There seem to be some trends in gaming... BAD: Decreasing content amounts Games get shorter and shorter. Max Payne 2, Halo 2, Half-Life 2, etc. Or if they don't get shorter they get less content and more copy&paste (coughhalocough). This might be caused by increased asset creation times. BAD: Open endings More and more…
kdr: yes some newer games may be much shorter to play through, but to use a term valve coined, the 'experential density' is much much higher than yesteryear. for example: your first playthrough of doom or doom 2 might have taken a good long time... but what quality of play was it? other than slow introduction of different…
[ QUOTE ] There seem to be some trends in gaming... BAD: Decreasing content amounts Games get shorter and shorter. Max Payne 2, Halo 2, Half-Life 2, etc. Or if they don't get shorter they get less content and more copy&paste (coughhalocough). This might be caused by increased asset creation times. BAD: Open endings More…