Has Next Generation Gaming gotten Stale?

seems like theres this Epic lack of originality in games anymore on all consoles. with the exception of castlevania lords of shadow and bayonetta absolutely nothing has impressed me this gen like GTA4 and its chapters did.

Castlevania was like Van Helsing meets Lord of the Rings and i couldnt put my controler down. Bayonetta was frash and fun to play.

God of war 3 on the other hand left alot to be desired after the first 3 chapters. in fact there are many who say if you've played the God of War 3 demo, you've played the Best part of the game so why bother with the full retail copy?

i can concur this to be accurate.

Gran Turismo 5 was a good racing game but honestly, its YEARS behing Project Gotham Racing 4. a title that came out in 2007!

GT5 was nearly 7 years in development and yes, it has the perfect car models, the perfect lighting, but PGR 4 nailed the weather effects the way the water beaded off of the cars and windshields and once again this was a game from 2007.

what did Polyphony digital do with all the time spent on this game?

on to Fable 3, Jeesh, where do i even begin?

Fable 3 is perhaps the Biggest dissapointment of ALL these games, if you played Fable 1 on Xbox and experienced the richest most fullfilling RPG of that era other than Star Wars KOTOR, then you were extremely dissapointed with Fable 3's short story, nonsensical campaign and almost non existant replay value.

each suceeding fable chapter hasnt lived up to that first title on the Original xbox and we Xbox fans Know it!

what a sham Peter Molenoux! Fool me twice and shame on me!

Also gaming this gen has become a graveyard of shooters either trying to catch up to gears of war, or just going thru the motions all together.

god of war 3 , Killzone 2, GTA 5, Fable 2 and 3 all were hyped to heck and in my opinion failed to capture that magic that games like Fable 1 and Star Wars KOTOR had last generation ON INFERIOR HARDWARE no less! Sony has about 23 Million sequels droping this year and none of them intrigue me at all.

only Uncharted 3 and last guardian are even remotely interesting. Gears of war 3 is going to be huge but thats because of the impact that franchise made this generation. not because of anything NEW its doing. Forza 4 has to deliver or just go Away. outscoring The GT series was one thing, but turn 10 need to step it up. the whole gaming landscape has become this Graphics pissing contest and no one is trying to inovate.

look at the latest fight night, the demo is clearly inferior to Fight Night round 4 in every way imaginable, look at crysis on 360 and PS3? all that hype and for what?

gaming sucks now. hopefully MS and Sony can get it together before its too late.

just sayin

Not as a PC/Wii gamer.

Stop. Referring. To. This. Gen. As. Next.

Also, no.

I guess, but it depends on what games you mainly play. I'd suggest to look towards playing more indie games. While I liked original games last gen and back, this gen I find myself LOVING original games a lot. You should get Mirror's Edge ;)

Why do people think fable 1 was so great?

fable 2 was sooo much better.

Not as a PC/Wii gamer.

Raymundo_Manuel

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Well considering the next generation of gaming hasn't even started yet I say no.

As Jim Jarmusch said, "Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination."

the gens 5 years old i'm not griping about it because i'm not the kind of guy that laughs at senior citizens for having crappy times in the 100 meter dash.

seems like theres this Epic lack of originality in games anymore on all consoles. with the exception of castlevania lords of shadow and bayonetta absolutely nothing has impressed me this gen like GTA4 and its chapters did.

bryn8150

your opinion was null and void after this opening statement, a mention of a lack of originality then you mention 2 sequels. one of which was a bland mish mash of parts of other games (god of war/sotc) that the other games did better and the next was a sequel thats almost identical in terms of gameplay to its predecessors.

I disagreed when I read the title, then I opened it and read the first paragraph and disagreed even more. This gen has been very good (although it has problems) and this year particularly is going to be amazing. GTA IV...one of the best games this gen :lol:

I don't know if next generation is stale yet since it's not here yet. Surely you aren't referring to this current gen that is 5 years old as next gen

This is all opinions.. this is by far the best gaming gen ever! for me that is.. the past gaming gens were good but not as good as this gen

Why do people think fable 1 was so great?

fable 2 was sooo much better.

markinthedark

Fable 1 was good but overrated

Fable 2 was complete trash

Not as a PC/Wii gamer.

Raymundo_Manuel

not as a pc, ps3, wii, or even 360 gamer.

also tc, the next generation hasn't happened yet

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Why do people think fable 1 was so great?

fable 2 was sooo much better.

NaveedLife

Fable 1 was good but overrated

Fable 2 was complete trash

why was fable 1 so much better than fable 2? what specifically about the game was better...

i liked the armor system better... but that is pretty much the only thing i can think of.

should have known better to start an actual discussion in System wars that didnt invole,'' This system sucks'' or The graphics.

if i have to explain the point of the post then it wasnt worth the effort. and in defense of castlevania, YES it was a mis mash of several other titles, only it was a mish mash that was done extremely well and kept you entertained for over 2o hours. Bayonetta scored thru the roof because it was tongue in cheeck and reminded everyone of the old school sega games from days gone by,.

the post was about the plethora of sequels droping this year and only one or two original game in the lot. ive been playing and reviewing games a lot longer than some of you so my apologies if other than Bioshock 1, that all these games are starting to look alike.

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Why do people think fable 1 was so great?

fable 2 was sooo much better.

markinthedark

Fable 1 was good but overrated

Fable 2 was complete trash

why was fable 1 so much better than fable 2? what specifically about the game was better...

i liked the armor system better... but that is pretty much the only thing i can think of.

Honestly I did not get to play Fable II THAT much, but from what I played it had awful animations and graphics, it was buggy (froze ALL the time, commonly known problem with the game), WAY too easy (making it boring), and I here the co-op was awful.

Why do people think fable 1 was so great?

fable 2 was sooo much better.

markinthedark

in answer to Fable 1 and why it was great, did you play it and finish it? because if you did and got at least as far as being incarcerated than you would know the answer to that question.

FABLE 1 had a great story and kept you interested thru the whole game, the combat was better and their was a feeling of actual jeapardy in the game due to not bieng able to just INSTANT TRAVEL your way out of a tough spot like in fable 3.

asking what was great about fable 1 is like asking what was great about star wars KOTOR?

But there was Oblivion, Mass Effect, Orange Box, Bioshock, Uncharted, dragon Age, Demon's Souls, some Call of duty games, Halo, Gears of War, Heavy rain and Alan Wake , red Dead Redemption, Burnout Paradise, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, and many many more great franshises this gen ?

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[QUOTE="NaveedLife"]

Fable 1 was good but overrated

Fable 2 was complete trash

NaveedLife

why was fable 1 so much better than fable 2? what specifically about the game was better...

i liked the armor system better... but that is pretty much the only thing i can think of.

Honestly I did not get to play Fable II THAT much, but from what I played it had awful animations and graphics, it was buggy (froze ALL the time, commonly known problem with the game), WAY too easy (making it boring), and I here the co-op was awful.

ahh, so you didnt play it that much :P

and while your grievances are founded in reality... fable 1 had no coop... and a crappy coop is better than none. It did seem more buggy, but nothing gamebreaking. And the animations and graphics were much better than the first.

Stop Referring To This Gen As Next.

DeckardLee2010

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Not as a PC/Wii gamer.

ChubbyGuy40

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guys lets stick to the topic at hand, please dont make me dig thru the NPD numbers from 2009-2010 where other than UC2 NONE Of the PS3 exclusives cracked the top 10 in sales. PLEASE...lets not turn this board into that.

Its a well known fact that PS3 users just DONT buy games for some odd reason other than Modern Warfare, do we HAVE to go through this?

absolutely no one Purchased Infamous.( at least not in the quantities that NPD looks at )

lets stick to the topic.

please

guys lets stick to the topic at hand, please dont make me dig thru the NPD numbers from 2009-2010 where other than UC2 NONE Of the PS3 exclusives cracked the top 10 in sales. PLEASE...lets not turn this board into that.

Its a well known fact that PS3 users just DONT buy games for some odd reason other than Modern Warfare, do we HAVE to go through this?

absolutely no one Purchased Infamous.( at least not in the quantities that NPD looks at )

lets stick to the topic.

please

bryn8150

:lol: this guy.

absolutely no one Purchased Infamous.( at least not in the quantities that NPD looks at )bryn8150

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[QUOTE="Raymundo_Manuel"]

Not as a PC/Wii gamer.

Giancar

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I've had more fun with The Conduit than I've had with a lot of FPS/Action games this gen. Even Half-Life (mentioning it just because its in your sig.) I find HL games to be terrible with a very boring SP. That game is borderline stale for me.

A Wii FPS that did everything right control wise but lacked in actual content and quality, yet still got 72 on Metacritic. Seemed to be quite liked with the reviewers so it couldn't have been that bad, and it wasn't. Tcon 2 actually has content and design and no longer seems like just some tech demo. HVS can finally show that they can do more than gimmick games publishers force them to do.

Some of the best game this gen are for me; Tales of Vesperia, Oblivion, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Fallout 3 and I have a new Tales, Mass Effect TES and Dragon Age game to look foward to this year already. So for shooters and such, yes its stale, but in terms of the other genre's there are plenty of good ones to come. mainly 2011 and 2012 is RPG overload :)

Its only OLD to gearheads. Those people that are ready to move on after a year or so. For the rest of mainstream gamers, they would probably be happy for another 5 years with current tech..Just pump out some good games,take the prices down some on EVERYTHING..and its all good.

I find HL games to be terrible with a very boring SP. That game is borderline stale for me.ChubbyGuy40

Considering i've p;ayed some of my favourite games in this generation, and I have a plethora of games i'm looking forward to... No!