The main thing I need from a game now for me to enjoy it is a good involving story or narrative. Without these a generally feel no desire to complete a game and get bored of it quickly to the point where I stop playing it. For example, I know it's a modern cliche, but I just cant stand most FPS's nowadays because for me most of them have no hook or plot strong enough to grab me. I like Homefront mind but again from what I read mechanics/gameplay wise it was a average shooter but the plot/story/character situation kept me engaged to the end.
on the flipside Crysis 2 was a very well received shooter but to me the story didnt have that emotional hook. I know it tried with opening cinemetaics and such but I just lost interest not long after the first level. Same with Halo - I tried the anniversary edition oif the first one a few months ago to get me in to a great series but for me it was just shoot, move to the next location, shoot a few more and repeat and it was a game/series that I wanted to experience and enjoy like so many others do.
Then again I do love games like Total War(s), XCom, Tropico and games like it which probably don't fall in the interactive story element I have outlined but none the less they all feel grand in scale and absorb you in to anotehr world. Which Halo I suppose does but I don't know what the difference is. Perhaps it is a mix of gameplay and story that I require and perhaps Just don't like FPS's anymore.
I think what I am getting at is that I cannot just enjoy pure gameplay anymore which I regret and know I am missing out on alot of great games but I've trid and I can't even force myself.
PresidentLogan
You sound similar to me,i recently got a ps3 after not owning a console for a number of years (last one i had was a wii) and from the titles that ive played on it,i think im actually getting bored of games in general now,i dont know if it's because ive played games alot for a number of years of my life and now my interest has waned,or if the same types of games and experience are repeating themselves and it's the games fault ive lost interest,i think it's a mixture of both and to be honest the most memorable game experiences ive had in my life are from the last generation with games such as final fantasy x or even 7,9,shenmue,halo and halo 2,games that had genuine interesting storys that gripped you and made you want to progress through the game,i find narrative in games in this generation has hit an all time low,it seems the graphics and gimmicky controls of this gen replaced the need to tell rich deep storys within a gaming experience. Hopefully the next generation will provide some memorable experiences but as i agree with the TC it's all about the narrative for me. Just the same i don't watch movies for just the 'action' or tv shows for the blowing stuff up scenes,if there's no interesting plot to tie it all together i've lost all interest.
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