And just to clarify, I really feel "Survival Horror," is becoming somewhat of a niche genre (if it hasn't always been). Outside of a few good releases every now and then, gamers are desensitized to horror games at this point. What can be thrown at us that we haven't seen in some other game or movie? The reason the genre was so successful in the old days (mid 90s to early 00s), was because everything could be fresh. That isn't the case nearly as much anymore.

@PAL360 @TheGamerPhenom Exactly. Yearly releases are terrible. Quite frankly, I did enjoy, for instance, Dead Space 1, to Dead Space 2. It wasn't *as* good, but it still held up well enough. Dead Space 3, they rushed out, felt like they had to get out a year later, and was pretty fucking terrible.

My personal opinion: As games, I actually enjoyed RE5 and RE6. As action, shooters, and survival games, they weren't really that bad. The issue is that we still want to classify them as "survival horror." And if you continue to look at them in that light, you won't enjoy them. Same thing goes for other games in the genre. Just my two cents on that stance.

@PAL360 Precisely. Sequels aren't necessarily the full problem. It's not being able to keep them fresh and new for gamers that is the real problem.

@St0Ne4Ge I'm pretty sure his last RE was the last great one in RE4 . . .

@gamingnerd121 @TheGamerPhenom @jinzo9988 And that's fine. Personal preference. The majority says otherwise, especially considering it's up there in the most influential games of all times. Again, why should their level of success with that game make it the downfall of a genre? I blame companies for not being able to successfully replicate what was done so well in four.

@onixevil Considering that the most recent numbered title is nearing 5 million units sold, I think they are probably feeling just fine if you ask me.

@toshineon I'm personally excited about it. Mikami knows what he is doing, and Bethesda provides him rather large resources to put that knowledge to use.

@gamingnerd121 @jinzo9988 Because the game was the worst of all time, right? Just because other games haven't been able to successful replicate the balance RE4 found between the two genre's doesn't make it the end all "downfall"

@Bumblebee1138 So age matters? If that's the case, why would Mature rated games, such as GTA, be so high up in sales? The reality is, good games sell. It doesn't matter what age group, if a game is good enough, and gets a following, it sells. You continue to pump out the same old shtick about playing 'the same shit over and over again," but to many who have played just about every generation, you get a different experience out of each one. Or at least I, and many I know have.

Maybe my views are limited. Maybe my point of view is skewed. Maybe you are right on this topic. Or maybe, just maybe, good games sell, regardless of age group, regardless of how "similar," they are, and regardless of the haters. If a formula still isn't stale for an average of 10+ million people for every generation they release, that would suggest a trend that these games aren't as repetitive as you personally feel, at least not to a much larger majority. And now my rant is truly over.