I really wasn't talking about the speed of the "tech," but of innovation in gaming. I said "technology" because something like the change from 2d to 3d actually allowed developers to make fundamentally different kinds of games. But as Danny pointed out, our tech for 3d games has pretty much peaked (barring VR), so new tech no matter automatically means real innovation to go with it. It just means slightly prettier versions of games we've already played many times before. That's why I don't like Destiny -- because it feels to me like just another shooter among the dozens of others shooters I've already played.
I agree with Danny, but I think his emphasis was slightly off. His overall point in the end seemed to be that different generations crave different experiences that hearken back to their early gaming days. Maybe, but I think the difference has more to do with another point he made, that older gamers are used to games evolving at a fundamental level at a much faster rate than they do nowadays. AAA games used to innovate/evolve with technology just like everything else. But now innovation happens largely in the indie space.... which may be why a lot of critics in their 30s show a preference for indies. I'm turning 30 in a month, so I know where they're coming from. I really wanted to like Destiny, but I just couldn't.
There's way more gun variety in Borderlands than there is in Destiny, especially when you consider all the legendary guns that act completely differently from everything else. The system you're describing applies much more to Destiny than it does to Borderlands.
I really wanted to like Destiny. It was going to be my excuse to finally go next-gen, as there hadn't yet been a game for a next-gen system that I felt I had to have. But after playing the beta on my PS3, I became convinced that the game didn't merit all the hype it was getting. Sure enough, it's now drawing tepid review scores that confirm my feelings about it.
I'll still be buying a PS4 eventually for Bloodborne, No Man's Sky, Persona 5, and possibly Deep Down (need to see more of that one to be sure)... all coming out in 2015. The worthwhile games are still a ways away from where I'm sitting...
Yeah, that's valid too, of course. But it does seem that people who like Halo are more likely to enjoy Destiny, so I was just giving that as a disclaimer about myself and my opinion of Destiny.
In any case, there are a lot of people who seem excited for it. I just honestly wish that I could see what those people are so excited about, because it just doesn't do anything for me...
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