You know what I'd LOVE to see is a sandbox game based on Cormac McCarthy's Suttree!

Nb. for anyone L.A.-based, I'm wondering how accurate the map in L.A. Noire is (quite accurate apparently)?
Draesk wrote:Unfortunately, while you live in the cinema world and see how things there are going down-hill, I live in the gaming world and, frankly, the same thing is happening. The technology is moving forward, yes, but the big publishing houses are doing exactly the same with games as they are with movies - the quality of the gameplay, the length of games, the effort being put into them is all, on the whole, getting worse. They're developing games in such a way to turn the quickest and biggest buck possible. The lowest common denominator of gamers are latched on to and then continually pandered to. As with movies, there are, of course, a few fantastic games still being made. Unfortunately, even some of those are suffering lazy technical development or pointless restrictions by their publishers, pulled forward only by the vision of a few key developers who keep having their work neutered by the money-makers. To be honest, the parallels between the gaming and movie industries at the moment are striking.
TC wrote:f.e.a.r. didn't play the sequels there.
_Marcus_ wrote:Even though the sandbox-games like GTA and Red Dead Redemption (big, big fan of RDR by the way) stand out as big achievements of the medium, they don't really hold up as story telling devices when you look closely enough. Then they're just as straight forward, from point A to point B in three acts, as can be. And I feel games could, and should, be so much more than that. Interactivity is key, but the way things are going right now, developers are taking away the interactivity in favour of huge spectacles, set pieces and quicktime-events. You dont play games anymore, you watch them.
TC wrote:yeah, forgot to mention i played through that in 2 hours. the only negative i have is that it's way too short, especially for the price point. great idea, great story, light gameplay but really just too damn short.
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