... lies with war games and combat games.
This is the first impression I get when browsing through gaming magazines.
I took a gaming magazine (thin, nothing important) of an electronics chain two days ago.
Yes, it's a real gaming magazine with more or less serious reviews - not as serious as professional gaming magazines do, but nevertheless.
And it's multi-platform.
This is what I see :
Page 2 & 3: Bioshock, looks dark, grim, and menacing, PC
Page 6: "Custom Robo Arena", looks colourful & fun, NDS
Page 7: "Kirby Mouse Attack", also colourful and just fun, NDS
Page 8: Tomb Raider 10th Anniversary, PC, darker look, PC, PS2, PSP
Page 9: Wario: Master of Disguise, still looks quite colourful, NDS
Page 10 & 11: Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2, PC, PSP, PS3, XBOX360, dark, grey, war, combat
Page 12 & 13: Splinter Cell: Conviction, PC, XBOX360, dark, grey, war, combat
Page 14 & 15: Arena Wars Reloaded, PC, war, combat
Page 16 & 17: Loki, PC, (dark) colourful, war, combat
Page 18 & 19: Pekémon Editionen Diamant & Perl, NDS, colourful
Page 20 & 21: Two Worlds, PC, XBOX360, dark, colourful, war, combat
Page 22 & 23: Guild Wars: Eye of the North, PC, dark, colourful, war, combat
Page 24 & 25: Tabula Rasa, PC, dark colourful, war, combat
Page 26 & 27: The Witcher, PC, dark, colourful, combat
Page 28 & 29: Mario Strikers Charged Football, Wii, colourful, looks rather like fun
Page 30 & 31: Mario Party 8, Wii, extremely colourful, fun
So, what i see is this : There are nothing but combat based games for the PC out there ! Lara Croft is the only exception.
Also, there is no colour in PC games anymore. well, except games that imitate the comic-look of WarCRaft and WOW, maybe.
So, if that's the future of the PC genre, then I'll resign. I don't see any sense in buying PC games anymore. What was once important to me is already gone - to other systems. There are no more Jump & Run games like Commander Keen, no more puzzle games like The Lost Vikings, hardly any colozurful games at all, everything has become dark and grim.
And the big publishers are supporting that. They just don't release anything anymore except games whe you have to battle someone or something.
I think, in my own PC-based gaming "career", this is the beginning of the end.
And now I understand why I love Tropico, Cultures, and the aboved games so much.
End of Rant.
Alrik.
P.S. : If it doesn't fit in here, then please move this thread into an appropriate section.
This is the first impression I get when browsing through gaming magazines.
I took a gaming magazine (thin, nothing important) of an electronics chain two days ago.
Yes, it's a real gaming magazine with more or less serious reviews - not as serious as professional gaming magazines do, but nevertheless.
And it's multi-platform.
This is what I see :
Page 2 & 3: Bioshock, looks dark, grim, and menacing, PC
Page 6: "Custom Robo Arena", looks colourful & fun, NDS
Page 7: "Kirby Mouse Attack", also colourful and just fun, NDS
Page 8: Tomb Raider 10th Anniversary, PC, darker look, PC, PS2, PSP
Page 9: Wario: Master of Disguise, still looks quite colourful, NDS
Page 10 & 11: Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2, PC, PSP, PS3, XBOX360, dark, grey, war, combat
Page 12 & 13: Splinter Cell: Conviction, PC, XBOX360, dark, grey, war, combat
Page 14 & 15: Arena Wars Reloaded, PC, war, combat
Page 16 & 17: Loki, PC, (dark) colourful, war, combat
Page 18 & 19: Pekémon Editionen Diamant & Perl, NDS, colourful
Page 20 & 21: Two Worlds, PC, XBOX360, dark, colourful, war, combat
Page 22 & 23: Guild Wars: Eye of the North, PC, dark, colourful, war, combat
Page 24 & 25: Tabula Rasa, PC, dark colourful, war, combat
Page 26 & 27: The Witcher, PC, dark, colourful, combat
Page 28 & 29: Mario Strikers Charged Football, Wii, colourful, looks rather like fun
Page 30 & 31: Mario Party 8, Wii, extremely colourful, fun
So, what i see is this : There are nothing but combat based games for the PC out there ! Lara Croft is the only exception.
Also, there is no colour in PC games anymore. well, except games that imitate the comic-look of WarCRaft and WOW, maybe.
So, if that's the future of the PC genre, then I'll resign. I don't see any sense in buying PC games anymore. What was once important to me is already gone - to other systems. There are no more Jump & Run games like Commander Keen, no more puzzle games like The Lost Vikings, hardly any colozurful games at all, everything has become dark and grim.
And the big publishers are supporting that. They just don't release anything anymore except games whe you have to battle someone or something.
I think, in my own PC-based gaming "career", this is the beginning of the end.
And now I understand why I love Tropico, Cultures, and the aboved games so much.
End of Rant.
Alrik.
P.S. : If it doesn't fit in here, then please move this thread into an appropriate section.