THE GOOD:-
- Rise of indy gaming - not that it did not exist before, but this gen brought it to the front
- Emergence of games which encourage unconventional mechanics like minecraft and recently, dayz ie games which have a refreshingly different challenge/reward system
- a substantial improvement in graphics for the consoles from last gen
- co-op
- more and more games are now based in an open world setting, rather than a standard level based, artificially limited design that used to be the case
THE BAD:-
- stagnation of tech due to lack of attention by money grubbing publishers, who are content to put out the same thing to audiences who don't know any better
- lack of good stories, not that it's ever been different
- rise of the cookie cutter fps -add 20% fps, 20% linear corridors, 10 % chest high walls, 5 % epic scenes, 5% bromeraderie and fill the rest with grittyness and brown poo
-Dumbing down of major franchises in order to sell them to a bigger audience - particularly with regards to previously pc-exclusive games
- slow death of 3d platformer, rts and other less prominent genres
THE UGLY:-
- Motion Controls
- Mandatory multiplayer component, and in the same note, an annoying push towards integrating your gaming and social lives
- 3d - or rather, this virtual cardboard diorama simulator we call 3d
- EPIC SCENES, any addition which makes the game 'cinematic'
- Call of Duty Modern Soldier Alien Massacre World Invasion Nuclear Apocalypse simulator
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