[QUOTE="starfox15"]

Lol. I bought Diablo 2 from my cousin when I was 15 I believe. Who cares.

Don't give me that nonsense about how it makes it harder for adults to get these games. The reason that those games are harder to get out is the fact that as a whole, people still consider the medium childish to a certain extent. That, and the ESRB pushes a rating system that's flawed, dated, and overall pretty meaningless except to overly conscientious adults that don't take the time to have a look at what the game actually entails.

OneWingedAngeI

Im sorry but its pretty obvious that after things like hot coffee, devs are afraid to put some of the content out for fear that kids will get a hold of it, even if the ratings say they shouldnt. There should be a law, this would protect the devs from any responsibility. Parent's should still be able to buy a game for their kids, but if a non custodial parent/guardian does it, it should be a criminal act just like buying porn or alcohol for them.

NO ONE other than a minor's parent should be deciding if they are mature enough to play the game.

Yeah, I tend to agree. While I hate the government intervening in just about anything, it would give gaming companies much more freedom in creating their content. I'm not so sure that a law applying to citizens would be effective, as it would probably go uninforced and ignored or overturned, but a law on the commercial sale of video games, rather than a simple store policy, would give developers a larger sheild to hide behind.

This would have no bearing on the original topic, but as to OneWingedAngel's point, might just garner us some better content.

Yep, I'm going with the Matrix/Teaching aid ideas. I think we'll have mastered, or at least scratched VR in a believable sense. If anyone remembers the PS2 commercial advertising for PS9, where the kid opens a jar and little particles start interacting with him, etc... It might be something like that. We already have people inserting micro chips into themselves to do all sorts of crazy things, so I don't think that's too far off.

However, the mass market will most likely be a less invasive interface, probably a glove or series of IR projectors/monitors with a headset or nifty pair of sunglasses. Anyone seen the MP4 watches? If displays are getting that small, we may just have contact lenses in 30 yrs!

I think to some degree the overall game content (plot, interaction, replayability) may get watered down, but hopefully, along with scientific progress, we'll also have some more original story lines and concepts to play with. I'm hoping fantasy takes a back seat to scifi, but that's just me ;)

[QUOTE="AtomicTangerine"][QUOTE="Ripcurl530"]

I definitely agree about the guns in Bioshock... Especially the shotgun! My favorite gun in any game is the shotgun and Bioshock's shotgun is second only to the shotguns in RE4.

nickelarcade

Except in Bioshock, you can shoot people in the face and their reaction is... oh wait, they don't react at all.

Well, I don't think they had positional damage, like shoot in the leg to bring to the ground or in the head to insta kill (although it's been a while so I could be wrong), but I also think it was rare to get an enemy to react to damage, except fire and bees. Now, I'm not sure if that was planned, because they're mostly just crazy, or if they convienently left that out. As for the rest of it, I like this statement:

Victom effects > gun feel > effects on environment.

_AbBaNdOn

If PC gaming is dead then sell your computer on ebay. Or if that takes too long, open your window and drop it out.

df853

I gotta agree, then we won't need to rehash this topic again! I prefer the PC because of its versitility, internet, music, work, gaming, content creation. The consoles are getting better in this aspect, but ultimately they'll just be branded and retarded cousins of the PC. By no means is PC gaming dead...