To hear some publishers tell it, used game sales are the devil's work, and we--meaning us consumers--the devil's henchmen.
We're buying too many used games, you see, and in our patient thrift, we're destroying the very thing we're supposed to love.
While some video games overwhelm you with sheer scale, titles like Asura's Wrath and Doom Eternal make you the boss player right upfront.
Wolfenstein: The New Order turns ten years old today, so we decided to play it again and discovered just how much of an extinct kind of game it is.
It's an outstanding game and so was The Old Blood. Also a lost era of gaming. Interesting, I received a physical copy of The Old Blood 9 years ago today from Poland. It was digital only in North America initially upon release so I had to import.
Wolfenstein: The New Order launched 10 years ago today, but can it stand up to the modern FPS titles it inspired?
I disagree. Its still a fantastic game, with very good gunplay and a surprisingly loveable cast of characters and a good story trough many different and interesting setpieces
All The New Order needs for my tastes is a this gen enhancement patch.
I played New Order a couple of years after launch and I give it an 8/10. The shooter holds up because it is focused on being a good shooter. There is no crafting, no RPG elements, no open world find the question mark Weapons are fun. Enemies are fun. Levels offer a nice mix of stealth and shooting. You get to be the predator; this isn’t a game about fending off waves of enemies while a robot companion unlocks a door. Most importantly, New Order is the last of a dying breed of single player shooters.
Singleplayer shooters are still getting released every year, just look up "boomer shooters" and you'll find an an abundance of them. AAA fps campaigns, not so much.
Last year had Trepang2, RoboCop: Rogue City, Turbo Overkill, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, Dread Templar, Sprawl and more
The games you mentioned are not from AAA developers. Wolfenstein likely had a budget that was probably as big as all those games you mentioned combined. I'm not knocking the new wave of retro shooters. I absolutely love them (I think some get much higher review scores than they deserve though). I just really wouldn't describe Wolfenstein as purely a boomer shooter based on the relatively cohesive story, with cut scenes and is fully voice acted. Full set piece moments.
AA development seems to be focused keeping the single player solo experience alive. But the big developers are only concerned about the MTX and milking players who enjoy multiplayer.
The age of AA shooters. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. I like less expense, shorter games.
Weird all the Wolfenstein articles.
Can you guess what will be announced at Xbox showcase?
What Machine Games did with Wolfenstein franchise is awesome. The game play definitely to me , is still very fun to play !!!
well the goodness won't less for ever and i can see for ever its just over the horizon =/
Well I feel that if people cant sell their old games they are less likely to buy as many new games. I think more emphasis should be placed on giving good incentives to buy games new like download codes and that sort of thing. They need to make it desireable to buy the games new but for the less well-off people there needs to be the second-hand option just to keep them in gaming.
Most important thing to do is prevent piracy though.
i've worked at gamestop, the people who buy used games still support the industry. i'd often sell a used game along with an xbl card, new controller or whatnot. i've bought many used titles that i've ended up buying dlc for, that supports the industry.
game publishers need to pull their head out of their ass and realize that it's the $60 price tag that is killing game sales. i'm not rich, $60 is not an "impulse purchase" for me, $30-$40 is. the fact is that most games simply aren't worth the $60.
if publishers want to increase new sales they should bear the burden. demoes for all titles before release, full demoes, not just 2 minutes of the best part. give me the entire first level.
no "exclusive" demo or beta garbage, a recent example would be transformers. thanks for screwing ps3 owners out of a demo, as a result it resides on my gamefly queue instead of in my possession.
take a good long look at your game and ask yourselves if it's really worth a $60 msrp. i snapped up 3D dot game heroes because it was only $40. i'll probably grab sniper ghost warrior because it's only $40. if they were full price i'd skip these games.
i don't want free dlc or anything, i'd rather you just lowered your prices that $10 or $15. if you want to maintain your current pricing expect me to keep buying used games. and for the love of god stop whining, i don't see book publishers crying because amazon sells used books.
Amen
Rather that be on Ebay or Gamestop, then my collection of ps2/xbox games would not continue to grow.
Yes I do own a ps3 and xbox 360, but I still like to go back to old games that I missed.