Is the game industry heading into a new direction? By 2012 and beyond, what will new handheld standards be like, what will console games include, will we have as diverse genres and games, or will we see more companies playing it safe and releasing what is effectively crap to please the masses?

The problem isn't that the mainstream don't like other genres and forms of games, it's that they aren't aware of them. There isn't a soul alive who wouldn't absolutely love Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. They just need to play them, hell simply be aware of them. The problem is no one tells them these things. Not to insult but there are certain unmentionable people that would rather argue and bicker incessantly on the Internet than actually spread the word on great video games. Word-of-mouth shouldn't be limited to movies and other works. If the movie industry can have sleeper hits, then so should video games. And I don't mean selling a couple hundred thousand, I'm talking millions. Because great games are enjoyed by all. Regardless of whether one preferts real time strategy to platformers to shooters to anything else. I don't think that's an impossible feat given how "huge" this industry has apparently become.

But at least that's the way I see it. Ah well.

Completely depends on A) What they've already done to me B) What they're planning on doing to me and C) Why they took me in the first place. If they've beaten the daylight out of me, it would be difficult to find empathy towards them. Ghost_702

You really think that?

It's difficult to say without actually being in such a hostage or captive situation, but do you wonder how you would react in such unfortunate circumstances?

Okay you know what there are still 404 errors. You haven't even fixed that, much less the other problems present. This is very disrespectful to ignore me like that, what do you have to say for yourselves?

It's a shame, I wanted to play Tales of Vesperia on my ps3. I deeply enjoyed Eternal Sonata, and honestly it's Namco's fault the game didn't sell well due to lack of advertising. Plus, they shouldn't have given up on ToV just because Eternal Sonata didn't do well on the ps3 in North America.

"Bash" you? Dearly Beloved is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever, you should feel no shame in mentioning it. Despite my personal feelings on Kingdom Hearts, the one thing I have to say that I love about the series is the title screen for Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2. The way that Sora is just standing there, feet in the ocean, looking to the distance, with the music accompanying it... While KH 1 is the best game of the series, I like KH 2's title screen more. When you see it you think you're about to embark on an emotional and poignant journey that will prove to be quite memorable. Instead though Square Enix gave us a completely different experience.

In fact the more I think about it the more surprised I am that this wasn't mentioned more in this topic. I love the sound of the ocean waves in KH 2 especially...