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Originally Posted by Blacklight
Right now.....The video games of the 80's were more innovative, enjoyable and interesting than 99% of the crap being produced now.
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Sorry for the snip, didn't want to qoute that wall of text.
What you say is partly true. While certainly true for the larger producers like UbiSoft & EA there are studios who do concentrate on the story/plotline and also manage to get awesome graphics to boot. I keep going on about it, but a title like Metal Gear Solid is a prime example. That game franchise has a huge amount of depth while still appealing to the 'mass gamer' market.
What it requires is a concerted effort from the producers not to stiffle the creativity of the development studios in a bid to get the product 'out there' and earning money. Sadly, as your rightly state, this is a very rare thing these days.
However, as most main studios are moving towards the console market (slowly), I suspect we'll see a huge influx of 'rushed' titles at the outset of any new generation hardware but later in the life of that gen, more evolved titles will appear.