WTF happened to games

Video games are not games anymore.  I don't know what they are, but they aren't games.  No matter how much of a graphical facade a video game has on the outside, the real game is about an abstract goal which is achieved through twitch skill or mental skill.  The true fun in video games comes from success and failure of doing these acts.  Any enjoyment from the graphical facade - like an emotionally engaging story or the splattering of gratuitous blood - is merely an added bonus and it is not meant to deliver the main 'fill' of the game.

Too many modern video games have an absolutely crap game underneath.  All these games have to offer is the graphical facade: the story, the characters, the explosions and the particle effects.  To make up for the shit gameplay these types of games try to succeed (and often do) by making the presentation beautiful so that no one stops to notice/care about the mentally retarded gameplay.  It is a cinematic video game disease.  It is especially common in post FF7 RPG's and post half-life FPS's.

Video gamers have already diverged into those who buy into empty shell graphical facades and those who don't.  I don't know what the fuck happened.  The empty shell camp seems to be winning too.

>>27

is trying to point out that your seriously over analyzing it.

Being a gamer for 16 years myself I can see both sides of it.

On one hand all that is really "new" are the graphical advancements.. So when 360 and ps3 came out.. my question was "what makes it worth it to spend all that money on a high def tv, a high def gaming console..". I personally find its not worth it.

Quite honestly the simple fact of the matter is this. Gaming is becoming "popular". The more popular gaming becomes the more wannabe hardcore gamers we have.

I hate to say it because I just know someone is gunna feel the need to get their pannies in a wad over it. But, Alot of people play halo for hours on end and assume that makes them "expert uber 1337 gamers" and then assume they know everything about the market and consoles and computers in general.

I am picking on halo because, it has bothered me for a while how as soon as you mention video games halo comes up. However, the simple fact is as long as there are people who only play halo calling themselves gamers. The market is going to attempt to make games for the halo gamers.

I am not saying halo is a bad game however, I do feel its way over rated. And thats where the problem lies. So long as there is a huge market of casual gamers willing to bite into whatever is cool at the moment developers are going to target them.

You can really break it down into two groups. gamers and then the people following the fad.

With that being said I personally like RPG's that can change that can be reinacted in different ways that you can go back threw and try to pick up something new and different. However, I must admit I'm a sucker for any with a good story line.

In honesty I can always find a game that I enjoy. I enjoy some of the less herd of and popular games simply because I don't expect anything from them. So whatever I get is great.

I personally play to have fun and really the game I play just depends on my mood or what just pulls me in the most. Sometimes its a playstation 1 game. Sometimes it F.E.A.R. might be a flash game one day. Or RE:4 for the wii. however, I think its worth mentioning I believe in balance. I don't believe any one aspects is so overly important in a game that it over rules all others.

I believe style is more important then graphics. However, I aslo believe that you need a certain level of graphics to achieve any given style properly. I believe game play is important because why play if its not fun? However, I also like story lines because it leaves a feeling of accomplishment.

So on one hand I can agree. with 27. If you can find a game you enjoy then just play it damnit. ON the other hand. I hate how its really about pleasing the people chasing the fad while those of us who believe gaming is its own lifestyle suffer.