioshock as a defining game of last gen...

Anyways, I don't think has been any shortage of great games this gen, but I agree that we haven't seen many that aren't sequels. Though...you did say Tekken 3...



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Lawlight on 11 March 2016
binary solo said:
Lawlight said:

Drake's Fortune was modestly received? It has a 90% on GR and 89 on MC. And had sold 2.6M before Uncharted 2 came out.

88 on MC. And given the inflated scores games were getting in the 7th gen an 88 was modest. people woould complain bitt erly if a fan favourite franchise got less than 90 back then. So an 88 for a new IP was merely a good start. Now, thankfully with more rationality coming back into review scores a new IP in the mid 80s and even high 70's still gets a positive reaction. Though I expect major meltdowns if UC4 winds up in the 80s. It won't stop me from enjoying the game though.

So, the first Witcher, Portal, Valkyria Chronicles, Left 4 Dead and Demon's Souls were all only modestly received as well?



TimCliveroller on 11 March 2016
Normchacho said:
I'm surprised that you didn't say Bioshock as a defining game of last gen...

Anyways, I don't think has been any shortage of great games this gen, but I agree that we haven't seen many that aren't sequels. Though...you did say Tekken 3...

The tekken part was added later to the title (read the topic and you'll see why)



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