Dreaad
Arcane
This thread has amused me.
2 cents. I have played many a game that is objectively shit and I'll be honest... main reason was animations and graphics. Sometimes atmosphere, like Alpha Protocol. Sometimes it's other reasons... like Skyrim is pretty shit, but aside from that and mount & blade there is relatively few games that let you be a viking bandit who goes around fighting and killing random things. So if I want to be a viking bandit and have played 500+ hours of mount&blade mods, what options do I have?
It's one of the main problems in game design I find. Too many developers just jump on the hype train and produce 1000's of copies of generic fantasy setting x or CoD 35. The really neat niche stuff you may want to explore, is nowhere to be found. How many cyberpunk RPG's are there? How many pirate games? How many sci fi turn based fleet command games? How many post apocalyptic RPG's? There ain't a huge selection, so often you are forced to scratch the itch with generic crap you hate or play a game you have already played 10 times.
2 cents. I have played many a game that is objectively shit and I'll be honest... main reason was animations and graphics. Sometimes atmosphere, like Alpha Protocol. Sometimes it's other reasons... like Skyrim is pretty shit, but aside from that and mount & blade there is relatively few games that let you be a viking bandit who goes around fighting and killing random things. So if I want to be a viking bandit and have played 500+ hours of mount&blade mods, what options do I have?
It's one of the main problems in game design I find. Too many developers just jump on the hype train and produce 1000's of copies of generic fantasy setting x or CoD 35. The really neat niche stuff you may want to explore, is nowhere to be found. How many cyberpunk RPG's are there? How many pirate games? How many sci fi turn based fleet command games? How many post apocalyptic RPG's? There ain't a huge selection, so often you are forced to scratch the itch with generic crap you hate or play a game you have already played 10 times.