There is nothing remarkable about Gen 8 gaming

I buy remasters. I'm glad they exist. I just wish they weren't the ONLY thing going.

Sony really dropped the ball after a phenomenal PS1/2/3

PS4 is trash, Borecharted and Bloodborde, Second Son was decent.

rest is shit, full of flops and indie games.

@Cobra_nVidia said:

For PC, it's been absolutely fine.

Consoles, however, are a different matter.

For Microsoft and XBOX One, they tried to sell a more expensive, less powerful, and had awful software policies. It had a stupid name too. Microsoft cannot rely on its small stable of exclusives unless it is the superior multi-plat system. They should be amazed anyone bought the system at all.

For Sony, they spent so long supporting the PS3 to the end of it's life (instead of relying on multiplatform games) that the PS4 doesn't have anywhere near a big enough library of worthwhile exclusives.

Only Nintendo can save this gen with NX and releasing all upcoming games on one platform. They're a bit late, but that's because they don't like to rush things...

Eh.

While Sony started slow the Ps4 is really fun nowdays. Sony is creating games Ps3 should have had ages ago plus all their studios are creating New IP's or most atleast,.

Nintendo is a secondary platform outside of Zelda not much to look foward too. There's only 1 or 2 exclusives a year and very little support from third party

In the end it'll about game prefence. I wouldn't buy Nintendo as a main platform, PC gaming has too many issues, Xbox One needs more variety and Sony caters to a wide audience. For me the obvious choice is Playstation 4.

Also this gen is fairly new and due to the extra power it takes longer to make great games. By the time this gen is over all three company's will have a killer line up.

Ah, I'm enjoying this gen greatly, mostly because I'm not focusing on the AAA space exclusively but also am taking all Steam games into account. Indie is where it's been for me currently. There's been a revitalization of turn based RPGs, the space sim genre, VR is here and is amazing. We get these posts, every few weeks or months or so, telling us how gaming is worse than before, how it's all going to hell, blah blah blah. Personally, I don't think gaming has been in a better place with the rise of indies and advent of Steam and GoG. If I want a new game, I usually have little trouble in finding one. AAA is just icing on that cake.

Of course I probably wouldn't feel this way if I weren't a PC gamer. If you're only on consoles I could see how one could come to this conclusion. If you become a PC gamer, your horizons will expand 100 fold.

There's one thing I want out of NX and I don't know if they'll give it to me. I want the ability to play Pokemon at home on the couch with a comfortable controller. The last time I really got a chance to do this was on the Gameboy Player on the GCN. Hopefully it happens but the execs behind it really seem to hate consoles.

@bunchanumbers: I think theyre trying to get Pokemon on home consoles, but its hard. They have to figure how to do trading, eggs, battling, and all that stuff. Would be cool if you could play Pokemon on NX and then take it on the go to do all your other stuff you need.

Internet. Maybe not the eggs, but internet fixes nearly all of that stuff.

Q4 has a literal avalanche of games compared to the first two years of this gen. I think gamers just whine a lot especially once they hit the age (30ish) where they realize they are old enough to not be dazzled by hype.

I have a backlog thats only getting bigger. Your complaint seems kinda based on your particular tastes more than an overall problem.

It didnt fix it for Virtual Console. Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow have trading and battling, but no online. They have wireless mode where they can do those things locally, but they couldnt get it working for online trading and battling.

Now maybe Nintendo did this on purpose so NX could steal the feature, but id think Game Freak had trouble implementing it. When they couldnt get it working, most likely Nintendo said no for Wii U since you wouldnt be able to trade or battle, would render the game unplayable. Also, 3DS maybe not powerful enough, and so didnt want to embarrass handheld by releasing only on Wii U, cause we all know what a shat storm that would be, i dont know though.

Oh! Uhh...you mean two things, right? ^_^

I'm sure you'll be able to use a comfortable controller with NX (I hope maybe even the Wii U Pro!) and they'll definitely let you play Pokemon if all their games are coming to NX!

Yah i bought an IPAD PRO it runs all my 360/ps3 games at 1080p 60FPS and retro consoles im done with these "current gen games"

my ipad does everything I need it to do microsoft and sony are deone they are outmatched the ipad was cheaper and better and stronger and has a screen.

No ALWAYS ONLINE, more exclusives, more budget titles, better media FASTER OS, FASTER DOWNLOADS NO PAY WALLS IPAD PRO NO PAY WALLS MILLIONS OF PLAYERS BILLIONS OF USERS ONLINE

iPad running 360\ps3 games...?

Oh buddy im perma done with steam my ipad pro and itunes store is all i need and il never come back kid

IPAD PRO 2 699 will play every console ever made it'll be blow the neo and the scorpio outa the water its mobile AND ITS MOBILE AND APPLE LOCKED DOWN all those big hit movies an stuff and music.

This gen has been awesome, I'm loving gaming more than ever.

@ProtossRushX: But it doesn't run 360\PS3 games

I haven't spent my own money on any of them this gen. I get them as gifts if its something like GTA5 or MCC. Gears UE I got for 2 packs of smokes after my neighbor was done with it and wanted to trade it in. I could understand 6th gen games because they weren't HD. But as much as people here piss and moan about 720p, I can live with last gen games as they are.

What does gen 8 look like to you without remasters or crossgen games?

SHow me the field show me the field.

Last gen we had bioshock, gears of war, dark souls

Where are we at this gen were 3 years were 3 years u tlel mE!

Okey doke. On PS4 I have Bloodborne, Uncharted 4, Infamous SS, MGS5, Alienation

X1 I have Halo 5, FH2, Sunset Overdrive, RotTR, Deus Ex MD, Arkham Knight, Just Cause 3 to name a few

On PC, Pillars of Eternity, The Witcher 3, Doom among others.

If you cant find games you enjoy or have fun playing then maybe gaming isn't for you anymore. I agree with @Heil68 I'm having fun

This. While less impressive than gen 6 and 7, there are still plenty of good games to be had.

Nothing will top the PS2 for me personally

MGS5 was on 360/ps3 aliennation looks like an indie from 360 and brought over late to the ps4.

FH2 was on 360, Rottr was on 360,

Pillars looked like that game could came out 10 years ago and ran fine.

So there ya go. Half your games are scratched off the list.

I don't need to tell you look at the facts i just brought up here.

You guys are the absolute worst. I have 70 PS4 games sitting on my shelf. I am having tons of fun. I can't even keep up with all the high quality games coming out,

I swear none of you actually play games. It makes no sense that there is a 1000 games out for PS4 and you can't find anything to play.

I don't believe you. This gen is awesome so far on PS4.

If you say so. PS4 is by far my least used system Ive ever owned. PC, WiiU and Xbone got me covered this gen. As well as 3DS and Vita.

Agreed. There are a lot of amazing games on pretty much every system. Shit thread.

Oh well. I still have fun playing those games and they are in fact current gen games. So what is it you think you proved to me? That you're right and I'm wrong and I should feel negative? LMAO You scratch like a child

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@stuff238:

List 20 of these awesome games.

Remasters not included.

LOL I found my perfect situation, Cimmerian.

No ive used the ps4 and xb1 less than all my other consoles these past generations.

It's mainly the games just haven't been there for me besides like street fighter 5 and like rocket league which are both on PC I mean what the hell man no.

Get a new hobby. Nobody else is wrong for liking gaming this gen.

Again. You're the main factor in that equation, not the games. I'm playing just as many games on just as many platforms as I ever have.

Sales of consoles and games this generation seem to disagree with the notion that this generation is somehow inferior.

I see the trash it out again, last time I checked MGSV and Fallout 4 were still highly received, oh wait you didn't like them, k lets pack it up folks what Nathanscrubswag dislikes we can't like

I find it to be alright.

It will be great when Zelda comes out though.

@Cobra_nVidia said:

@bunchanumbers said:

@Cobra_nVidia said:

@bunchanumbers said:

Wii U has been awesome. Its jam packed full of fun times and exclusives you can't get on the twins. For me without Wii U, this gen will probably be a bust.

It's a good console if you got a PC!

If you think the Wii U has been awesome, I think it may be possible that your mind will explode when they reveal the NX, with its amazing "play anywhere" hardware and unprecedented line-up of must-have launch exclusives!

You should prepare yourself.

There's one thing I want out of NX and I don't know if they'll give it to me. I want the ability to play Pokemon at home on the couch with a comfortable controller. The last time I really got a chance to do this was on the Gameboy Player on the GCN. Hopefully it happens but the execs behind it really seem to hate consoles.

Oh! Uhh...you mean two things, right? ^_^

I'm sure you'll be able to use a comfortable controller with NX (I hope maybe even the Wii U Pro!) and they'll definitely let you play Pokemon if all their games are coming to NX!

:D I'm pretty sure that Captain Toad 2 is guaranteed at this point but a Pokemon I can play in comfort is not. Hopefully NX is revealed sometime here before we all die of old age.

Sunset Overdrive is the best one.

Most of Wii U exclusives are the same games with prettier graphics. Mario Kart 8, Smash Bros, Donkey Kong Counry, Yoshis Wooly World, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, New Super Mario Bros U, etc

same worlds, same characters, same gameplay for the most part just now with better graphics in HD

Besides most of Wii Us titles have counterparts on 3DS- mario kart 7, super mario 3d land, smash bros for 3ds, yoshis new island, kirby triple deluxe, donkey kong country returns 3ds, etc etc

Splatoon and Xenoblade Chronicles X are like the only new experiences on the console, everything else literally could be on n64 or gamecube as the gameplay hasnt evolved or changed at all, just the graphics. Nintendo is like FIfa, CoD and Madden, same shit every year just prettier grapics

I've enjoyed a lot of games this generation so far, like Fallout 4, Splatoon, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt, Fire Emblem Fates and Awakening, Bloodborne, Quantum Break, Halo 5, Super Smash Bros, Bayonetta 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, Super Mario 3D World, Tearaway Unfolded, Far Cry Primal, Ori and the Blind Forest, Sunset Overdrive, Uncharted 4, Rayman Legends, Infamous Second Son, Lego City Undercover, Deus Ex Mankind Divided, Tomb Raider, A Link Between Worlds, Doom and many more upcoming.

I thought fallout 4 was awful it didn't have scope or any next gen stuff like fallout 3 did at the time it launched it felt like weak rushed cash grab of fallout 3 and it didn't feel next gen it felt really bad compared to 3 coming and being a big blockbuster with alot to prove.

This gen has been lackluster to say the least. What we're 2 years into this gen so far? I felt the same thing about last gen. Last gen started off really slow too but things started picking up halfway through.

I do think developers need to start taking more risks and establish some new franchises. The hobby is definitely being over saturated with online multiplayer games.

I wish we'd see more games out of Japan.

So far Skyrim remaster has me interested. I missed out on it the first time around. I'm not so much against remasters. They don't require massive resources to do.

Zelda looks awesome I'm looking forward to it.

Theres a few other games on my radar but I'm just waiting to see how they turn out. Wild on PS4 looks interesting so does Hellblade. I've always liked Ninja Theory. Same goes for Nio and Tecmo.

Back in the day a lot of innovation came out of Japan. Take RE4 for example with the camera system. It revolutionized modern games. The best thing western devs are good at is extracting money from our wallets with micro transactions. That's their most innovative thing.

Sorry bro. I'm not biting. My statement of fun times and exclusives you can't get on the twins still stands.

@bunchanumbers said:

@Cobra_nVidia said:

@bunchanumbers said:

@Cobra_nVidia said:

@bunchanumbers said:

Wii U has been awesome. Its jam packed full of fun times and exclusives you can't get on the twins. For me without Wii U, this gen will probably be a bust.

It's a good console if you got a PC!

If you think the Wii U has been awesome, I think it may be possible that your mind will explode when they reveal the NX, with its amazing "play anywhere" hardware and unprecedented line-up of must-have launch exclusives!

You should prepare yourself.

There's one thing I want out of NX and I don't know if they'll give it to me. I want the ability to play Pokemon at home on the couch with a comfortable controller. The last time I really got a chance to do this was on the Gameboy Player on the GCN. Hopefully it happens but the execs behind it really seem to hate consoles.

Oh! Uhh...you mean two things, right? ^_^

I'm sure you'll be able to use a comfortable controller with NX (I hope maybe even the Wii U Pro!) and they'll definitely let you play Pokemon if all their games are coming to NX!

:D I'm pretty sure that Captain Toad 2 is guaranteed at this point but a Pokemon I can play in comfort is not. Hopefully NX is revealed sometime here before we all die of old age.

Why dun you think they're gonna make another Pokemon? I think the NX is the future for both their home theatre and mobile console franchises so they will definitely release one because peoples love Pokemon on handheld!

1. Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator
2. Uncharted 4
3. Nitro Blasters Plus
4. Until Dawn
5. Alienation
6. I am Setsuena
7. King of Fighters 14
8. Bloodborne
9. Blade Arcus Shining Force
10. Infamous Second Son
11. Grand Kingdom
12. Ratchet & Clank (Reimagining)
13. Resogun
14. Astebreed
15. Street Fighter V
16. Bound
17. Daylight
18. Furi
19. Paragon
20. Phantom Breaker Battle Grounds Overdrive

Ill bite that shat right up.

1. Who cares.
2. Thank goodness, thats why we love them.
3. Sweet, love games on the go.
4. And those two games alone, make Wii U worth it.

@Cobra_nVidia said:

@bunchanumbers said:

@Cobra_nVidia said:

Oh! Uhh...you mean two things, right? ^_^

I'm sure you'll be able to use a comfortable controller with NX (I hope maybe even the Wii U Pro!) and they'll definitely let you play Pokemon if all their games are coming to NX!

:D I'm pretty sure that Captain Toad 2 is guaranteed at this point but a Pokemon I can play in comfort is not. Hopefully NX is revealed sometime here before we all die of old age.

Why dun you think they're gonna make another Pokemon? I think the NX is the future for both their home theatre and mobile console franchises so they will definitely release one because peoples love Pokemon on handheld!

Oh there will definitely be another pokemon, but the question will be if they will make it so I can play it in the comfort of my home with a solid controller. I'm still in the camp that there will be a separate handheld and console, but the library will be unified to work on both. In this setup, there will still be exclusives, and Pokemon will be a handheld exclusive. That's just me being negative and doubting that the Pokemon company will listen to my wild fantasy about being able to play in comfort.

People always complain about everything, yet complaining yields no results...lol. Anyways, I do miss playing Burnout and Midnight Club...

Splatoon is the best shooter since time began. Noobs with assistance on COD etc... Play some hardcore shooters Noobs.

Bayonetta is love and love is Bayonetta, if you argue then Bayonetta will strike you as she is more powerful than god. 12/10... The only game that deserves such praise.

Mario kart 8. Been out as long as GT but the game keeps getting better unlike NFS, GT, forza which could been done on 64.

Smash. Best fighter this gen. Best roster in gaming history (take that Sony smash dweeb). Also sells more copies than SF5 with it's sad looking roster of like 12 characters and loads costumes for sale (Gief battle suit FTW)

Mario maker. What's dat little big sumit? Lawlz.

Pokemon - sells better than anything on poop vita.

Last of us remaster >>> Uncharted 4.

This gen started out very slow, ridiculously slow even, but i'd say now its pretty decent overall. A lot of just overall good games, a decent amount of exclusives for every system, and consoles that are slowly improving, all make for a rather good generation. And it isnt even over yet.

@jcrame10:

Xenoblade X is the only Wii U game that feels next gen.

This more than any other generation made me realise just how much I love PC gaming.

@jdc6305:

RE4 revolutionized gaming.

Every TPS today takes elements from what it created.

Most games today don't even try to innovate, they just follow what "works" as in makes them the most cash.

The market is western dominated and it shows when you see the shelf at a local store and are met with 90% shooters and or sports games, all of which aren't much different than their predecessors.

Consoles used to have more than just your large AAA generic bro games, they had arcade racers, arcade fighting games, extreme sport titles, etc.

There is less of everything, look at how long it's taking devs to pump out games. Rockstar, Square, Bioware, Capcom, etc. Have literally released NOTHING since the gen started. Konami has only released like 1 game.

Past consoles had multiple game types per genre from arcadey to Sim, not just 1 or 2 games.

Yes, indie exist but it is not the same thing as a dev releasing titles such as a Burnout, SSX, Fight Night, NBA Street, Killer 7, Capcom vs SNK, Devil May Cry, Crimson Skies, Midnight Club, Beyond Good and Evil, Soul Calibur, Chrome Hounds, etc.

Today's market is literally safe big budget AAA or indie, and light AA support from the few remaining companies like a Gearbox.

On top of that MS/Sony have sucked from a new IP standpoint (even exclusive standpoint), where is this gen Gears of War or Halo? Oh nope we'll just makes a Gears 4 and Halo 5 to continue on two already played out series instead of being creative and making new IPs.

You have Sony knowingly releasing unfinished games like SFV and $60 Indie Games like No Man Sky, why? To pad their list.

All these remasters and indies on their stores serve as nothing more than padding to cover up the truth, low game output from companies so they rely on indies to make it "seem" like there is a lot more than their really is.