namekuseijin
Banned
games are completely casual these days. I think what most really want in games nowadays is to just get along with other kids for some fun - it's a social activity, a chat room with avatars and bullets.
Case in point, I just finished The Last Campfire. Yes, it's gorgeous, yes, it's well designed and even very engaging in exploration. But it's got no confrontation of any kind, only puzzles - and most of them very trivial, although a few were deliciously remarkable. But, if you've been into gaming for a long time, you can see all the references: Zelda, Rime, Journey, even Monument Valley. I was thoroughly engaged, despite not being as hard as old games, but here's the thing: I just got a platinum trophy for it, without much sweat - in fact, I was around 37 of 42 lost things found, so I can't see why I got the trophy...
if you're an old timer like me, don't waste your time with current games. Grab a VR headset right away to see what gaming could have been. Just forget the idiot indie minigames that fill out most the space, go play VR mods of classic games like HL or Quake, some retro-inspired VR games like Battlezone, Compound and Ancient Dungeon VR or ports of old, still reasonably fine games like Skyrim and Borderlands 2... because the future is bleaker by the day...
Case in point, I just finished The Last Campfire. Yes, it's gorgeous, yes, it's well designed and even very engaging in exploration. But it's got no confrontation of any kind, only puzzles - and most of them very trivial, although a few were deliciously remarkable. But, if you've been into gaming for a long time, you can see all the references: Zelda, Rime, Journey, even Monument Valley. I was thoroughly engaged, despite not being as hard as old games, but here's the thing: I just got a platinum trophy for it, without much sweat - in fact, I was around 37 of 42 lost things found, so I can't see why I got the trophy...
if you're an old timer like me, don't waste your time with current games. Grab a VR headset right away to see what gaming could have been. Just forget the idiot indie minigames that fill out most the space, go play VR mods of classic games like HL or Quake, some retro-inspired VR games like Battlezone, Compound and Ancient Dungeon VR or ports of old, still reasonably fine games like Skyrim and Borderlands 2... because the future is bleaker by the day...