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I’m late to the party, but I don’t care.
This month bs angel posed “If you could ask for one thing this year from the gaming industry as a whole, what would it be and why?”
I was stumped. I stared at a blank document for an hour and then stayed up late playing games on Kongregate. I didn’t know what to say.
Or I knew what to say, but not how to say it.
Here’s what I want: I want the industry to give me a reason to play video games for another year.
So far nothing has me fired up — especially not the trailers from Spike’s video game themed celeb-fest.
Want to keep me interested? Here’s how:
1. If you can’t come up with a new IP, justify your old one with new innovations.
I’ve asked this before, but do we really need three Tomb Raider games for the 360? Fallout 3, however, changed up perspectives and rethought their combat system.
2. Revisit IPs you haven’t raped into the ground.
It’s appalling that we haven’t had a new Syndicate game since 1996. How about unearthing Eternal Darkness?
3. Stop using World War II.
I would be all over Call of Duty: Crimean War or Medal of Honor: The Battle of Hastings.
4. Not every game needs to be a AAA title.
Why do you think I spend so much time on Kongregate?
5. Figure out how to add player-created content to consoles.
My ill-informed opinion tells me that this will be the hallmark of the next generation of consoles, but why can’t I have mods and maps now?
And this is what everone else said last week!
What I want in 2009, The “Roxanne” Edition, Dear Gaming Industry, if the industry gave us all presents this Christmas, Demands for the industry, Santa, Don’t Bring Me Toys I Have To Share, All I Want for Christmas Is…, My Wish for the Year, Crossing Over, Checkpoint Unobtained. errr., Loading Requests, LISTEN BITCH!!!, One Wish, Dear Video Game Industry
More games like Portal and Braid, Imagine, Dear Video Game Industry, A Wish for 2009!
bs angel:
I’m in agreement with everything you said. First of all, I was shocked at the quality of trailers they premiered during the recent video game awards show. The only one that even began to pique my interest was Dante’s Inferno and you couldn’t even tell what sort of game it was.
Out of all your points, the first one strikes a chord with me the most. There were a lot of sequels (or beyond) that came out this year that I would label as expansions instead of a full retail title. Quite annoying to pay $60 for pretty much the same game you played last time.
Terry:
@bs angel
Yeah, I really like Rock Band 2, but I’m not seeing that it’s anything more than a patch for Rock Band 2 and a bunch of new songs.
Honestly, I wish companies would focus more on expansions instead of committing their resources to the next big release.
Silvercube:
I liked the list,and agree completely.
2009 maybe be a great year.. who knows? The only game I’m really looking forward to right now on 360 is Sacred 2 which is released in February.