Games are becoming to big for there own good

Games just cost to much money to make these days. Companys just cant afford to take risks when they have to invest millons of dollars into a game. As a result we are getting sequal after sequal. This is one of the reasons Japanese games are suffering this gen. Japanese studios are generaly smaller then american ones so they cant afford the big budget games. They just cant keep up with american studios who can afford to put much more money into there games and they have suffered. The good games they have made have not sold well becuase they cant afford to market like the bigger studios. The big japanese studios like Square are trying to apeal to a larger fanbase and as a result they created that abomination of a game FFXIII. I have seen a lot of games ruined becuase they are forced to try to apeal to a larger audeince. Some examples being FFXIII,R2, Socom4. I dont like the direction the game industry is going.

Before anyone says anything about my name atleast FF changes things up. Each FF game has new characters, world, and changes the battle systme up.

Like Hollywood's movies, it's all about creating the biggest and baddest to get attention, which drives up development costs.

Games are becoming too "cinematic" for their own good. That's the problem.

You mean "their" own good right?

Pray_to_me

damn you

Games are becoming too "cinematic" for their own good. That's the problem.

DarkLink77

Games are becoming too "cinematic" for their own good. That's the problem.

DarkLink77

go into a lil more depth, explain what u mean by that

Like Hollywood's movies, it's all about creating the biggest and baddest to get attention, which drives up development costs.

PC_Otter

killzone 2 and especially 3 are the first games that i think of :?

Games are becoming too "cinematic" for their own good. That's the problem.

DarkLink77

The industry knows this already. That's why we're starting to see the growing popularity and quality in XBL/PSN and other smaller, downloadable titles as well as mobile games.

DoubleFine is a great example of this. They're a really creative bunch that likes to take chances. Their big budget games are great, but don't seem to sell well, which drove them to make their smaller games that are really imaginative. They look to be selling pretty well to boot.

I would say this ridiculous mindset that every game needs a great story is worse. Seriously, games back in the day were so much more fun. Nobody played Sonic or Mario because of it's engaging story.Midnight-Red

huh? every game this gen is all about the mp and shiny graphics, i havnt seen this massive increase in games with any bit of a decent story, in fact i could count on one hand the amount of games this gen that had a story that was any bit tolerable. The gen before this had games with good stories as had the one before that but now its all about being like CoD

Games are becoming too "cinematic" for their own good. That's the problem.

DarkLink77

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Games are becoming too "cinematic" for their own good. That's the problem.

funsohng

Games are becoming too "cinematic" for their own good. That's the problem.

DarkLink77

That right there is worth 5 gold stars

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That's why this gen is probably one of the worst on record.

Final Fantasy 13 has an 8.5 on gamespot from both critic and user reviews, and its higher on IGN and most other big review sites.

Angry message board posters only account for a small fraction of the FF fanbase, the overwhelming majority of people liked 13.

Final Fantasy 13 has an 8.5 on gamespot from both critic and user reviews, and its higher on IGN and most other big review sites.

Angry message board posters only account for a small fraction of the FF fanbase, the overwhelming majority of people liked 13.

crimsonman1245

I think publishers are spending way to much on marketing, back in the day gamers knew exactly what was coming out and when. Now with the introduction of casuals, mass marketing is needed to tell the casuals when its time to buy XXX installment.

There's plenty of risk with or without big budgets. They don't have to anything. Or are you saying the publishers are holding a gun to their heads and saying, "If you don't make a great selling game..."? Is that why they result to sequels? I don't think so.

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You mean "their" own good right?

_Judge_Gabranth

damn you

Disagree. Developers need to learn to streamline their processes and continue to deliver engaging experiences. Some are going the rehash route right now, hopefully other developers will take a deeper look and reevaluate how a game is made.

[QUOTE="funsohng"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

Games are becoming too "cinematic" for their own good. That's the problem.

DarkLink77

games are getting less content lol i dont know where u see bigger , besides saints row ,and gta iv games like that everything has been average this gen as far as overall content