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VectorBoy

Let's talk about this topic which pisses me the fuck off (and you too..): the decline in a video games quality due to the companies focus on the graphics.

Something I've personally found upsetting is the lack of quality in video games. My arguement is that in older video games (like super nintendo, ps1) there was only so much they could do in the graphics area, so companies really had to focus on how good each game actually was. If anyone develops for a gaming company, I'd love your opinion, but do you guys feel like many games are visually nice, but lack content?

Posted Aug 23, 2011, 11:07 PM UTC

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RushofBlood52•

I think half the problem is that we see all the shit now, but forget all about all the shit from the past.

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Osmodius•

I still prefer many old games because they were well made, not because they had HOLY FUCK GRAPHICS.

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Latentsage•

I don't think that video game quality has declined. I think it has increased considerably, on average.

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Osmodius•

Game quality, perhaps, but not content and game play quality.

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Latentsage•

I disagree. Stories are much more in depth and lengthy. Game mechanics are more entertaining.

I would argue that Bastion was a much better game than any of the Snes Marios. The only reason to think otherwise is nostalgia.

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Osmodius•

Bastion was a hack and slash at its core. The story was what drove it. I could argue the same for Diablo II. I could say the same, reasonably, of most RPGs. I'd point, however, to the duration of the game. Bastion entertained me, fully for maybe 7-9 hours. Diablo II. Much much more.

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Latentsage•

I got too bored with Diablo II to get very far in it. The story seemed fairly lacking in imagination and the ui was pretty bad. That might be a matter of taste though. I expect Diablo 3 to be pretty entertaining and fully better, in my opinion, than Diablo II, which is mostly my point. Modern games are a lot more polished and creative than older games, if only because they have the resources to be creative and polished.

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Osmodius•

Though true for some game,s it is a general statement that is not true when applied to everything.

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[deleted]•

Video game quality is going down? Never noticed, brb playing Human Revolution again.

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Crioca•

I wouldn't say it's declined, actually I think it's increased, but I think that the quality has not increased at the speed it should of because of the industry trend to allocate development and system resources to graphics and physics instead of AI and gameplay.

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