Moogle, maybe you can help me. I dunno, maybe you can pass these concerns along to your collegues, and other people in the Videogame Industry.
I have a few gripes about games that are out/are coming out - and I really do believe they are honest-to-goodness well founded gripes.
1. Light : When did it become abhorrent to game designers to allow the player to SEE what they are playing? For example Doom 3. Granted, the game was pretty much ass in the first place, but 99% of the entire game was devoted to 't3h dark'. Sure you get a flashlight - but you have to put it away to fire? Come on. Same thing with this new game I got - F.E.A.R. Can't see a damn thing, and the flashlight dies after 20 seconds or so. I was trying to play it this afternoon, and I had to shut it off. Even with the flashlight on I couldn't see a damn thing the game was so dark. There are no actual graphics being shown onscreen - and yet the game beats the hell out of my videocard.<img src=smilies/upeyes.gif>
2. "Scariness". Yeah - no. I'm sorry. The last videogame to make me flinch was Resident Evil (hallway with the dogs). Once again this game F.E.A.R, it's just not scary. I'm not asking for scary games as I've never really been a fan of horror (I just got into Res Evil because they are flat out good games in general) but if you're trying to make a game scary... Make it scary, don't just hide everything in shadows or flash computer graphics images of disembodied heads. Come on, already. Again, they hide everything in shadow - and I've already talked about lighting in games.
I know I don't speak for everyone. Maybe someone does like being unable to see a game they're playing. Maybe they'd rather just pay $50 for a 'game' that is nothing but eerie sounds and no graphics. But for chrissakes, enough with making games dark, and trying (and failing) to be scary!
Remember the original Doom? Kinda scary for it's time but was everything draped in darkness? I'm glad I don't actually buy games anymore. I'd be really pissed if I spent $50 on FEAR just so I could NOT see what I was playing.
3. Hiphop games. I seriously don't see what the big whoop is about these games. 50Cent gets a game 'based on his life'? What's next? 8-Mile for PS3? Enough. No one plays this crap.
I have a few gripes about games that are out/are coming out - and I really do believe they are honest-to-goodness well founded gripes.
1. Light : When did it become abhorrent to game designers to allow the player to SEE what they are playing? For example Doom 3. Granted, the game was pretty much ass in the first place, but 99% of the entire game was devoted to 't3h dark'. Sure you get a flashlight - but you have to put it away to fire? Come on. Same thing with this new game I got - F.E.A.R. Can't see a damn thing, and the flashlight dies after 20 seconds or so. I was trying to play it this afternoon, and I had to shut it off. Even with the flashlight on I couldn't see a damn thing the game was so dark. There are no actual graphics being shown onscreen - and yet the game beats the hell out of my videocard.<img src=smilies/upeyes.gif>
2. "Scariness". Yeah - no. I'm sorry. The last videogame to make me flinch was Resident Evil (hallway with the dogs). Once again this game F.E.A.R, it's just not scary. I'm not asking for scary games as I've never really been a fan of horror (I just got into Res Evil because they are flat out good games in general) but if you're trying to make a game scary... Make it scary, don't just hide everything in shadows or flash computer graphics images of disembodied heads. Come on, already. Again, they hide everything in shadow - and I've already talked about lighting in games.
I know I don't speak for everyone. Maybe someone does like being unable to see a game they're playing. Maybe they'd rather just pay $50 for a 'game' that is nothing but eerie sounds and no graphics. But for chrissakes, enough with making games dark, and trying (and failing) to be scary!
Remember the original Doom? Kinda scary for it's time but was everything draped in darkness? I'm glad I don't actually buy games anymore. I'd be really pissed if I spent $50 on FEAR just so I could NOT see what I was playing.
3. Hiphop games. I seriously don't see what the big whoop is about these games. 50Cent gets a game 'based on his life'? What's next? 8-Mile for PS3? Enough. No one plays this crap.
