@epressman617 @DeanBetamberine why did I sound so angry in that, serious problem of mine.I;m doing a review right now, it's a lot more coolheaded than that comment.I realise now that the character looks like Drake, the enemies look to be inspired by Borderlands. Gunplay is gears of war. Heavies are from Killzone 2/3.I know it's a ripoff but I feel like it should be given a BIT more credit.I guess I was angry because it seemed to be an absolute slaughter of the game, coupled with the rumour that I heard about not paying for a good review, made me extremely pissed off.The boss fights are nice at least, if not recycled later on in the game.
I think that people have finally adopted my mindset. I will not play a broken game. If a game needs a day one patch, then it isn't finished. People don't want unfinished games, don't rush a game to market just because you know you can patch it later.
Then there comes people being excited about patches ''oh patch 1.2 is coming next month, it should fix these issues'' the issues shouldn't be there in the first place!
A lot of games these days are rehashes of older games or just blatant ripoffs of games released the year before. Also there is the need to be online in order to play some PC games. Then there's games which require you to be connected to the internet just to play single player mode (Diablo 3).
And the last thing, on-disc DLC!
Although that was just a list of complaints, I do want to see the industry survive like all of us do but it's hit the fan, people know what they want and they aren't getting it! I speak for others as I barely play modern games and collect old games but I still care for the future of gaming.
Yes there are certain economic issues surrounding the downfall of gaming this year and thus, the companies which create the games but I'm not going to think about or even consider writing it. So although what I wrote is not 100% of the problem, it is only the gaming side of things.
Times are tough and even as a great developer you may need to layoff staff, regardless of the quality of your games (see Sierra layoff, 1999)
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