The quality of games keeps going down and down.

It seems like games aren't as good as they use to be. The only games I will be spending money on this year are Gears of War: Judgement and the Assassins Creed sequel. Every year I have been buying less and less games. Do you guys agree or disagree that there aren't that many amazing games coming out any more.BdogTheGamer

It seems like games aren't as good as they use to be. The only games I will be spending money on this year are Gears of War: Judgement and the Assassins Creed sequel. Every year I have been buying less and less games. Do you guys agree or disagree that there aren't that many amazing games coming out any more.BdogTheGamer

Oh look another one.

Play more games, look harder, expand your horizons is all I'm gonna say.

I don't even have the energy to argue with people who constantly say this OVER AND OVER anymore.

Nope, don't agree one iota. While there are rubbish games aplenty, there are even more terrific ones. If you truly feel this way, then I would suggest you find a new hobby. Why waste your time and money on something that holds very little interest for you? Retro gaming is another direction to go.

Name the top 10 games you played this generationBlack_Knight_00

I did some recon. From that list, how's the quality dwindling? Looks like they've had more than enough fun.

I think you are suffering from something called "growing up". When you grow up you start to lose interest in things you used to do as a child ie. playing with blocks or building "forts" out of cardboard boxes. Or, in this case playing video games.

Growing up sucks man, but when you reach a point in your life when you don't have much time to play video games anymore, they start to become special/more intersting again.

Back on topic, I think the quality of games is about where it should be: a little worn out or fatigued because it's the end of a generation. Most ideas possible on current hardware have been done and, while there is surely more to give, newer hardware will make it better and the quality of games will increase again.

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"] Name the top 10 games you played this generationNamgis

I did some recon. From that list, how's the quality dwindling? Looks like they've had more than enough fun.

In any creative field, if your work demonstrates a near complete lack of creativity - you just do the same thing with slight variations over and over - then no, you are certainly not producing quality work.  And that's exactly what we've got - sequel after sequel after sequel after sequel.

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"] What games have you played this generation?BdogTheGamer

Probably just gaming fatigue.

The more you play the less is gonna surprise you.

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[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"] Name the top 10 games you played this generationBlack_Knight_00

I did some recon. From that list, how's the quality dwindling? Looks like they've had more than enough fun.

most definitely....

As a PC gamer mostly the peak years were 1997-2000 inclusive, that 4 years was superior to any single console platform (yep, SNES and PS included), PC games were off-the-chart great, at least 20 great titles a year.

...and then the decline began as PC games began to cater to console gaming.

Well, as it applies to PC Gaming this is how it stands. I do like the influx of independent games though.

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I did some recon. From that list, how's the quality dwindling? Looks like they've had more than enough fun.

BdogTheGamer

The quality of games seems to be the same however,the popular games then to lose quality rapidly overtime because of milking and no evolution in the process

I've rarely seen so many 10 and 9.5 on a guy's ratings page.Black_Knight_00

You must not be looking very hard then.  :P

I actually think they're getting better and better, the only genrea I can really think of that keeps getting worse is JRPG's, but they would have alot to live up too.

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]I've rarely seen so many 10 and 9.5 on a guy's ratings page.Phantom_Leo

You must not be looking very hard then.  :P

Oops has self, so you're linking to whoever clicks on it.

Lol, games get worse and yet you buy those 2 games! :lol:

How is...

Ni No Kuni

Tomb Raider

Far Cry 3

The Last of Us

Killzone SF

Animal Crossing New Leaf

New Super Mario Bros U

Wind Waker U

Pikmin 3

Fire Emblem Awakening

Gears of War Judgement

Beyond Two Souls

God of War Ascension

Devil Mary Cry

Assassins Creed 4

Metal Gear Rising

Path of Exile

Grim Dawn

Bioshock Infinite

Starcraft II: HoS

Siimcity

Sly Cooper 4

Skyrim DLC

BF3 DLC

Pokemon X/Y

Luigis Mansion 2

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

and much more....a bad list of upcoming games?  There is quite a lot this year, and we dont know everything yet.  I think gaming as a whole is doing fine, though of course I miss certain games like NFSU series, agent style shooters, 3D platformers and more.

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[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]I've rarely seen so many 10 and 9.5 on a guy's ratings page.whiskeystrike

You must not be looking very hard then.  :P

Oops has self, so you're linking to whoever clicks on it.

lol oh.  Now that makes sense :P.

Yup I getting gta v and that's it.

It seems like games aren't as good as they use to be. The only games I will be spending money on this year are Gears of War: Judgement and the Assassins Creed sequel. Every year I have been buying less and less games. Do you guys agree or disagree that there aren't that many amazing games coming out any more.BdogTheGamer

Well, those are two games that I think are getting worse (AC3 had potential, but so many things went ignored, like hunting had no purpose nor did most of the open forest, which was huge and took up space, though it made for good atmosphere at times).  And Gears of War, excuse me but that is just an example of what is not helping gaming by having a bunch of huge dudes with annoying dialouge go around and shoot huge alien dudes.  Honestly, I don't hate these games and I understand why people like them, but I don't see how they're better than other games.

With Bioshock: Infinite, The Last of Us, and Beyond coming out this year, I find it hard to say gaming is going down.  All of these games look to have excellent atmosphere, a compelling narrative, and with the exception of Beyond (I really hope it isn't a quick time event game) the gameplay looks to be solid.  Plus the AI looks very promising both friendly and enemy.  So yeah, do check those games out (or at least Bioshock, as the other 2 are PS3 exclusives, which in that case perhaps check out Metro, with the new one coming out this year and the first only being on Xbox, which is a very good game that isn't talked about much).

[QUOTE="BdogTheGamer"]It seems like games aren't as good as they use to be. The only games I will be spending money on this year are Gears of War: Judgement and the Assassins Creed sequel. Every year I have been buying less and less games. Do you guys agree or disagree that there aren't that many amazing games coming out any more.blueboxdoctor

Well, those are two games that I think are getting worse (AC3 had potential, but so many things went ignored, like hunting had no purpose nor did most of the open forest, which was huge and took up space, though it made for good atmosphere at times).  And Gears of War, excuse me but that is just an example of what is not helping gaming by having a bunch of huge dudes with annoying dialouge go around and shoot huge alien dudes.  Honestly, I don't hate these games and I understand why people like them, but I don't see how they're better than other games.

With Bioshock: Infinite, The Last of Us, and Beyond coming out this year, I find it hard to say gaming is going down.  All of these games look to have excellent atmosphere, a compelling narrative, and with the exception of Beyond (I really hope it isn't a quick time event game) the gameplay looks to be solid.  Plus the AI looks very promising both friendly and enemy.  So yeah, do check those games out (or at least Bioshock, as the other 2 are PS3 exclusives, which in that case perhaps check out Metro, with the new one coming out this year and the first only being on Xbox, which is a very good game that isn't talked about much).

Cage said Beyond doesn't have any QTEs.

We will see David Cage, we will see.

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]I've rarely seen so many 10 and 9.5 on a guy's ratings page.Phantom_Leo

You must not be looking very hard then.  :P

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[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]I've rarely seen so many 10 and 9.5 on a guy's ratings page.Black_Knight_00

You must not be looking very hard then.  :P

Seriously?! Bayonetta for the 360 was one of the best "Stylish-Action" games ever made! I finished it and typically I don't get the ends of "DmC" style action games...

Sure must be nice being so ignorant eh?MarkAndExecute

It's not ignorance. It's a fact that games continue to get worse and worse because developers are running out of ideas and they're too scared to take two steps outside the box.

People who say things like "You're not playing the right games, there are plenty of great games," are in denial. The overall quality of games today has declined GREATLY since the last generation. I can't even count how many amazing gems there are on the PS2. The PS3 has about five so far.

The rest of games that are hyped on the PS3 are painfully generic and predictable.

Sure the PS2 has been around much longer. But if the PS3 is to have nearly as many gems as the PS2 by the end of this generation, it's got some serious catching up to do.

[QUOTE="MarkAndExecute"]Sure must be nice being so ignorant eh?GeoffZak

It's not ignorance. It's a fact that games continue to get worse and worse because developers are running out of ideas and they're too scared to take two steps outside the box.

People who say things like "You're not playing the right games, there are plenty of great games," are in denial. The overall quality of games today has declined GREATLY since the last generation. I can't even count how many amazing gems there are on the PS2. The PS3 has about five so far.

The rest of games that are hyped on the PS3 are painfully generic and predictable.

Sure the PS2 has been around much longer. But if the PS3 is to have nearly as many gems as the PS2 by the end of this generation, it's got some serious catching up to do.

Well yeah compared to the PS2 every system is going to look lackluster by comparison. What kind of fair evaluation is that?

It seems like games aren't as good as they use to be. The only games I will be spending money on this year are Gears of War: Judgement and the Assassins Creed sequel. Every year I have been buying less and less games. Do you guys agree or disagree that there aren't that many amazing games coming out any more.BdogTheGamer

You are complaining about video game quality in decline, yet you buy God of War and Assassin's Creed. You have me so confused. 

GTA V, Bioshock Infinite, Watchdogs, The Last Of Us all look like super high quality games to me, so I'm not really sure what you are talking about :|.Sushiglutton

All of those games look pretty terrible to me. 

I don't know it's the quality, or what. But I have to say, it's rare that I play a game now that can really pull me in, or keep me playing more than a week or two. Canuck3000

This. I believe it has only happened with Demon's Souls and Dark Souls for me, this gen.

[QUOTE="MarkAndExecute"]Sure must be nice being so ignorant eh?GeoffZak

It's not ignorance. It's a fact that games continue to get worse and worse because developers are running out of ideas and they're too scared to take two steps outside the box.

People who say things like "You're not playing the right games, there are plenty of great games," are in denial. The overall quality of games today has declined GREATLY since the last generation. I can't even count how many amazing gems there are on the PS2. The PS3 has about five so far.

The rest of games that are hyped on the PS3 are painfully generic and predictable.

Sure the PS2 has been around much longer. But if the PS3 is to have nearly as many gems as the PS2 by the end of this generation, it's got some serious catching up to do.

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[QUOTE="MarkAndExecute"]Sure must be nice being so ignorant eh?Lulekani

It's not ignorance. It's a fact that games continue to get worse and worse because developers are running out of ideas and they're too scared to take two steps outside the box.

People who say things like "You're not playing the right games, there are plenty of great games," are in denial. The overall quality of games today has declined GREATLY since the last generation. I can't even count how many amazing gems there are on the PS2. The PS3 has about five so far.

The rest of games that are hyped on the PS3 are painfully generic and predictable.

Sure the PS2 has been around much longer. But if the PS3 is to have nearly as many gems as the PS2 by the end of this generation, it's got some serious catching up to do.

It is not about nostalgia. I am sick of that cliche and wrong argument. 

It is about quality.

It's not ignorance. It's a fact that games continue to get worse and worse because developers are running out of ideas and they're too scared to take two steps outside the box.GeoffZak

[QUOTE="MarkAndExecute"]Sure must be nice being so ignorant eh?GeoffZak

It's not ignorance. It's a fact that games continue to get worse and worse because developers are running out of ideas and they're too scared to take two steps outside the box.

People who say things like "You're not playing the right games, there are plenty of great games," are in denial. The overall quality of games today has declined GREATLY since the last generation. I can't even count how many amazing gems there are on the PS2. The PS3 has about five so far.

The rest of games that are hyped on the PS3 are painfully generic and predictable.

Sure the PS2 has been around much longer. But if the PS3 is to have nearly as many gems as the PS2 by the end of this generation, it's got some serious catching up to do.

That's a load of ***** because off the top of my head I can think of plenty of original ideas out there on the PS3 -- Heavy Rain, Journey, fl0wer, LittleBigPlanet, Uncharted, Valkyria Chronicles, Tumble, The Unfinished Swan, Pixel Junk Eden, Echochrome, etc etc. You're just making broad generalizations based upon a handful of titles you've played without really looking what's out there, and quite frankly that just reeks of ignorance. If you actually take the time to look (and more importantly -- PLAY) the games that's out there, you'll find that the PS3 has tons of gems, and this is coming from a seasoned gamer that's been gaming for 25+ years. 

That's a load of ***** because off the top of my head I can think of plenty of original ideas out there on the PS3 -- Heavy Rain, Journey, fl0wer, LittleBigPlanet, Uncharted, Valkyria Chronicles, Tumble, The Unfinished Swan, Pixel Junk Eden, Echochrome, etc etc. You're just making broad generalizations based upon a handful of titles you've played without really looking what's out there, and quite frankly that just reeks of ignorance. If you actually take the time to look (and more importantly -- PLAY) the games that's out there, you'll find that the PS3 has tons of gems, and this is coming from a seasoned gamer that's been gaming for 25+ years. 

MarkAndExecute

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It's not ignorance. It's a fact that games continue to get worse and worse because developers are running out of ideas and they're too scared to take two steps outside the box.

People who say things like "You're not playing the right games, there are plenty of great games," are in denial. The overall quality of games today has declined GREATLY since the last generation. I can't even count how many amazing gems there are on the PS2. The PS3 has about five so far.

The rest of games that are hyped on the PS3 are painfully generic and predictable.

Sure the PS2 has been around much longer. But if the PS3 is to have nearly as many gems as the PS2 by the end of this generation, it's got some serious catching up to do.

soundcellx

It is not about nostalgia. I am sick of that cliche and wrong argument. 

It is about quality.

There are still really good games coming out.Quick-Time

Such as what? Can you name any good ones? i can't think of any.

And there were bad games before. Status quo.Quick-Time

Sorry but I was gaming before military dudebro shooters.

You're a hard one to please aren't ya ? Heres a nice philosophical question. Would you play a high quality game IF it was in a genre you hate ?Lulekani

Well, I don't play military dudebro shooters, if that is what you are asking. 

i'm pretty happy with where games are and where they're going. things could always be better, but just last year i really enjoyed journey, closure, dishonored, sound shapes, and dragon's dogma. that's not to say there weren't other good games as well (the unfinished swan and borderlands 2, for examples). plus there are always games i don't get to play.

i think the bigger thing for me was stepping out of the annual sequel cycle. yeah, not every sequel is bad and not every original game is good (or even original :P ), but there's a fatigue that sets in after a while. once you start working in the same series for a while, there are very specific things that gamers expect and i'd rather not deal with it. plus i think the overall idea of a series is more often the most clear in the earlier entries and then gets normalized as the games keep coming out.

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Such as what? Can you name any good ones? i can't think of any.

 

[QUOTE="Quick-Time"]And there were bad games before. Status quo.soundcellx

Sorry but I was gaming before military dudebro shooters.

You're a hard one to please aren't ya ? Heres a nice philosophical question. Would you play a high quality game IF it was in a genre you hate ?Lulekani

Well, I don't play military dudebro shooters, if that is what you are asking.