Here's the question though, how many of those made money? I know TEW2 didn't. Wolfenstein is a maybe. AC and Mario are huge brands so they will. And South Park and Divinity have lower production costs so they probably will. So while I doubt single player games are going anywhere, I do think we'll see a change in how they get made.
Yeah, but the two also had fundamental gameplay differences, not just differences in pacing. I think TLOU is more my kind of gameplay while Uncharted is more of yours which gives us each our own bias towards one.
Congrats on the baby
Personally, I think we're going to see a difference in what kind of single player games get made. Last gen games like Mass Effect and Uncharted cost a ton, but they weren't made to profit off of units sold, they were made to push hardware. Hence why Bioware is struggling under EA while Naughty Dog is thriving under Sony. EA has no hardware to push, thus every single player game must be profitable. Ironically open world games were a decent single player fix since having a big area cost less than a ton of cutscenes and tight level design. Not to mention they were made to be sold on PS3/360/sometimes Wii U as well.
I think the single player games we will get will be more mid tier like Styx Shards of Darkness/Life is Strange or if AAA, have a much smaller focus on cutscenes and voice acting like Bloodborne. Which, honestly, I'm okay with. Sony does a good job with cinematic games and have talented people making them and I'd rather have gameplay be the focus for most games.
It's definitely as gorgeous as 4. IMO TLOU is a much better example of letting the game breathe. The opening isn't too long and functions well for world building, the interludes stay with the flow of the game rather than grinding it to a halt, and it follows the quieter moments at the right spots rather than at more random times like in 4. There's a right and wrong way to execute every concept and 4 definitely did it wrong IMO.
Oh okay. If you establish that early, that would be hilarious then. And yeah, I was fine with the Robin Williams thing, but you gotta remember what people are like nowadays. Just having him negotiate not going to hell in general over suicide (no matter how it's handled), while a creative idea, is gonna ruffle some feathers.
Pretty good job dude. I really like the angle you're taking and some jokes are pretty damn great. Only gripe is there's a bit too much pop culture references here. Feel dieties wouldn't give two shits about Bradley Cooper or even Trump. The Robin Williams one works still, but feel it would be funnier if that was the only celebrity these guys knew who he was and no one else, not even the president. Though I'm unsure if others feel mentioning him would be in poor taste.
Either way would love to hear more from this.
I think there's a way to keep what's old while introducing something new. Take Pokemon Sun and Moon, that series was a punching bag for never changing (and I gobbled all of them up btw), but the newest ones removed the Gyms in favor of island trials. Instead of facing against eight strong trainers, sometimes it would be a swarm of wild Pokemon, other times it would be a super strong one that can call on backup, and it still had the strong trainers. You still trained a team of Pokemon you caught and faced against a new gang called Team "Fill in the blank", so newcomers still got the Pokemon experience, but it was done differently. Mario and Zelda do a good job at this too, even NSMB2 and U, which got bashed the most over this, were trying new ideas. Not to say they should always reinvent the wheel. Sonic tries that and can never build on anything because nothing ever gets refined.
I think there's a happy medium. Some kids will be playing their first Mario with Odyssey. But they'll still be able to go back and see the FLUDD, space, and co-op of past games. Those games will feel distinct. I mean, as much as I love the Gameboy and DS Pokemon games, I have a really hard time recommending them over the 3DS ones with the quality of life improvements made. I think by just sticking too close, there's no reason to go back to the past which can have its own consequences.
Also not a good idea for MP focused games. Call of Duty never changes and it's nearly impenetrable for newcomers.
If your TV has any USB ports, you can just plug the Famicom Mini's into that so you don't need an outlet. What I do with the SNES Mini. Cool you got one of these. No Tecmo Bowl would be a deal breaker for me though, it's one of my favorite NES games. But it is cool that it has FF3 over 1, it's a neat game for an NES title.
Looking forward to your write up on the SNES Classic. That's such an awesome machine.
I actually prefer holding R for missiles in Metroid. I started with Fusion and Zero Mission, so using Select feels too slow for me while holding a shoulder button is instant. Granted, the 3DS isn't the best system for that, but I still prefer it over Select, especially in the faster paced Metroids like Fusion, ZM, and SR.
Out of those I definitely agree with the first four and Chrono Trigger. Not that big a fan of FFVI or Yoshi's Island (gonna give them another spin on SNES mini though) and haven't played the others. Some I'd add are Donkey Kong Country 2, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Mega Man X, The Lion King, Kirby's Superstar, Earthworm Jim, Earthbound, at least one Street Fighter game, and Super Castlevania IV
