I'm really really REALLY hoping that BF4 is a long way off. Been playing the BF games on PC for years now and I enjoy having those couple of years after the DLC dust has settled to keep playing, not feel like I need to buy a new version less than a year later. This was the Battlefield series, not MW;Annual Edition.
Yes, because it was 'familt friendly franchises' that got us from the early 80's to where we are today in gaming. Maybe Sony should just give in and create Sonic the Plumber if he's the concerned. I don't mind family games, I just rather enjoy playing decent games in my bedroom for hours on end instead. Red Dead Redemption, Uncharted, Heavy Rain etc. You know, those games that make the PS3 stand out.
Farenheit and Heavy Rain were similar in their styles, and undoubtedly the next one will be also, but they pushed new boundaries in so much as it was an exploration into people more than anything else. Quantic Dream, similar to the original Silent Hill team, tend to look more at the psychology of things and use their own method of narrative to cause the player to share emotion on a deeper level of understanding than quick button mashing, next level please. Perhaps the gameplay itself isn't innovative, but the experience almost always is and the presentation is just the cing on the cake.
@grim0187 I'm with you. ME3 was the weakest of the franchise, but trash? Puh-lease. It still beats many other games out there. With folks calling it trash it just suggests to me 'we're disappointed and have gotten ourselves worked up and angry over it so will lash out with over exagerations'. Tiny bit of perspective folks.
@damnstraight003 True enough on the hardwire front, although kids do start out slapping each other without the need to be shown. Then as parents we tell them 'no, that's not acceptible' and they slowly learn not to as it is wrong to do so. Screaming, shouting, fits etc. also aren't picked up so much as become frustrated reactions from the younger mind. I also like the repurcussive elements of some games. Deus Ex was really good at mastering that aspect, so much so I ended up trying to be the good guy. Besides, I like the sneakier aspects anyhow. It makes games more challenging if you try not to kill but stealthily disable. All too easy to just shoot someone and go ballistic. Hitman is another good one for making you make that choice, although it's less about morals. And no worries. Your first reply caused me to think you and I have mental similarities (as it's the sort of sarcastic thing I'd come up with) and the intelligent blog only cemented that fact further. I enjoy a good well thought out discussion over 'no u smell of wee, noob' which is frankly pointless. I also really need to leanr how to make paragraphs on this site. They never seem to seperate!
@damnstraight003 BTW just read your very interesting blog on here. Have you tried Binary Domain? May not break many boundaries but did feel the acting was very good and I actually wound up havng different thoughts and feelings towards each character which I thought was rather well done.
@damnstraight003 It's not so much that although I do like your reply. I'm saying more that we are violent beings through nature and it is through nurture that we learn to shackle down those feelings usually through demonstrating severe consequence (usually via punishment from parents, schooling, law etc.). Takes a village to raise a child as they say. Gaming doesn't so much create violence, it merely taps into what is already there, albeit more innate, to create an arena where that aspect may be released in a safe and non repurcussive environment. I enjoy violent games, but I do not feel the urge to go out and lamp the next person I see. Instead my aggressive steam is blown off through shooting pixels or whathaveyou. This is not really a new thing, it has been inb evidence for decades now.
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