The next generation of video gaming still looks wanting to me. What I'd like to see would be some original content, not something pitting the fate of humanity against a horde of aliens as I've seen an increase of over the years. Yes it is fun to shoot alien bad guys but for only so long. There's a reason why I stick to Half-Life, it has a fair balance of action and puzzle solving with a hearty dash of ultimate bad ass one-man army syndrome. Even before that I was fiddling around with LoZ on ye olde NES and then the SNES when A Link to the Past came out. I don't know anymore, all I can say is that the classics are well rooted and will never go away so long as there is at least one person who remembers, then the future has promise.
I'm not that interested in the modern gaming era. There's barely any games that attract me, and the few ones that does are usually sequals for games that I grew up with.
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Same here, or they're something really new and innovative in a genre that I like. I'm also interested in trying some new-gen games from genres that I never used to like in order to see if they'd appeal to me now that they've evolved some. But when I sit down and say "geez, I have 4 hours this week to game," I go with what's tried and true. Most games are just trying to appeal to pop culture. GTA series and the dozens of sporting games are prime examples.
I used to be so hardcore, ask me anything about upcoming games and I'd tell you all you needed to know. Now though because of this wretched economy I've begun to revert to Ye Olde N64 and SNES for proper gaming flavor. I really lost interest with the massive increase of sequels and prequels that are coming out for essentially every game you think of. I don't know what to care for anymore to be honest, since most of the titles I've been waiting years and years for have been delayed seemingly indefinitely (StarCraft2 and Diablo3 mainly, thanks WoW...). I try to keep up with the new stuff but it just seems so bland now after looking back at what was.
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