Other Games The problem with video games these days.

Anyone can easily see that the quality of video games are generally dropping, compared to ten years ago. This is all due to incompetence of several developers. Here are some reasons showing how games are getting worse.

1. Greed. This reason is a vague one, but it explains how video games seem to be losing quality now. Some developers have decided not to put much effort into creating games now, to prevent more developing costs and gain more profit. This generally results in half-assed games and milked franchises. Take Call of Duty's net code issues from MW2 onwards. Activision was too lazy to fix the net code of CoD games, or didn't wan to fix it to prevent anymore costs, and this resulted in slight delays in events in multiplayer matches. Developers are seeing games now as "cash grabs."

2. DLCs & Microtransactions. DLCs is a huge problem now in the gaming industry. Some developers had the "bright" idea of chopping up content of the core game, and reselling it as DLC. One perfect example of this is Bungie's Destiny. When Bungie were developing Halo games, their method of DLC was fine, selling extra map packs for $4.99, with 3-4 maps each map pack. This was an acceptable form of DLC, where it adds on to the existing core game, like adding ketchup to a burger. But with Destiny, they cut the core content and resold it, which is much like taking the meat or cheese out of the burger and selling it as a side order. Microtransactions are also a big problem. They are often used in "pay to win" situations, where people who buy these microtransactions gain an advantage in the game over people who don't buy them. A common example are the gems in the game, Clash of Clans.

3. Developers don't listen. This is a big problem as well. In order for a game to succeed, it must deliver what the player base wants. I've noticed many developers have spent her reduced community interaction or even stopped it completely. When the player base is vocal and push for a change they want, the developers don't take heed of this, and the game population will drop.

4. The profit motive. This may go under reason 1, but I wanted it as a reason of its own. Developers nowadays are mostly making games just for the huge profit it makes, even if they don't enjoy it. Prior to 2008, lots of developers had a passion for creating games, and from this passion grew creativity, and from it, amazing games. Now, since people are in it for profit, and don't have the passion, games will tend to seem more dull.



I just wanted to get this out of my chest and let you guys know about it. It's just sad at the thought that game developers don't care much about the game's well being and only care for the profit. This is why lately, many Indie games seem better than some Triple A titles.

 

I gotta tell ya, good point.

 

Case in point: Undertale, which imo is better than CoD, Undertale had a ton of effort and charm put into it for the single game, while CoD rehashes their games, adding more guns and polygons and making a story that has minimal effort compared to the multiplayer. The multiplayer which they use to sell millions of copies of each game even when it's the same game with minor changes and a half-existent story.

You know another thing that bothers me in games these days? Overwhelming fan-service. It's completely unnecessary and adds virtually nothing to the game at hand. (And by fan-service I don't mean devs listening to fans, I mean inappropriate fan service)

 

Can you give some more clarification? What do you mean by "innapropriate fan service"? Do you mean stuff like excessive fan art, pampering the fan base, sexualization of characters, or just flat-out porn of games?

 

Specifically the last two.

 

Ah. Well, porn is natural. It's something many use to relieve stress and just for fun. And for many, people want porn of characters they already enjoy(In basic terms, that's how kinks are made). I'm not going to get too deep into the subject of porn for games and online characters due to it's explicity, but in reality it's just something a ton of people use to relax, and there are many fanbase websites that ban it or censor it, such as deviantart.

As for sexualizing characters, that's just appeal. In both Animation and Illustration, there is an aspect to character design called "Appeal", or making your character interesting to look at. One way of doing this is shrinking the parts that don't look interesting, and enlarge the parts that do. For example, with a female character, I would shrink the hips, mid sections, legs, and arms, then enlarge the breasts, eyes, and make the hair longer. This makes my character more appealing to look at. Now let's go with the boy character. I would buff his mid-section, shoulders, and upper arms, and shrink his hands, neck, and feet. Again, he has more of an appeal to him, if that makes any sense.

 

Great point. But I think the quality is just as good or even much better than the ones 10 years ago. I might not know cause I was 1 at the time but you know I saw my sister playing some vg.

 

Can you emphasize on what you mean by quality?

 

@MorcovTheHusky
I can see where you're going, sexualizing a character attracts more people. However, I feel that if someone unnecessarily is sexualized for no reason besides attracting people, it really degrades the content for me

 

Like the depth.

Okay for example. Look at the 2005 Call of duty. Really fricken old and messed up and the quality (graphics and etc) were super bad.

But now look at 2015 black ops 3. Real af and super HD and the quality? Well you look me in the eyes and tell me it is terrible. (its not)

 

Yes, graphics have definitely improved since 2005, and yes, the graphics do look stunning. However, I feel that

 

One thing for you, Gameplay>Graphics. Halo CE and Halo 2, Goldeneye 007, Unreal Tournament, the first Tomb Raider, Doom and Quake are all legendary games, with much better gameplay than games today, but their graphics are simple. Besides, BO3 has degraded gameplay albeit having good graphics.

 

True true. Cant really say much to that. Well tbh i prefer todays video games then 10 years ago. Although the old school mario games like donkey kong and super mario bros 1 were super fun. all pixelated and cool.

 

You can't really say you prefer games today, if you haven't experienced the magic of older games. Games today are entertaining, but the games 10 years ago were everlasting, the memories have stuck with me a long time, and will stick with me for the rest of my life. Example, the Halo 2 mission, Regret. In the mission, you start on the shores of a giant lake, with ancient alien structures around the area, I remember looking around, at the structures, at the hard light beams going all the way into the sky, then looking at the horizon of the Halo in the distance, looming upwards, all the way to the top, then coming back down on the other side. This demonstrates how memorable those games can be. The more recent games, however, have become more generic, and its hard to tell apart each game, and I hold no special memory of them.

 

You honestly can't compare Undertale with any CoD game just because you're a bandwagon like every other 12 year old who watches gaming YouTubers.

 

I'm sorry it's my opinion :I

 

Always hating on cod.
'Exact same thing with minimal changes'.
Every persons excuse to who have not played all the cod games before.

I've put more hours into CoD alone than probably anyone on this site.
I know basically everything they've changed from cod 1 up until Black ops 3. It's not the same shit. Some of the coding is re-used because it works. Why bother producing more code, using up valuable time for no reason? So you can be satisfied that it is new code? Why tf do you care if it's new code or not LOL. People can't be appreciative that people even put time and effort into things. It always evolves around what 'you think you know' about something. People have a go about how 'bad' cod is yet they still own the game and keep on purchasing the new ones.

I don't like many games... So? Just because I don't like it doesn't mean it is a bad game. Games are made for certain 'audiences'. FPS, MMO, etc, realism vs cartoon, the past and the future people.

Let's all just appreciate how lucky we are to have such devices and games in our lives. The entertainment that people never had many years ago, the entertainment that some people can't afford and may not have the ability to play.

All games have flaws. No game is perfect. It's just up to you wether you like it or not.

 

I don't think CoD is bad necessarily, I just don't think it's a good game series imo

 

It's based mainly around multiplayer so..

 

Yeah that's true. I played Black Ops 2 with my sis and it was mildly fun, but I got bored after a little while and went on PC to play other games
Different strokes for different folks I guess
PS I like HL2 better