Cinematic Gaming

Cyber Connect 2, Arc System Works, Nippon Ichi, Atlus, Jenova Chen and Journey, Spec Ops The Line.

edited 4th Dec '12 2:16:44 PM by Demongodofchaos2

Its funny how you pretty much listed only Japanese companies.

Its easy to find good examples but when your favorite genres are dying out (City Building) or becoming something you no longer enjoy (FPS) it gets a little difficult.

Or when one genre is becoming more cinematic and dumbed down instead of becoming deeper (Ninja Gaiden 3 and Dm C)

edited 4th Dec '12 2:24:54 PM by Thorn14

What, did Obsidian keel over when I wasn't looking?

Almost.

The fact New Vegas didn't get higher on metacritic meant that Bethesda didn't pay them the bonus they needed to sustain themselves, and now have to rely on crowd funding.

With THQ nearing death, I wonder what will happen to that South Park game.

edited 4th Dec '12 2:30:07 PM by Thorn14

Didn't you heard? THQ buyed itself some months.

That could go either way, though.

Team Ninja realized they where in the wrong with NGIII. They patched it up for the Razor's Edge rerelease and I'm sure NGIV will be bereft of the flaws. Hopefully the same will happen with DMC.

Sim City is getting a big reboot isn't it? Even if it isn't what you want, a resurgence of the genre looks around the corner.

Obsidian getting crowdfunded my be the best thing that ever happened to the company.

Black Ops 2 didn't sell as well as the last COD. While it's still the juggernaut in the living room, that means it has peaked. There's nowhere for spunkgargleweewees to go but down at this point.

Thing is, it's old EA IP. Old EA IP + modern EA = jesus christ just look at Command And Conquer 4.

Man, reading about Zombi U really makes me want to play it.

And I consider Obsidian going the Kickstarter route to actually be a good thing.

-Thread Hop-

There's nothing necessarily wrong with a cinematic game: it depends on what you're looking for. I'm not going to play Katamari and expect Avatar, and I'm not going to play Final Fantasy X and expect Metal Slug.

If every other game coming out is too cinematic for you, look for already released games you may have looked over that have your idea of a reasonable Gameplay to Cutscene ratio. It's been 6 years since the 7th gen started, and a lot of games have come out since then. You've missed a lot of games, so go back and look for them.

Sim City is getting a terrible reboot.

What about companies in country's no one cares about in the gaming community. Maybe they can do games that can be around a subjet rarely used that doesn't have to be catered to the average american joe but to everyone.

edited 4th Dec '12 4:10:07 PM by bubh

I'd say yes but the team behind STALKER went under.

And the team behind Metro 2033 will have to find a new publisher soon.

What about indie developers.

What about them? They don't have much of an impact on the industry as a whole.

I'm pretty sure that breakout indie games had a lot of spotlight shone on them, like Bastion and Minecraft.

Same with Journey

And how many will seriously impact the industry?

They already have.

Journey is the fastest selling PSN game of all time, to wit.

And?

They showed what that people like.

edited 4th Dec '12 4:42:19 PM by fakeangelbr

Annnd nothing new has been shown or done.

Know what sold more? Call Of Duty

edited 4th Dec '12 4:42:56 PM by Thorn14

Those games are knew and the industry is not lighting fast on the uptake.

Physical Copies wise, yes.

Download wise, Journey has eclipsed everything, including DLC and other content like demos.

Seriously, dude, it's getting really annoying, and entitling yourself as the bitter gamer is really wearing thin on conversations.

Hey I'd love to see more games like Journey, but I see nothing of the sort coming out.