GGTL: "A few days ago, I was playing Mafia II on my PS3. Cruisin' the streets of Empire Bay in my yellow convertible, swinging round tiled bends at 80 miles-per-hour - the usual. Then my brother walked past, and he said something quite odd."
With E3 starting next week, 2K Games revealed the biggest E3 line up they have for the year
Only game iam waiting for is for mafia 2 nothing else intrest me well only Metal gear solid peace walkers but ill get that soon
nice. waiting to see what mafia 2 and spec ops the line has too offer. not into rts games, so civ 5 not for me, and not too familiar with x-com series.
GF365: "There are some games with extraordinary visuals that impress us to this day. Here are old games with outstanding graphics."
Same as Killzone 2 and 3, uncharted 2 and 3, Infamous 2, Heavy Rain, Resistance 3
I wish this was entirely true, but you might want to load up Killzone 2 and Resistance 3 again.
@jason I watched some gameplay videos of KZ2 and R3 on my full screen. They are on par or succeed graphically to the first person shooters mentioned in the article that also launched on the seventh generation of consoles. Try the same and see what you think
Killzone 3 was super impressive! I could not believe the graphics back then as I was regularly pausing the game to stand in awe looking at the surroundings! Resistance however did not impress me that much. Heavy rain is also another amazing graphically speaking game. It almost felt next gen
I always thought the first 3 Gears of War games looked great and still hold up for today.
They did for their day. I recently played gears judgement with on the 360 and the draw distance was so blurry. The characters up close look great though
Far Cry 2 was awesome. In addition to having demonstrably better physics and AI than later games in the series, it had a lot of design decisions that, criticized at the time, have since been praised in games like BOTW and Dark Souls.
It might not be super amazing by today's standard but I thought Mgs3 looked really good
Originally released back in 2010 for last-gen (PS3, Xbox 360) consoles, 2K Games has re-released Mafia 2 as part of the Mafia Trilogy, and has called it the “Definitive Edition.” Now, the question is, does this mafia go for the kill, or does it run out of bullets? Read on for our Mafia 2 Definitive Edition review.
Nice article. I think personally a lot of what you mentioned comes down to the whole "new IPs or sequels?" question or idea. Very rarely a brand new IP is going to end up a blockbuster release, along the lines of GTAIV or Modern Warfare 2, because people feel they want to experience first what exactly a game is going to be about. Like you also said, it can be about people being in a comfort zone. They don't want something to be so completely new and different because they know what they like and what they want.
I myself like the more easy to play or arguably casual games like footballing sims or CoD every now and again, I mean I don't always have the time or the effort for delving into a 40 hour epic like Final Fantasy or an incredibly wide and vast experience like a Fallout game or any other similar RPG. But I do like diversity in games and in gaming more than anything and so I think it's that sort of thinking which separates people that game quite often, and those that just want to game every now and again for a bit of fun. And maybe that's why those games sell better, because you cater to the people that want to game just for fun, and also to those that want a bit of both sides.
Who wouldn't want new games?
Well its pretty easy what to say when a game as exacly the same concept of another.
All sandbox games like GTA follow always the same routine (getting started > kill some people > chase that guy > run away from the cops > start your empire > settle the score with a guy > end of main storyline > exploration around the city/region > wait for DLC (lol jk)) and that gets tiresome even if games like red dead redemption and mafia 2 that have diferent settings from the usual still gets the same overrall experience (it felts you played that before without even knowing it) still doesnt stop a guy to enjoy the game but when he gets another one that is pretty much the same before its not very exciting.
I praise for new games that really bring "new" gameplay and overrall experience like Zelda OOT did back in the day.
I agree completely with the writer, if everyone tried to innovate too much theres no foundations, everyone would be completely lost with each game coming out and quality would probably take a nosedive from medicore to awfull of your average game.
As he said, Let the innovators innovate.
Brings up some good discussion. I had a similar realization recently: Why should a developer try to innovate on their IP's sequel when they have yet to refine it to its full potential?
So many games get rushed out the door that by the time the company has enough money to actually make a GOOD version of the game, they try too hard to add new gimmicks or do their best to steal another games thunder.
On the flip side, a series has many quick installments but all very good, yet when the opportunity comes along to REALLY refine it to perfection they jump ship to a new gameplay style or tone.
-GTA4
-Splinter Cell: Conviction
-Mass Effect 2
-MW 2
What do these games have in common? They may be great games and all have wonderful reviews but deep down we all know that they are missing something that made their predecessors so great.
I wouldn't be surprised in the least that if the next Hitman installment was a run and gun with bullet time, or something equally antithetical, the press will be wowed but the developers attempt to make their game relevant will have been at the cost of the core gameplay it invented and failed to bring to the next level.