Patrick at RantGaming:
Ever since pixelated graphic representations of human bodies were given curves (I’m looking at you Lara Croft), game makers have been slipping a little sex-appeal into their products. Whether it’s Jill Valentine’s tube-top, Lulu’s plunging neckline, Quistis’ whip (if you like that kind of thing) or the questionable protection afforded by female armor skins in various MMO’s and RPG’s alike, it’s hard to ignore the presence of sex in the gaming world. With the majority of the marketplace being male, it really isn’t that hard to understand the reasoning. With all this in mind, game developers still chose to keep a bit of a lid on things and go for a T rating on their games. With the exception of a few WoW modifications, everything was pretty low key and tongue-in-cheek.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
Blizzard Entertainment has announced the opening of beta registrations for “World of Warcraft: The War Within,” inviting players to explore new subterranean worlds beneath Azeroth.
Vampire games are making a comeback of late, and gamers hoping this is a new trend should look back at the 7 best vampire games ever made.
What is a list? A miserable little pile of scribbles.
A Best Vampire Game list and no Bloodborne. A bold choice, indeed.
No Blood Omen? Even today it's one of my favourite vampire games. We could really do with a release on modern platforms.
I really enjoyed Vampyr. The combat is a little clunky and could use some work. However, the story, characters, dialog. setting, and pretty much everything else in the game is great.
I think the Mature games will become less frequent as time goes on. Everyone will start to try and get those games down to T rating like they do with PG-13 movies. They'll do just enough to not get the M rating as people start to actually follow the ESRB ratings.