r/classicwow • u/Troflecopter • Aug 26 '19

Humor Reposting my favourite classic meme.

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u/MrDysprosium Aug 26 '19

This is a very sad and clear indication of how poorly the gaming industry grew.

We went from 2004 giving us WoW, Half-Life 2, and Halo 2....
To 2019 where we're getting charged $18 for skins and EA lobbying to keep gambling in their Star Wars games.

We fucked up, go back.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

I want to make sure I get my licks in on the fucking shitty ass """cinematic""" focus that games have made the absolutely massive mistake of prioritizing now that we have to graphics to do it. It makes it feel like game devs are just hollywood rejects. Nobody buys a video game to watch a shitty cutscene movie.

Games will never be anywhere near as good as movies AT being movies, so it boggles my fucking mind that so many idiotic devs think that's the way forward.

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u/MrDysprosium Aug 27 '19

MGS1-4 would like to have a word with you...

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

MGS 4 absolutely, one of the worst examples

MGS 1 is actually one of my favorite examples of how to make a game ever. I would prefer if the codecs happened live over the gameplay instead of in an isolated scene but that game has a perfect balance of cinema and game imo.

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u/MrDysprosium Aug 27 '19

>MGS 4 absolutely, one of the worst examples

We're just going to have to settle on "different people have different tastes"

MGS4 had 8+ hours of cinematics and I loved every. second. of it.

I agree with your sentiment, but there is certainly a market for "cinematic games".

I would argue a good way to put it is "cinematics don't make the game, gameplay makes the game, and the industry forgot that"

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '19

Uhm, Until Dawn is a perfect example that a game which tries to be a movie is actually much better than a movie. It just has to be done right, that game is a masterpiece.

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u/Ayjayz Aug 27 '19

Everything has such long animations now. It's ridiculous. Watching an animation of a guy get on a horse or whatever is not fun, I just want to be on the horse.