Yeah, the hardware feels ancient after the Vita. 3DS is worth it for the usuals....Zelda, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, Mario, etc.

Me too. Once you play the Vita, the hardware, interface, etc. in 3DS feels ancient.

There is so much squandered potential with the Vita. It really can be a handheld PS3.

Yes, to go further into your point, I think when it comes to both cutscenes and QTEs, developers forget why they were originally there in the first place, which is why some games do them wrong.

QTE are good in games like God of War because you are battling a boss/enemy with high intensity with sweaty palms probably mashing on buttons (at least that's what I do) and then to finish them off QTE pop up so they are there to change the intensity to a more finesse like approach. This is also logically necessary to finish off a colossal enemy with a well-times and precise pinprick fatal move. They are there logically as well as a fun transition to change up the gameplay.

95% games do not do this and just toss them in.

I'm not impressed at all nor has anyone else I know been impressed at all. I actually forgot about them. I still consider the PS3/360 "this generation".

I have both handhelds and end up playing the Vita way more. You can hate on the OS all you want, but at least the hardware isn't 10 years old like the 3DS.

"It was as if a million voices cried out in pain and were suddenly silenced"

It's not like the forums are just not as active as before. I mean it has essentially died.

How they handle this situation will determine the ongoing success of forums and perhaps the site of a whole.

If they revert back to the old style or come up with one that is actually intuitive, they will salvage what little fan support remains as well as proven to have listened to the feedback

OR

They won't. This site will continue its downward trajectory and show that they won't listen to feedback (which is obviously overwhelming, perhaps unanimous, which is shown indirectly in the rate of forum posts lately and directly in all the "This new layout sucks" topics.

Continuing down this path isn't beneficial to anyone, so I'm personally quite puzzled. The site is nowhere near as popular as a few years ago and for the GS forums were by far the best out there and gave me a reason to visit the site multiple times a day. Now, I'm only here to try and get a decent forum back. I'm sure there may be hesitation because the design cost some money, but long-term is going to suffer insurmountably compared to the short-term.

I just returned after a few year hiatus and also wondering what the heck happened. These forums used to be extremely busy and now It is quite literally a ghost town.

I might try your suggestion of joystiq.com.

I just started a few days ago and the story starts off so slooooooooow. But I just got off like a 5 hour marathon session and I usually can't play more like an hour of any other game.

This exactly