It's not up to the "industry 3" to innovate, they are console developers first and foremost. The metroidvania genre has been done and improved on ever since super metroid, mario 64 was a great game when it came out, but we've had many fantastic 3d platformers since then, including psychonauts. People are also quick to hate…
Really, did you play much brink? FF on in brink is as wacky and poorly thought out as FF off in ghost recon or armed assault. I'm not super hardcore about most fps games, but i have been in the past, so i get where you're coming from, but friendly fire in brink is an excellent example of 'more hardcore' really meaning…
Yeah the mod has a super healthy RP community, it's very weird and populated by very weird people. The community as a deathmatch game is wholly detatched from them, though, and it's pretty fun. Super happy cow, plenty of thoroughly complex games have distinctly authored, clear play styles. Games can strongly promote…
I agree that there are plenty of indie gems out there ... but hammering that is missing the point of the article (and the current situation). Of course we can enjoy Super Meat Boy (awesome game by the way!!) and play Tiny Wings to our hearts content. I am getting a kick out of these, no doubt about that. I think what is…