People will tell you that you're simply looking in the wrong places and that you should try the PC or indie games, and there's some truth to that.
In the end, though, I think you're right in some respect. The best thing to do is to simply accept that gaming has changed over the course of the last 1-2 generations. It's a different kind of business, garnering to a different kind of audience. The infatuation with streaming, sharing and games-as-service speak volumes: The gaming industry is a behemoth now, fighting to dominate the free time of its customer base. They want you to think about gaming all the time, to do nothing else, and to have you connected to them 24/7 so they can monetize all that time you spend - be it with fees, microtransactions and unlocks, online stores or simply to increase the effect of their marketing. It's not too suprising really, and people seem to love it. But it's different from, say, the PS2 generation.
The way I see it, you either accept this and try to like what gaming has become, look for a niche that you can be happy with, become a retro gamer or simply say: screw it, I'm out.
This generation is far more creative and diverse than a decade ago when people could complain about everything starring "bald space marines" and have a point.
This is the golden age, son. You might be in the wrong hobby.
I mean every generation so far had his game who define it, who create a new genre or make one genre better, what game has done that for this one ?
I have the PSVR and as cool as it is, games are usually point and click style and are very shot games, enjoyable for sure but really really short.
When a game that isn't finished is better than 99% of games that are finished, it speaks volume.
Yeah that probably me, a little rant after wasting 1h of my life playing a shitty beta.
I still haven't seen OP acknowledge indie games in this thread.
OP, are you one of those people who dismiss indie games or what?
Is this secretly another Destiny thread?
There you go, then. Plenty of creativity in that space.No not really, I have played and finished indie games like Firewatch, Ori, telltale games, Transistor, child of lights etc...
With new Ip's like Arms, Splatoon , Horizon etc and imorovements and amazing games like GTA, Mario Odyssey(soon), Bloodborne, Witcher 3, Persona 5, Yakuza 0, Nier Automata and way more.
I disagree.
I agree, this gen is basically just an upgrade/continue of last gen. Not saying that's bad, but it is true.
Same open world games, but bigger and prettier. (The Witcher 3)
Same cinematic thrid person action adventure, but prettier. (Uncharted 4 and Rise of the Tomb Raider)
Same first person shooter game with short mediocre singleplayer and a decent multiplayer mode, but again, prettier. (Battlefield 1, COD:WW2)
Even games that are considered ''creative'' and ''bold'' and really just....different.
RE7 is considered a breath of fresh air for RE fans...but it's really just a classic RE in first person mode. It's different, not new.
Don't get me wrong, I still loved RE7. My favorite game of the year so far.
I still loved a lot of games this gen, there are many great games. Really.
It's just that I rarely see any game that impresses me from a creative standpoint, nothing made me go ''wow, so this is the future of [insert genre]!''
TL;DR:
I am not upset, great games are coming out left and right. But it is true that triple A games these days doesn't see much breakthrough.
Most of those games really don't do anything new/innovative. A lot it is just (as you mentioned)improved from previous entries and other games. Many of the nice things those games do is really just an evolution of what we've had for a long time.
I mean every generation so far had his game who define it, who create a new genre or make one genre better, what game has done that for this one ?
You say it better than me it seems, I wish I could have say it like this.
There is lots of creativity, just not that much in the AAA space. Its too risky to invest in untested concepts.
There are a fuckton of creativity & innovation in the AAA/non-indie space. People just don't give credit to a lot of it because of... reasons?There is lots of creativity, just not that much in the AAA space. Its too risky to invest in untested concepts. Thats why you see new IP on a smaller scale to test the market and grow over time I think Splatoon is an example of creative games moving toward the AAA space.
It's one of the reason why I am so excited about Death Stranding. Even though I haven't played much Kojima games. (I am still looking for time to get into the MGS franchise )
Death Stranding sounds like something I have never seen before, everything about the game is so vague and mysterious.
I would be very dissapointed if Death Stranding turns out to be just another X or Y type of game that we have seen before. Except done better.
Will it stop me from enjoying it? No, of course not.
There are a fuckton of creativity & innovation in the AAA/non-indie space. People just don't give credit to a lot of it because of... reasons?
I actually disagree with that.OSTs are better
And don't give credit where credit is due even with non-indie/AAA games.
How to setting yourself up for disappointment: the post.
No it's not lmao. Gaming just keeps getting better.
Thank you, glad I don't sound like some Asian guy trying really hard to express himself with broken English.
I mean, you're blatantly ignoring games then claiming because said games don't exist that proves your point.
New games in their series that are creative and original: Horizon: Zero Dawn, Bloodborne, Overwatch, ARMS, Destiny, Prey, and more. That's just off the top of my head of completely new IP's. If you dug deeper you could find twice as many new AAA IP's, and that's excluding indie games, of course.
..... Wtf man not cool at all
I would like to hear what OP or others who agree with him consider to be games that were completely new from the previous generation?