idea for this thread was taken from the following exchange:
is it?
maybe it depends on the type of game you're playing, or what you plan to use that game for the most (ie. singleplayer vs. multiplayer).
or maybe it's just you and your cynical personality that exaggerates every little flaw you find
in my personal experience, it seems like the majority of my favorite games have been nice and polished right out the box. though I also do the majority of my gaming on the PC as singleplayer. pretty much the only time I play multiplayer is on console, usually 360, with some buddies.
but I started typing out (what I thought was) a short list of the games I've played regularly the last few years which were basically flawless from the get go. and then I stopped, erased it, and started typing this paragraph. because the list of "finished" games was going to be much greater than that of any game I've had a real problem with. in fact, at this point I'd have to do the opposite list; of the only games which have tried my patience. and usually, even with those, it doesn't take a whole lot of effort to get them up and running. that, or I didn't have to wait very long for the developer to drop a patch which addressed the biggest issues.
that list (in no particular order) looks something like...
I mean, I'd really have to think hard or go back a lot further to remember the last time I was playing a game that made me feel like I was performing some second-hand Q&A.
the intention here is not to start another "PC gaming is dead" trend, because I don't believe that's the case at all. in spite of some recent "consolization" (a ridiculously over-used term, I might add) and poor console -> PC ports, I feel like that for the most part the games being released today are just as solid as ever. at the very worst, maybe they're being dumbed down a little. but as a relatively strict PC gamer since at least 1999, I've gotta' admit, I don't see any end in sight. and there are still at least 4 to 5 new games that I'm really looking forward to (and really end up enjoying) every single year.
seems like a lot of people are simply overreacting lately.
is it justified?
I dunno.
you tell me.
Very few games are perfect on launch day.
I disagree. Most of my favourite games were finished on release.
it's not really that bad.Raise your hand if you're sick of paying to beta test some ****.
is it?
maybe it depends on the type of game you're playing, or what you plan to use that game for the most (ie. singleplayer vs. multiplayer).
or maybe it's just you and your cynical personality that exaggerates every little flaw you find
in my personal experience, it seems like the majority of my favorite games have been nice and polished right out the box. though I also do the majority of my gaming on the PC as singleplayer. pretty much the only time I play multiplayer is on console, usually 360, with some buddies.
but I started typing out (what I thought was) a short list of the games I've played regularly the last few years which were basically flawless from the get go. and then I stopped, erased it, and started typing this paragraph. because the list of "finished" games was going to be much greater than that of any game I've had a real problem with. in fact, at this point I'd have to do the opposite list; of the only games which have tried my patience. and usually, even with those, it doesn't take a whole lot of effort to get them up and running. that, or I didn't have to wait very long for the developer to drop a patch which addressed the biggest issues.
that list (in no particular order) looks something like...
- Fallout 3
- Grand Theft Auto 4
- Empire: Total War
- Black and White 2
- Test Drive Unlimited
I mean, I'd really have to think hard or go back a lot further to remember the last time I was playing a game that made me feel like I was performing some second-hand Q&A.
the intention here is not to start another "PC gaming is dead" trend, because I don't believe that's the case at all. in spite of some recent "consolization" (a ridiculously over-used term, I might add) and poor console -> PC ports, I feel like that for the most part the games being released today are just as solid as ever. at the very worst, maybe they're being dumbed down a little. but as a relatively strict PC gamer since at least 1999, I've gotta' admit, I don't see any end in sight. and there are still at least 4 to 5 new games that I'm really looking forward to (and really end up enjoying) every single year.
seems like a lot of people are simply overreacting lately.
is it justified?
I dunno.
you tell me.