Why is there more bad games than the other generations?

I always wonder, why is there so many bad games in this generation. Back then I could buy a random game and have fun with it. But now when I choose a random game it usually sucks. Why is this?

 

Yea, KotOR, Battlefront, etc all suck!


Voodoo Vince, I got free, and actaully enjoyed it.

 

I never said they sucked, I just said there is more sucky games now, than in the 80's and 90's.

 

Because the Video Game industry is almost like the movie industry -- if you went to a video store, pulled a movie out of a box, what are your chances of it being a good movie?

Video Games now are more thought and advertisment hyped. The more time, money, and advertising put into a game, the more popular it will be.

Examples: Halo 2, Half-Life 2, Fable, the GTA games (III-SA).

Think of vid games then, in the 80's. Not much thought of a compelling story can be put into them, but look now -- video games are like movies almost.

 

I don't really think it's that hard to find a good title these days. You just need to know where to look and which titles to avoid. I mean, in the day and age of games such as Half Life 2, Halo 2, and Doom 3, not to mention all of the other titles that I don't have time to put down, I'm sure you'd be able to find something you'd like. Granted, there are plenty of trash can worthy titles out there, but the truely bad ones are few and far bewteen.

 

Expectations rise.

Example: The Commodore64 was the best computer ever!

Cuz you have fond thoughts of it, being fresh and new. If you actually sat down and tried to use a Commodore, you would be pulling your hair out in about 2 seconds.

 

I agree, but for a casual gamer it is hard to just pick a random game and have fun with it.

 

Sports games usually have good appeal to casual gamers.

 

So long as you like FPS

True, but I could also rattle off plenty of games from other genres that are great in ther own right. Those three were just the first three that came to mind. Every genre from FPS to RTS to RPG to sports to MMORPG to simulation has great representatives. Due to the explosion of the video games industry in the last decade, however, it does mean searching through some craptacular games in order to find real gems.

 

That's because there's so many imitation games out there now. They tend to all
blend together, and therefore seem really bad.

 

^That's true as well. I'd retire right now if I had a nickel for every time I saw a game with Tycoon somewhere in it's title on store shelves. That's why a little research never hurt anyone. It'd be the same as reading a review for a movie to find out whether or not it'd be worth seeing.

 

I think that most of the creative juices that are used to make quality games has been all but used up. I mean how many times can you retell the same story and still make it seem fresh and exciting to play? Now some game just come with flashy new graphics and they tell us that that is supposed to be a new game?

There are only so many different ways to tell the same story.
As quoted from Night '...they are all the same story just with different shirtless men on the cover.' Only he is talking about his love for half naked men on the cover of smutty books.

 

Example: The Commodore64 was the best computer ever!

Cuz you have fond thoughts of it, being fresh and new. If you actually sat down and tried to use a Commodore, you would be pulling your hair out in about 2 seconds.

Hey, i *DO* sit down and pull the ole' C64 out, every couple of years, and i still love it


At any rate, i think alot of the blame can be laid at the feet of us as Gamers. I know i personally don't have anywhere NEAR the patience with games today that i had with games that i played when i was younger. Might have something to do with not having the time to devote to games that i used to, i don't know, but i know that nowadays i'm much quicker to pass judgement on a game and qualify it as "not being worth my time" then i was 10 years ago..

 

A company known as EA doesn't help the problem either...