As developers and publishers struggle to recuperate both development and marketing costs, which have grown to astronomical heights in recent years, the games that they make must be able to reach all of types of gamers. While Call of Duty has never been considered by most gamers as a "hardcore" game, two upcoming and established franchises have taken the approach and revamped their entire systems to try and walk the line, in an attempt to get the best of both worlds in both game play and in sales, while staying true to the fans that got them there in the first place.<more>
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FFXIII is actually one of the best Final Fantasy games.
I also sort of was disappointed at the time, never as much as the bandwagon. But really all the fantastic 3D rendered cutscenes and I actually liked the characters and the story though convoluted was actually fantastic and the ending was extremely emotional. So much budget and time were put into that game Square had such big plans, I actually have always felt kind of bad for how things played out.
I have been thinking for years how great it would be to get all three games on one disk for PS4 or 5.
i liked the game alot but i didnt like how they handled the terminology.
i dont mind reading data logs but it had soo many.
but i always loved the music and how it looked. the battle system wasnt too bad either.
but i like 13-2 more :)
i still dont understand why we never got a remaster of the trilogy
XIII is a pretty solid game, but XIII-2 is WAY better. XIII-2 was one of the few games I decided to go for a Platinum trophy in, early on. Had so much fun the entire way through getting it too!
I hated this to when it released. I haven't much liked a ff game since ff10 as much , aside from ff7remake. I decided to give it another shot on my series x since it's not on a current ps and was liking it quite a bit(just takes me some time to get over things ) until star ocean 2 remake came out I was all over that.
Square should definitely remaster it or something for ps4 ps5
That was a long ass read. I don't know, but it sure does seem like the big budget games are all going down that road like you said. What's really more irking is that the games you listed are Xbox exclusives. Honestly, I think that Sony is the "hardcore" gamers platform now. The Ps3 is what the Xbox 1 was last generation. You listed splinter cell Xbox exclusive, and Halo Reach exclusive. And I totally don't agree if you lump God of War in there it was innovative maybe not in gameplay but it was something I never seen before.
note: more accessible =/= less hardcore.
innovation is all that matters. hardcore or not is only a term describing the gamer not the game. I do agree though that we see less genres and types of games.
is a hardcore game and look how quickly people buried it based on it's release issues, yet it has less bugs & glitches than MW2 and better graphics & more vehicle use, as well as more realism than Bad Company 2.
The hardcore generation of gamers is painfully dying...fast!
my problem with the popularity of MW2 is that some will believe it's the new standard of how FPS's should be done. MW2 is a very noob friendly game that a 7 year old can pick up the controller and do fairly well. the game is too forgiving and promotes behavior that ruins the fun factor of what an FPS game should be. it was a game made for the masses and dumbed down to get the most sales.