One has to stop and look at the average gamer to see that we are no longer in a world of enjoyment and playful spirits but are in an age of spitefulness and critics. Nothing is up to par and everything has a fault, not to mention everything should be on the one console the owner has. Although if a game is exclusive to a system the gamer has it is by default the only true game that has come out. Multiplat games are viewed with flip flop opinions and one needs to point out how one version is obviously superior than the other.
If a game is announced with heated anticipation on a console not owned by the gamer it is now a garbage series that no one ever liked in the first place. Companies that made amazing games their whole history are now considered porr and sloppy if they no longer favor a certain brand name more than the others. Also, many of the long time gamers must make themselves superior to newer gamers by segregation of hardcore and casual completely forgetting their roots of the gaming nature. Much like the consoles and handhelds these spiteful ones get side tracked with what video games are... nothing other than entertainment with video and tactile responses. Nothing about watching movies, going on the internet, listening to music, watching trailers, making a profile, and the many other features found within a console are but distractions of what a gaming console is about, which is simply playing video games.
Broken down in the easiest way there is very little between PS3 and the Wii when it comes down to playing and enjoying a game. The only difference in this generation are these "gamers" who want to feel like they should be treated special for playing a generation before and while doing so forget the very nature of enjoyment. Telling a developer how a game should be made and what's wrong with it, how it's not hardcore, how it's not good enough for you, and trying specially hard to disregard a game because it's on a system you don't own is the quickest way to loss the perspective of gaming. It's not a sport, it's not a democracy, it's not a way of life, but it's simply a form of entertainment or distraction for your everyday life.
The way these long time gamers are quickly becoming jaded in the realm of video games makes one wonder how much longer companies can or will put up with it. We'll get one more generation without a doubt but with everyone desperately trying to find any and all faults within a console/game/developer it's only a matter of time till they (the makers of them) will wash their hands from us and completely go in a different direction with said products. It is foolish not to think they won't. So I know it's been said before 'Play games not consoles' but to go even further we must just play the games. Going into a game thinking 'I must find anything wrong with this so I don't have to like it' is not a way to play games. Try just playing a game once in awhile you may find you actually like it. Lets go beyond 'Play games not consoles' and now 'Play games not critique' after all this is all about enjoyment and nothing about social standards.
A fresh datamine of Capcom's Resident Evil Requiem has hinted at the game's upcoming minigame bringing back Mercenaries mode.
The game has been properly cracked by voices38, no Hypervisor bypass shit. It actually runs better without Denuvo. From Tom's Hardware: "Denuvo properly cracked in Resident Evil: Requiem, bypasses become plug-and-play — cracked version runs faster, smoother, and uses way less VRAM and RAM" https://www.tomshardware.co... I personally don't give a shit about RE anymore, same crap every year it seems, but I got to give to voices 38 good job.🙌
Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.
Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.
It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst
More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.
Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.
All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.
Replaced is a staggering visual achievement, blending 2.5D retro-futurism with a captivatingly grim premise.
stem from FANBOYs.
it just occurred to me that fanboys are not new. I especially remember the SNES vs Sega GENESIS fanboys.
The PS2 sorta bridged the gap a bit, but now things are in full swing again.
Good article. I hope people can once again begin to appreciate games on their own merit, and have FUN!
I'm sad that this is starting to be true... even for me. I used to remember always have fun no matter what game I played. I played an rpg called Guardian Crusade without even checking for reviews. As I got older I checked the scores and it got a 7.1 on Gamespot which was a fairly decent score way back in the days. If that was me today I would've never even think about playing that game. It could also be an age thing and the fact that i'm paying for my own games now but I missed the good ol' days when I just used to shop for a game blind and based my purchase by looking at the case and say "Hey, this looks like it could be fun".
Well put man. I've said it before and I'll say it again, nothing is ever "good enough" in the online era. Everything has to be either the greatest thing since sliced bread or the worst bloody thing since the holocaust. Nobody seems capable of taking anything at face value anymore or just enjoying a game/movie/song/book for what it is. Entertainment, pure and simple.
Who cares if the latest Halo game or James Bond movie or Metallica CD didn't turn the world upside down and change it's respective medium for all history? Did it keep a few people entertained for a few hours? That's all these things are really meant for in the end.
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