2013-06-04, 06:22 AM
(2013-06-03, 05:39 AM)dmpdesign link Wrote:[quote author=Holy Diver link=topic=663.msg8994#msg8994 date=1369510848]
Not diminishing the roles of indie people, just wondering aloud why they haven't produced any indisputable classics (seeing as how all the classic games are pittances in terms of complexity set up against even the most modest efforts of our day)
There's a lot of chatter about Microsoft's New Xbox schemes causing a lot of chatter and divination as for what lies ahead for the future of video games. The taste that was ultimately left in my mouth is just what the hell happened to the classic video game?
I don't follow all of the PC games. But if you know of a game on the Xbox 360 or Wii or PS3 that is a classic I'd like to hear about it.
I am not sure I would say the Triple A titles these days are doing anything great either...just rehashes on the same old stuff in my opinion. I buy few games these days, none attract me. My current list of games I want to play is topped by Rathmor at the moment ;)
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Yeah I think I took that for granted, or actually said the same thing a few posts up...
Quote:Disclaimer: by classic I don't mean old. I mean things we still talk about 50 years hence. I can't even think of a single game like that spawned from the current generation of consoles. So its little surprise that so-called indie teams haven't been able to churn out a single classic. Even if Rathmor isn't a classic. I think odds are good its gonna look like a classic, at least remind some people that classic video games were once a thing in bygone eras.
I am in the same camp. Why I work on SOM is games are just trash anymore as far as I am concerned. And I am pleased that Rathmor looks promising.
Not to single out games. Blockbuster movies have been trash for forever. So the "game industry" mirroring the movie industry is not surprising. The problem with games is just that apparently all games must be made in the mold of a blockbuster almost without exception, whereas there are non-blockbuster movies.
The only reason I singled out so-called indies is they seem to want to make pared down "retro" like games, so in theory it should at least be possible for them to make a traditional classic game. But so far nothing.