What are you opinions on video games - more specifically what has come to be known as eSports.
I grew up playing some video games and I always felt they were very close to art, but near the end of 2010 I feel like the medium was suddenly a cash cow. And art was less the point as was serial releases with ever increasing DLC and faster release times but with less content.
Then mobile dominated the discussion for a while and loot boxes showed up.....
I now see subscribe to play becoming more fashionable and less and less on the front of ownership...
They heavily attacked the after markets when they went towards online subscription and DLC models.... But now....it's like they are destroying the market.
All popular games also seem way less innovative than anything I was playing. Battlefield back on the PS2 was the same gameplay but with no pay to play bs....
What are your thoughts. Is this just the way things go...or has something happened to the art form?
SHOVELWARE. Cool that indie developers can make some money, but 95/100 indie games are total trash.
My thing is this, I just can’t invest much into long 70 hour games that cost 70 dollars. I like games I can hop in and hop out of, slowly build stats, and go for weeks without playing at all.
I recently picked up Clubhouse Games for switch as my Christmas gift to myself. Well worth the $30. Especially if you have to entertain kids, because the 30 games included are classics like chess and connect 4.
The metaverse is not for us. It’s for kids growing up now who have been conditioned to wear shit on their face. We have to turn the metaverse into myspace, and by that I mean not use it.
I definitely feel like a lot of games feel derivative and many don't even seem to be unique in any way except perhaps the assets.
Story is almost always an after thought these days
Honestly, it’s because i’m old, but i like running patterns on old arcade titles on emulators—and finding the best way to be the most efficient. MAPPY and MEGAMANIA are some old school gems. I can’t wait for the ADVANCED WARS remake. Tower defense and strategy are my faves... And Mario Odyssey was the best Mario Platformer since Super Mario World. ...these are all opinions. 😅