Kugyince
04-01-2010, 09:01 PM
Is the future of gaming too automated?
What the hell is happening to my damn vidya games? Back in my day, you could choose which direction you could wall-run/jump in, tell your entire RPG party what specific attacks to do, and shoot people when you wanted to. Now? All these damn games are letting you do is manage your party’s health and look at people. Where’s my interactivity? Why can’t I, the player, play anymore? It’s like the developers are our big brothers, sitting next to us, watching us suck at games, and then deciding to yank the controller away from us. Developers are collectively saying to us, “Look, idiot, this is how it’s done.”
Full article at:
DAMNLAG : Why are video games playing themselves? (http://www.damnlag.com/columns/302-gotta-rant-em-all/747-why-are-video-games-playing-themselves.html)
What the hell is happening to my damn vidya games? Back in my day, you could choose which direction you could wall-run/jump in, tell your entire RPG party what specific attacks to do, and shoot people when you wanted to. Now? All these damn games are letting you do is manage your party’s health and look at people. Where’s my interactivity? Why can’t I, the player, play anymore? It’s like the developers are our big brothers, sitting next to us, watching us suck at games, and then deciding to yank the controller away from us. Developers are collectively saying to us, “Look, idiot, this is how it’s done.”
Full article at:
DAMNLAG : Why are video games playing themselves? (http://www.damnlag.com/columns/302-gotta-rant-em-all/747-why-are-video-games-playing-themselves.html)