Why There are No New Ideas in Video Games

BreakABone · 01-04-2011, 12:24 PM

Its not just journalists, its gamers and sales.

I mean how many new IP games did you buy last year? How many do you know of this year?

We all get excited for the 2nd or 3rd or 13th of our favorite game series, and its sometimes hard to get a read on new ideas/franchises/game play type.

Some games just don't have the look to get noticed or some of them just got slaughtered when released between big games. Like really most new IPs flounder if they are out between like Sept-Dec of any year.

KillerGremlin · 01-04-2011, 02:55 PM

There's no credibility for any of the writers in that list or IGN. Seriously, fuck all those people. This is why I only give time to reviewers like Yahtzee or the rare few who actually give honest reviews instead of taking semen kickbacks from the cocks of the developers who bitch and moan when a site like IGN actually gives their game a negative review.

There are a few reviewers who actually stick to their guns....but nostalgia is a powerful thing. So asking for yet another Zelda epic and innovation is like having your cake and eating it too.

But yeah, fuck IGN. You get a better consensus for a game if you read a few Amazon reviews. At least there you can read a distribution of reviews across the board and weigh the pros and cons.

TheSlyMoogle · 01-05-2011, 11:44 PM

I've actually played a lot of IP games this year. It's just highly unfortunate they don't get a lot of coverage.

Only the big ones get coverage, but there are a lot out there that are still super fun.

BreakABone · 01-06-2011, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by TheSlyMoogle

I've actually played a lot of IP games this year. It's just highly unfortunate they don't get a lot of coverage.

Only the big ones get coverage, but there are a lot out there that are still super fun.

There are a ton of new IPs, but as you said they get the shaft.

And then there are others that are new in name only like Dante's Inferno which was pretty much just EA aping God of War 3.

That said there were a few interesting and semi-successful IP launches this year, but sequels/brands will generally always win the day