There’s a tiny orange box moving around the screen of the PlayStation Vita. Its name is Chris. It is an ordinary square — perhaps even less than ordinary. This square doesn’t jump very high, can’t float and it has largely committed to going through its digital life as a grump. That is, until Chris meets Laura. Laura is afraid of her powers. Laura is also a box — a long, rectangular pink-ish box.
Five months into 2013 and gamers have already been introduced to a bounty of impressive characters and worlds. Not all have been a success, such as the recent digital interpretations of Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek” or the thick-skulled gunners of the most recent “Dead Space.” Others, such as Elizabeth in “Bioshock Infinite,” brought an emotional center to the usually mechanical first-person shooter genre.
A third game in the Falconeer series has been announced as the second, Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles, launches.
While there’s a lot to love about modern video games, there is one trend — particularly in the AAA space — that tends to grate: their length.
Games are coming out with too much fluff and side activities that are horribly dull. That's my main issue with all these open world games. Open world should be about exploration, discovery and wonder, not have some stupid 10s or 100s of boring activities spread throughout.
Hopefully Hercule will at least get his jetpack.
While I don't entirely agree, the smaller more innovative titles are indeed very important. Sony has noticed this and taken MASSIVE steps to make their platforms the first choice for these kind of developers.
The thing with independant developers is that they think outside the box. They don't have a big publisher behind them who tells them what a game has to look or play like. They can take risks that big studios can't because of business reasons and decisions so it's definately important to have those developers and enough people to support them. But I also wouldn't want to miss out on the AAA-experiences that games like Uncharted or Mass Effect bring.
The PS4 isnt just about the little games from Indie like the Witness for example. Its about catering to the core by providing them with a huge variety of games from all sorts of developers.
sure and who supports Indies now?
Me and Millions of others.