Where are games going?

I guess it's translated from japanese as well.

[Fissuras]

let's not forget the now famous:

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

[jmmijo]

Actually you can do this same thing with a pretty simple sentence and Bablefish. Just translate the sentence a few times from say English or German to start then go thru a few language translations and then finally back to the native tongue it was first written in. You'll notice your sentence has morphed a bit

[Shatterhand]

"Let's Ass Kick Together" is the name of the song playing, I think.

Yeah, don't forget Alien Syndrome, is japanese after all.

[Dastardly]

This thread is almost a year old now so has your opinon changed at all? Is our fave hobbys future doomed? Will there ever be another 'Amiga'?
Id be interested to see if anything in the last 12 months has altered your opinion.

[Pyromania]

In the future all games will be clones of Tunnels of Armageddon.

[jmmijo]

Originally posted by Pyromania
In the future all games will be clones of Tunnels of Armageddon.

Just like all the restaraunts will be clones of Taco Bell

[Amiga1992]

All games are still going towards the plopper.
(though there are some stars of hope appearing in the PS2, GC and GBA)

[Dastardly]

Maybe this is the answer?

[ Show youtube player ]

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Dastardly

Maybe this is the answer?

[ Show youtube player ]

A spinning mirror is the display of the future? It's a real good technique to display holographic information and the ability to walk around them is awesome, but how can that have an effect on games?
Nonetheless a very interesting find Dastardly.

[MazinKaesar]

About the future of the videogames, I 'm scared about Wii, Nintendo DS and casual gaming...

[gimbal]

I'm not scared about the fine Nintendo products, I'm scared about the new generation of gamers themselves. They are literally destroying the market with their idiotic demands of more graphics and less gameplay.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by gimbal

I'm not scared about the fine Nintendo products, I'm scared about the new generation of gamers themselves. They are literally destroying the market with their idiotic demands of more graphics and less gameplay.

Haven't that been like that for the last 10 years or so? Haven't that even increased the market? It's not that I'm much into this hardware 'mayhem', but since Doom was released there was ever a increase in the hardware demand for games. The quality in average has decreased however and the 'clones' and 'series' have taken the lead. The Wii is a good alternative to the normal stereotype gaming, but only because you control games in a different way it doesn't mean they are better. I don't know what I expect from newer games, but I always search for new ideas or at least a new mixture of old ideas

[Dizzy]

I dont care much about new games... I'll be Retro forever



I know even new games become retro one day

[gimbal]

Haven't that been like that for the last 10 years or so? Haven't that even increased the market?

Yes and no. Gamers in the 90s were swept away by the sudden growth and did not need to have any demands, advancements in game technology stilled the hunger and kept the gamers happy. When a game was called bad, you could almost be assured that it was truly horrible and not because of the graphics either, otherwise games like Daggerfall or Lands of Lore 2 would have been burned and burried.

Now skip to today. Gears of War is a big hit, people rave about the graphics. And then Gears of War 2 is announced, with early screenshots. I see the screenshots and think "looks very nice!". I read other comments on the net: "it looks terrible!". Why? Because the graphics look only slightly better than those of Gears of War 1 :s

[TCD]

I only buy games that look interesting to me and try to get a opinion by someone I know that have played the game. I'm fed up with spending 50 € on a game the press or some blogger praised and it bores/pisses me. There might be a lot of new games out there that I would like to play, but I'm not eager to play each and every game anymore. Maybe I play COD 4 in a year or so when it's budget and I even try Crysis for 10 € when a 8800 GTS costs about 100 €. I stay a little behind and save a lot of money. That is what I learnt through my gaming career

[Yoto]

I believe the game industry will mass explore MMORPG. single players like me, will eventually have to readapt...thats already a big step for me, i guess i will start replaying the old titles...
MMORPG games have infinite content and discard the idea that a game should have an END. Neverending games with montly fee that keep people addicted are just another form of Toxicodependency imho.

[Graham Humphrey]

Originally Posted by MazinKaesar

About the future of the videogames, I 'm scared about Wii, Nintendo DS and casual gaming...

Why do you think this is a bad thing?

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Yotoxionomai

I believe the game industry will mass explore MMORPG. single players like me, will eventually have to readapt...thats already a big step for me, i guess i will start replaying the old titles...
MMORPG games have infinite content and discard the idea that a game should have an END. Neverending games with montly fee that keep people addicted are just another form of Toxicodependency imho.

As you know I love RPGs, but I don't like MMORPG. I have a friend who plays WoW and it's just boring. He and his 'guild' play 4-5 times a week killing the same bosses over and over (okay now they have 6 new ones with the addon). They are all level 70 and hope to find at least one piece of 'gear' every week. I will never adapt to that nor will I pay for a game on a monthly basis. Multiplayer modes can be fun, but not in this way.

[Retro-Nerd]

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

Why do you think this is a bad thing?

Because we probably lose the atmospheric/complex single player games one day. I've read that Alone in the Dark 5 could be Atari's last (and crap) single player game.

This Wii stuff is fun for a few minutes with some friends, but i still prefer games with more content. Never tried this MMORPG stuff, nothing for me. Can't image that i would enjoy this hectic gameplay.

For multiplayer:

I like the Bomber Man series or some fighting sessions with Capcom/SNK games. And you course the good old Sensible Soccer.