Are most games released now "trash"?

no i bought over 30 games this year, there is a strategy boom, and i bought most of them, bioshock, crysis, jericho, half life 2, painkiller, call of juarez, just creme of the top, plenty of good games, 2007 was an excellent year for games and its only going to get better as technology improves, we now have dual core and quad core coming up on the way, this was a very good year for a games, a rennesance, and it's only going to get better.

[Rampage]

by the way, none of you have even listed how popular world of warcraft is.

[Rampage]

Yes, they do.

Phen, Hitman is a fine game, but when we're talking long term, single player linear games end there.

If multiplayer is the platform gaming developers are aiming for then why are we faced with so many bad games?

You'd think companies would try to gain a competitive advantage over other gaming companies, but that is not the case.

We're seeing repitition, with improved graphics, but in terms of gameplay new generation gaming consoles are where its at. (eg. Heavenly Sword, God of War, BioShock).

As far as computers go, I believe computer game developers have hard problems grabbing the niche market of gamers who are still playing older games such as counter-strike, quake, and other title sequels.

All I can say is, Quake is still the best game I play up to date as far as computers go.

[foq]

Doom is redundant, kill monsters on a level that looks different from the last one!!
Same with Quake.

[Hendar23]

The Darkness looks very cool

This put me off it. Its very funny though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWS9_nrKOPA

[Hendar23]

I'm thinking of the good games that have come out over the last few years. It's a small list

Half-Life 2 and Episodes (very good, but a sequel)
Supreme Commander (very good, but a remake)
Team Fortress 2 (very good, but a sequel)
Medieval 2: Total War (you seeing the pattern yet?)

But there is hope! I did think of a few originals. They borrow ideas from other games, for sure, but they feel fresh

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadows of Chernobyl
Think Operation Flashpoint meets Oblivion meets Deus Ex meets...I don't know....something good. If you think HL is the 'thinking mans shooter', you ain't seen nuthin' yet. I lie awake at night agonizing of my next move. And the atmosphere is spot on...Chernobyl is already a creepy place in real life, even without the...things...hunting you. It's a pity it was released so buggy, they really got hurt in the reviews because of that. I've been playing with the latest patch and apart from one CTD I've seen no problems in over 20 hours playing.

EVE Online
I've never seen another MMO worth paying money for, but this one I come back to again and again. Not an orc or an elf in sight. Unique mechanics. Hardcore PvP, hardcore economy, hardcore everything. No grinding, unless you want to. A single server for everyone, no sharding! My only complaint was that living out in the 0.0 regions, the PvP free-for-all of territory control zones where the players run the game was just too stressful! Oh and if your stupid, don't bother looking. It's got a long learning curve and a zillion features. After playing for two years there are still huge sections of the game I know NOTHING about. Specialization isn't just a word in EVE. Also worth mentioning is they don't make you pay for expansion packs, which is as it should be, your already paying to have the game supported and updated.

I've been playing the Hellgate: London Beta, and it's a good blast. They stole my idea of a FPS shooter roguelike, damn them! No new ideas per-se, but I don't think anyone has ever made a Diablo-with-guns. If anyone has, I'd like to know about it. Hmmm....just thinking about the way the title is laid out...maybe there will be a Hellgate: New York...Hellgate: Hong Kong....Hellgate.....

Jeez I'm rambling again.

[=peg=]

spore

[rudl]

Starcraft2 looks more like a remake of Starcarft
What I have seen so far it's nothing absolutely new, though it looks nontheless cool

The Darkness looks very cool
http://www.2kgames.com/thedarkness/flash.htm
http://gaygamer.net/2006/10/new_the_...play_vide.html
and it seems to have a new type of gameplay

[Canadian*Sniper]

I saw the trailers for Dark Messiah. I was stoked to try the demo. I tried the demo last night. I want to buy this game. It's not easy in Hardcore mode





Team Fortress 2 looks pretty good as well. Lots of people I know have told me it's tits. How the entire game is about teamwork, you can't solo. I have not tried it out so I have no opinion on it just yet.





Starcraft 2 has me stoked.

[Phenom]

No theres games out there that are new which bring new ideas to the table such as HalfLife2 (Though still a big niche)which makes the whole game almost like a fast paced action movie with no time to stop and breath, or Hitman Blood Money ( or any Hitman game) which makes allows you to play either a good hitman or a bad hitman and while the story is linear the gameplay can be executed in multiplie directions and pathways leading to extended gameplay.

Theres good games being released the only problem is that theres always more and more crap games being released at 3x4-x the rate of good games so you see a lot of clones of the diamond in the rough.. it just takes some researching and some demo'ing to find good games these days... Back in the day Komander keep was obviously stated by looking at the screenshots, no gimmicky new tricks, no ungodly good graphics, just pure fun and a nice new storyline, same thing with the game final fantasy (FF1) sure there were other RPG's out there but Final Fantasy gave it a great storyline which made the gave awesome.. but this is about newer games

I reallythink right now is a low point for gaming if you are looking for originality and it probably will be this way for a few years atleast until emotion chips get installed in PC's and Consoles that actually do that their name implys.

But in the end, theres A LOT of people out there trying to make A LOT of money and they don't care if you like their shitty game or not. Its all about research.

[Baker]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=466

I've seen this topic on 3 or 4 different sites today and when I think about this, it really ticks me off.

There is nothing I'd like to do more than buy a couple of good games, but half the games out there suck and the other half are same sh*t, different day.

It's almost like once they invented 3D graphics engines, the only thing they make are boring new FPS games of some sort that are boring, linear and you get tired of them very quickly. Other than that, you have the generic "racing" games and various real-time strategy games that really, at least to me, aren't that interesting.

6 or 7 years ago, they actually made different kinds of games and now everything is mostly advancing the appearance of what otherwise are the same games over and over and over.

I've not seen a truly new game since Half-Life and it's pretty frustrating to me.

It seems like every game is either of the Enemy Territory/Counter Strike variety, the FPS adventure type (Prey, Fear, etc.) or some other type of rehash (Doom 3/Half-Life 2).