Don't forget these two:
GAME goes into administration (http://games.ign.com/articles/122/1221574p1.html)
Blizzard lays off 600 employees (http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/721244/blizzard-lays-off-employees-600-people-axed/)
Don't worry guys. We have F2P GAYmes. Now pay us a million dollars for this wooden stick so we can give better stuff to our monthly paying members. :trollface: :trollface: :trollface: :trollface: :trollface: :trollface:Sadly, this is pretty much going to be our future.
My worst fear is all publishers dying out except for EA.*Please upgrade to the titanium online membership pass for a low, weekly payment of $69.99! You get added features such as higher quality voice chatting, ability to change name, going on 10 ms lower ping servers, and yearly updates!*
Oh god.
My worst fear is all publishers dying out except for EA.
Oh god.
Gaben will save us.
And how is that?his beard
And how is that?
DOUBTER, BE SHUNNED
I'm not really worried. None of the newer games interest me all that much anyways. Even if the future games suffer from a major crash, I'll still be able to play the game I like playing right now.Well newer games are starting to deteriorate in quality. I remember on the PS2/Gamecube, you can be hooked on a single game for months, staying up till 2 in the morning with a friend trying to beat a certain part, with no DLC needed to refresh gameplay. Now it's all about going on edge with piracy concerns, releasing a game about 60% complete, slapping a $60 price tag on it, and putting it on the shelves and expecting you to pay the rest on DLC, and having some stupid excuse to why the game won't support mod tools.
I remember on the PS2/Gamecube, you can be hooked on a single game for months, staying up till 2 in the morning with a friend trying to be a certain part
Oh god the nostalgia. :'(Sly Cooper 4 looks promising. I loved Sly Cooper 2: Band of Thieves. But that also adds to my example on how awesome games were back in that console generation, and how un-awesome a majority of games are starting to be now. A large portion of today's games are some just some CoD shooter flick, with the same, generic, "STOP NUCLEAR MISSILE DEVICE FROM ASPLODING EARTH", and $100 worth of DLC to buy to get the full experience. You have quite a few exceptions today, but jeez, it seems that once you're done with a campaign, that's it. You're done with the game, throw it into the deep debts of your closet/frag all over your HDD unless it has promising multiplayer. No replay value or roaming around to do extra activities.Spoiler (click to show/hide)
I just remember playing until 5 in the morning one summer night trying to beat Splinter Cell Coop with a friend.
And I have two SWBII due to the fact my friend's play station decided to scratch up the bottom of the CD.
And I keep the Sly Cooper series below my TV even though the PS2 isn't hooked up.
Talking about Sly:
Sly 4: Thieves in Time E3 2011 Gameplay HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-uvGX2Nftk#ws)
Probably the only reason I would buy a PS3. Looks like the developers here captured the techniques of the old series.
Welcome to Flame War: ModernWarfare Source! I hope it has been worth the weight! Not saying or... hoping that Valve will release a non-awesome game.Well actually, I don't think we have to worry much about Valve. So far they're doing right I guess. I love Portal 2 and its improvements over the first one, and going back to Ep2 and replaying some of the levels. Plus if you get bored with a Source game, chances are there are some pretty fun, epic mods to download and try. Especially for HL2/HL1 (Cry of Fear and Nightmare house 2 ftw). If you get bored with those, you can try your hand at mapping for CS:S or Gmod and let the regenerating experience keep flowing. Source games basically replenish themselves with user created content. Hence why I've been hooked on Gmod for the past couple of years (until now).
Well actually, I don't think we have to worry much about Valve. So far they're doing right I guess. I love Portal 2 and its improvements over the first one, and going back to Ep2 and replaying some of the levels. Plus if you get bored with a Source game, chances are there are some pretty fun, epic mods to download and try. Especially for HL2/HL1 (Cry of Fear and Nightmare house 2 ftw). If you get bored with those, you can try your hand at mapping for CS:S or Gmod and let the regenerating experience keep flowing. Source games basically replenish themselves with user created content. Hence why I've been hooked on Gmod for the past couple of years (until now).
We really need more sandbox games.No, we need moddable games. If it's moddable, it's good. No matter how bad the base game might be, if modded, it can be super fucking awesome.
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No, we need moddable games. If it's moddable, it's good. No matter how bad the base game might be, if modded, it can be super fucking awesome.
New idea.I'm glad you don't work in the industry.
Moddable sandbox games. Sound good enough? Wait. Garrysmod.
No, we need moddable games. If it's moddable, it's good. No matter how bad the base game might be, if modded, it can be super fucking awesome.Too bad Valve doesn't give a good fuck to enhance a 10-year-old program used to create maps for their engine, creating a huge bottle-neck in productivity for map-makers/modders.
I'm glad you don't work in the industry.
Oh god the nostalgia. :'(Spoiler (click to show/hide)
I just remember playing until 5 in the morning one summer night trying to beat Splinter Cell Coop with a friend.
And I have two SWBII due to the fact my friend's play station decided to scratch up the bottom of the CD.
And I keep the Sly Cooper series below my TV even though the PS2 isn't hooked up.
Talking about Sly:
Sly 4: Thieves in Time E3 2011 Gameplay HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-uvGX2Nftk#ws)
Probably the only reason I would buy a PS3. Looks like the developers here captured the techniques of the old series.