In Christmas 2006, I wondered down to my local game store, and using the money granted to be by various relatives, picked up an Xbox 360, having had an Xbox, and feeling this would be a natural progression. Later in May 2007, I picked up a Nintendo DS, feeling this would cater for my other gaming related needs.
All was good for a year. I was entertained with the likes of Gears of War, Halo 3, Metroid Prime Hunters, Mario 64 DS, Project Gotham 3 etc. I even payed out for Live, and had a whale of a time murdering pre-pubescant boys (and older people, but the young are just so easy to kill a lot of the time)
However, recently I have no enthusiasm for any of the 7th gen games. Nothing on PC appeals to me at the moment. My DS gathers dust in a box somewhere, owing to games being A) Cookery Guides, B) Too childish for my tastes, or C) Too damn expensive.
According to my Xbox 360 hard drive, I have completed game saves for around 20 360 games. This has been the case for some time, since Summer last year. I now find myself hunting down older games for the 6th, and even 5th gen consoles (being Gamecube, Xbox and Saturn)
My main point is, I have lost all enthusiasm for the current generation. All that seems to be on the release schedule for all consoles is sequels and old ideas. Nothing compares to the wealth of diversity and fun for all that the Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube brought. ALl we have to look forward to in this gen at the moment are:
-Half Life 2: Episode 3, one of those sequels which is actually guaranteed not to suck, and will probably bring along some kind of excitng new gameplay mechanic.
-LittleBigPlanet: "You design the levels, so we don't have to".
-Fable 2: For the price of what it would cost you to own a real dog for a year, you can have a virtual one in a game you won't play for more than a month.
-Animal Crossing on Wii: "Because it worked once, so we're doing it again. I know I know, we're Nintendo, we don't normally milk things like this".
-Prince of Persia: Now you can play as someone who looks like Jake Gylenhaal... and hey, it's cel shaded. Everyone loves cel shading...
-Gears of War 2: "You'll do all the same stuff, but now we've added something sort of like a plot"
It may be because I'm getting older, but it's just not as exciting as it was last generation. Anyone else agree?
All was good for a year. I was entertained with the likes of Gears of War, Halo 3, Metroid Prime Hunters, Mario 64 DS, Project Gotham 3 etc. I even payed out for Live, and had a whale of a time murdering pre-pubescant boys (and older people, but the young are just so easy to kill a lot of the time)
However, recently I have no enthusiasm for any of the 7th gen games. Nothing on PC appeals to me at the moment. My DS gathers dust in a box somewhere, owing to games being A) Cookery Guides, B) Too childish for my tastes, or C) Too damn expensive.
According to my Xbox 360 hard drive, I have completed game saves for around 20 360 games. This has been the case for some time, since Summer last year. I now find myself hunting down older games for the 6th, and even 5th gen consoles (being Gamecube, Xbox and Saturn)
My main point is, I have lost all enthusiasm for the current generation. All that seems to be on the release schedule for all consoles is sequels and old ideas. Nothing compares to the wealth of diversity and fun for all that the Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube brought. ALl we have to look forward to in this gen at the moment are:
-Half Life 2: Episode 3, one of those sequels which is actually guaranteed not to suck, and will probably bring along some kind of excitng new gameplay mechanic.
-LittleBigPlanet: "You design the levels, so we don't have to".
-Fable 2: For the price of what it would cost you to own a real dog for a year, you can have a virtual one in a game you won't play for more than a month.
-Animal Crossing on Wii: "Because it worked once, so we're doing it again. I know I know, we're Nintendo, we don't normally milk things like this".
-Prince of Persia: Now you can play as someone who looks like Jake Gylenhaal... and hey, it's cel shaded. Everyone loves cel shading...
-Gears of War 2: "You'll do all the same stuff, but now we've added something sort of like a plot"
It may be because I'm getting older, but it's just not as exciting as it was last generation. Anyone else agree?
