Is gaming as we know it over?

This gen has been piss poor. It's been nothing but:

> Movie games

> Microtransactions

> Open world games

> Online only

> Battle royale

> Fake 4k

Why would anyone have faith in next gen?

Keep that comment to yourself!

I have been managing to have fun this whole time, sucks to be you.

I hear you... Although as far as Movie games go Spider-Man is the best of the bunch since it feels like a marvel comic come to life.

That being said RE2 came this year. Maybe Gears 5 and Halo Infinite... will come.

I can't keep up with the games. I've had to clear my Steam Wishlist because I kept getting E-mails "a game on your wishlist is on sale".

But I'm also on PC and play a wide variety of genre, so pickings aren't exactly slim.

@DonaId: They did do some great things with Spiderman, but they really dropped the ball with the boss fights and the busy work missions (backpacks, pigeons, etc)

Despite the couple of rarities, this gen has made me want to give up gaming more than any other.

Yeah I am feeling a bit overwhelmed with the last six months of offerings on PC, let alone the entire "gen".

Not to mention the games from years ago I still play.

@dimebag667: stealth sections should have been optional too. Agreed on most of the bosses.

Arkham city did bosses better. Loved traversing the city though

Giving up is the best thing, be 10 or 60 years from now you'll be under the ground and forgotten about within a month.

At least Halflife 2 was good.

@misrespect: I'm loving this gen, who's alt are you by the way?

Thanks to indies, I have tons of faith in the future.

This gen has had my favorite games: Metro Exodus, DMC5, Assassin's creed Origins, The Witcher 3, Forza Horizon 4, Red Dead Redemption 2, Titanfall 2, Apex Legends, Overwatch and people would slaughter me for this one but I love Star Wars Battlefront 2 as well. Sure, all these games are mostly mere evolutions from what came before but they are dang fine evolutions at that. Try going back to ps3/Xbox 360 era games and you'll feel that a lot of those games don't nearly control as intuitive and smooth as current gen games do.

I think next generation will be the last necessary generation (if it's modular for future incremental updates). An 8 core 16 thread Ryzen CPU will seriously open the doors to developers to improve AI, dynamic effects, amount of stuff happening on screen and so on. Basically the Game Developer and their artist's quality will decide a game's outcome quality. Game Engine's are becoming more efficient through techniques, efficiency scaling is more important than throwing more TFLOPS at hardware kits. And yes, the game industry has been known to be cleaner and more industry healthy traits. Gaming has become so big shady business practices are leaching the masses, but there are many games out this gen that top last gen easily. The backlog increases by the month...

Last gen was much worse. this gen has some really amazing games (Doom 2016 and Metro Exodus) and some games are really really bad (wolfenstein and tomb raider).

its ok generation. i give it like 7/10. need more SP FPS.

That's like asking why do chickens have wings if they can't fly? Why?

@DonaId: yeah they nailed traversal

All we need is XCOM 3. The second game made the previous gen almost entirely on its own for me personally. In addition there's been the rise of the pseudo-retro indie games, the highlight of those being Enter the Gungeon. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture was a unique game with visuals only the current gen could provide, and with a VR headset (which I use for everything now) it is creepy and immersive. Live streaming at the touch of a button has brought an extra dimension to gaming, and we can even play classics like Final Fight and Streets of Rage 2 on PSN. I'lll admit the mainstream has gotten very stale but there's still plenty to satisfy all tastes if you look for it.

Best console generation in a long time

The gaming crash is coming!

No, this gen has been great.

New IPs, new strategy games, the return of the classic western RPG, Japanese development returning to top form, indie releases as far as the eye can see, and Nintendo going on a streak of super high quality releases.

Yea, we have had the holdovers from last gen, with the crap micro transactions, awful AAA money grabs like Destiny and Anthem, and the usual COD clones, but that stuff has been losing steam and been shunned by the community as a whole in light of all the creativity coming along.

I’m really worried about games as service, that needs to be killed and done away with ASAP, but I’d say this gen has been very, very good.

I've enjoyed a great many games this gen, so not for me.

Yep Gaming as we have known it is finished. But until the second Videogame industry crash happens. Game on. Eventually the industry will recover as before.

Yes it's over.... Too many services, games and experiences to be had to keep a bead on, but that's also not a bad thing...

Gamers have more choice to play to your tastes... The indie scene has been dropping bomb after bomb for as long as I can remember and big budget games are so frequent you can pick which are worth your time and ignore the rest...

Things are definitely different... But not worse. The physical media folks are probably having the biggest panic attack, but even that will come and go.

WTF is wrong with open world games?

Far from it I'm enjoying now more than ever. The best era for me was the mega drive snes but that was also because you were brought up one or another.

@misrespect: Talk about being a drama king/queen. Gaming is going to continue in the same manner that it has been for decades. You are most likely the problem.

@misrespect: Huh? I love PUBG and it’s my second favorite game this gen right behind the original Titanfall.

So no - this has been a great generation. You just bought the wrong console. Lol ‘movie games’ and ‘fake 4k’? Why’d you buy a PS4?

Battle Royale games are snorzville you hippie

Games as I know them ended several times during my life as a gamer. The industry changes, deal with it. Change brings both good and bad things attached.

On topic: changed yes, over, definitely no.

@misrespect: Opinions are fun!

Like culture, video games changes. That is why a video game crash is unlikely in the future as gaming is always evolving.

@misrespect:

How does that destroy gaming?

This gen has been fantastic. And gaming is evolving more now than ever before.

I take it you don't own a switch.

This gen has been awesome. Sorry you have garbage taste in games. I hope you're miserable next gen too.

The only valid complaint you have is online only the rest is nonsense

I normally wouldn't respond to h this and actually I still won't, not tto this kinda thing.

Gaming as I knew and loved it has been dead for a few years now... that doesn't mean that I'm giving up though. Fool me 1,382,874 times shame on me, fool me... you get the point.. lol

No.

What's changed is the direction of gaming. And that's because interests and demands are changing as well as tools development avenues. And all of that is good!

Gaming has only been truly dead once, in 1983. It stayed dead for nearly 3 years before Nintendo came along and brought it back to life.

If you think about it gaming has really always changed a lot so basically this answer is yes because yes but no because if it changes then that means gaming as we know it has stayed the same.