Death of Creativity.

Finally we have seen the young game industry grow up alike its relative the film industry. It's not exactly the golden age of gaming at the moment. Not to sound like I am angry at game developers or anything but I might be a little sick of their attempt to make me buy the same game year after year. Right now money is the main priority for these companies, which is understandable, they are a business after all. Now I don't want to say that I think the games are bad, they are very visually appealing and are designed without flaws. Unfortunately I'm not exactly satisfied with what should be considered updates to a game being considered sequels. The problem I have with companies like EA, Activision and Ubisoft is that their priority of money is destroying any sort of creativity. They want their games to appeal to as many people as they possibly can so the resort to rounding out any edges removing any sort of personality or connect with the player. This is especially upsetting to me because I have trouble being immersed into a game that was clearly made so everyone would like it.

Now with the incoming launch of new consoles I think this is the prime opportunity to make some changes. With all of the new-gen console games being new IPs I think that the time of call of duty and halo, and assassins creed is over. The age of new games will come. Possibly the games with be cycled out less frequently with sequels that last gen. Besides I want to believe that Indie games will grow to even bigger during this generation. With our connectivity to one and other it will be easier to share and snowball smaller games to make them powerhouses. Steam is probably going to shift to incorporate more indie games by the end of the year. With the approval rate of green-lit games getting bigger and bigger each day I would think we will see tons of games on the front page of steam's shop.

I guess the gaming industry and movie industry have very much in common. They both push out sequels like crazy. They bog everything down to simple story elements and indie always brings something to the table. Frankly, I might be exaggerating about how AAA games are uncreative but they are usually over-shadowed by the blockbusters. Some slip through the industry cracks but they are always harshly reviewed, under-rated and forgotten. And another thing that upsets me is that when the big corps run out of sequels to put out they have to go dig up some dead IP from their past and make it into something generic.  I bet EA would put out a new Populous since Simcity is dead. I'll go get the shovel.

Anyways, consoles are very much dead to me and I doubt that I will ever get one again. Steam is all I need. I guess I felt like ranting. It's been a slow news week. Let me know about your opinions in the comments.

-Nicholas

sources: Xbone GameOver