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Well, I'm afraid it's not going to get much better than that. Bioshock was released in 2007 and the AAA market has only gotten bigger and dumber since then.
Yeah, gameplay would have been solid except the enemies were so repetitive, so it's boring after about the first 1/3.As i recall Bioshock was no more than just another linear shooter with no other functions then changing weapons and shooting. I see no layers there. Had you said Psiops, i might have agreed.
Well, it had hacking. It had interesting magical powers. It had some non-linear level design. It had logs with pseudo-intellectual Ayn Rand references and GRIMDARK drama. It had stores where you could equip yourself with tonics, which grant various bonuses, in a pseudo-RPG fashion.
Seems like you weren't looking closely enough. Dude, the game was basically a dumbed down mass market version of System Shock 2. I wonder what you think of System Shock 2.
Yes. Why would they want their buyers to demand more? Simple. Because if they don't do it someone else might. Educating the masses has always been a bad idea. But there aren't a lot of people who think the earth is flat any more (except in France where it's about half the population) so the people will evolve regardless (except in France). Might as well do something to speed it up and be the one who did it. Surely any evolution in ones own games and buyers would only harm the competition and secure long term business.Publishers have no interest in educating the masses on what a good game is. They want to reach as broad an audience as possible with as little cost as possible. Educating the audience about good games would be contrary to their goals.
IdeallyIdeally, several of the games will be really awesome, and the studios will be able to go Valve and start self publishing games they self fund.
Good. The first step is confusion. It's the thing that allows you to reconsider everything you experience.Reapa, I have no idea what your position is anymore, but kickstarter is the greatest weapon we have against the decline.
Good. The first step is confusion. It's the thing that allows you to reconsider everything you experience.Reapa, I have no idea what your position is anymore, but kickstarter is the greatest weapon we have against the decline.
Next step will be fear as you will realize you were wrong and shit is deeper than it seemed.
And finally the overcoming of your fear and hopefully doing more than procrastinating.
IdeallyIdeally, several of the games will be really awesome, and the studios will be able to go Valve and start self publishing games they self fund.
Might as well procrastinate till it's done.
You keep using that word, I don't think it means what you think it means.Good. The first step is confusion. It's the thing that allows you to reconsider everything you experience.Reapa, I have no idea what your position is anymore, but kickstarter is the greatest weapon we have against the decline.
Next step will be fear as you will realize you were wrong and shit is deeper than it seemed.
And finally the overcoming of your fear and hopefully doing more than procrastinating.
Don't skip steps, infinitron.
You're right, it might not work at all.I'm clearly teaching you step by step like small children that it might not be enough, or even the right way.
Who showed this idiot the Codex anyway?
I'm clearly teaching you step by step like small children that it might not be enough, or even the right way.
Okay, what's your suggestion, genius? Kidnapping AAA developers and subjecting them to a brainwashing seminar?
I have to start somewhere, I have to be sure that i want to change anything at all, I have to have a few fights about it with other people interested in the same thing, so why not start with the codex? And while at it, i just might drag some along with me. Infinitron
You forgot 2 things in your list - me arguing with you here and now. And you reaching the first step. tuluse
What the fuck are you talking about, you're not making any sense.I have to start somewhere, I have to be sure that i want to change anything at all, I have to have a few fights about it with other people interested in the same thing, so why not start with the codex? And while at it, i just might drag some along with me. Infinitron
You forgot 2 things in your list - me arguing with you here and now. And you reaching the first step. tuluse
How about you show him gamefaqs, reddit or other such places?Who showed this idiot the Codex anyway?
I did. If you want him to stop arguing, you should offer to gamble with him. Any game of cards or dice... well, actually, any game at all would be okay for him. As long as he's busy winning at gambling, he won't have time to argue.
You want another middlebudget rpg? What for? You've had quite enough of those.
Reapa is the übergamer; tired of seeing the lesser gamers enjoy thenselves with shitty games, he wishes to guide then to the promised land, imposing his own (and obviously superior) gaming concepts and preferences upon the blind masses, until all they can play are ubergames!That is why the people have to "be evolved" from the outside. They might not have realized that the good parts of the game were not what they thought them to be, but give them enough games which aren't linear and them force them to walk a straight line and they will wake up.