Triple A games as in what? Games with a Metacritic score over 85? 90? What? If that's what he means, okay, great. But everyone has their own different tastes on what makes a Triple A game for them, so what's the point of saying that?
Triple A Gaming Is the Future, Says Epic Co-Founder
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Well, it's not like he has an obvious bias or anything.
But seriously, though, free-to-play isn't a misnomer--he's just applying the label to too few games. I mean, check out Cave Story, Spelunky, I Wanna Be the Guy, and pretty much every game on the TIGSource forums, among other places. A lot of these games don't have in-game advertising (or are played in a browser), they don't require any type of social contact, and they don't have pop-ups forcing you to buy premium content at $15 a pop. They are, basically, free-to-play, and the first three I mentioned are damn brilliant games in their own right.
So, no, Mr. Rein, free-to-play can be free-to-play, and with how top-heavy and sequel-embracing the current market has become, you'd be lucky if it doesn't make like a game of Jenga.
But seriously, though, free-to-play isn't a misnomer--he's just applying the label to too few games. I mean, check out Cave Story, Spelunky, I Wanna Be the Guy, and pretty much every game on the TIGSource forums, among other places. A lot of these games don't have in-game advertising (or are played in a browser), they don't require any type of social contact, and they don't have pop-ups forcing you to buy premium content at $15 a pop. They are, basically, free-to-play, and the first three I mentioned are damn brilliant games in their own right.
So, no, Mr. Rein, free-to-play can be free-to-play, and with how top-heavy and sequel-embracing the current market has become, you'd be lucky if it doesn't make like a game of Jenga.
Honestly? While saying that "free to play will destroy pay to play" is stupid, I really think that the AAA titles are in danger of driving off a cliff. Too expensive to produce, developers take less risks and stick with tried-and-tested formulas and an increasing amount of gamers are getting bored of the said tried-and-tested formulas (e.g. the warfare shooter being the most common trope of this type).
I think a market crash may be coming, due to developers producing the same old thing. And then, we would be left with smaller studios.
I think a market crash may be coming, due to developers producing the same old thing. And then, we would be left with smaller studios.
Where does Pop Cap games fall? They as about as cheap as Farmville to make, but actually cost money to buy.
i think the industry lies in the indie peeps. Innovation comes before refinement. trip-a games will be big bucks and surprise the mainstream, but it always starts from some gaudy awesome idea. granted maybe a trip-a game will stumble upon a gaudy awesome idea and thus making that game orgasmic. Or we can just stick to incredibly refined games ie MW
... until Google starts making games. Then we'll see some crazy AAA titles that are absolutely free, and technologically more amazing than anything before it.
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In all seriousness, is there anything what actually governs a 'AAA' game rating?
True... AAA games are great... IF IT DIDN'T SUCK!!!!!!!!
They label any game that has a big budget a AAA game... WHICH SHOULDN'T BE THE CASE!
There should really be a governing body for classifying games in terms of quality... :/
EDIT:
About that governing body........ They might also get paid by the publishers to rate it an AAA... Damn economics... *sigh*
They label any game that has a big budget a AAA game... WHICH SHOULDN'T BE THE CASE!
There should really be a governing body for classifying games in terms of quality... :/
EDIT:
About that governing body........ They might also get paid by the publishers to rate it an AAA... Damn economics... *sigh*