With the simultaneous releases and fanfare for Xcom and Dishonored, I started thinking about the direction we might be heading going into the next generation.
Publishers are taking notice of point-and-click adventure games, Infinity engine-like RPGs, and other "old-school" genres formerly seen to be a risky waste of time having success on Kickstarter. The games I mentioned above were funded traditionally while adhering closer than usual to the mechanics that were considered "core" in times past.
Nintendo has made it clear that they wish to recover the "hardcore" market that was seemingly lost with the Wii, primarily with the publishing of games like Bayonetta 2. I speculate, but this generation looks to come to an end around the time of Bioshock Infinite, a semi-spiritual sequel to a spiritual sequel that seems to feature an old school flair rarely seen excepting Bioshock itself and Dishonored (and it's Ken Levine after all).
I don't intend for this to be a "casual and hardcore" thing, and I don't claim that there weren't games that carried the torch of what we loved in the past into our current generation. It just appears to me that the powers that be are taking notice of those of us that have...experience I suppose, we that are used to challenge, depth, freedom, and honestly mature content. That maybe some of the games considered obscure or risky might not be so risky anymore. Thoughts?
Publishers are taking notice of point-and-click adventure games, Infinity engine-like RPGs, and other "old-school" genres formerly seen to be a risky waste of time having success on Kickstarter. The games I mentioned above were funded traditionally while adhering closer than usual to the mechanics that were considered "core" in times past.
Nintendo has made it clear that they wish to recover the "hardcore" market that was seemingly lost with the Wii, primarily with the publishing of games like Bayonetta 2. I speculate, but this generation looks to come to an end around the time of Bioshock Infinite, a semi-spiritual sequel to a spiritual sequel that seems to feature an old school flair rarely seen excepting Bioshock itself and Dishonored (and it's Ken Levine after all).
I don't intend for this to be a "casual and hardcore" thing, and I don't claim that there weren't games that carried the torch of what we loved in the past into our current generation. It just appears to me that the powers that be are taking notice of those of us that have...experience I suppose, we that are used to challenge, depth, freedom, and honestly mature content. That maybe some of the games considered obscure or risky might not be so risky anymore. Thoughts?