VelocityGamer writes: The lay of the land has changed. For the bulk of the life of the video game experience there have been some fairly clear lines that separate the genres. But now what trends is action, action, and more action. Due to the insane amounts of cash that certain first person shooters are raking in coupled with reviewers who are absolutely vicious toward any mechanic that they didn't grow up liking has lead to the demise of some favorite genres. Either change or get left behind right? Well I think that, with time, these genres will be missed. Hopefully they will return.
When Hitman 3 recently changed its name to Hitman World of Assassination, fans had no idea how meaningful the moment was. On the outside it looked like a simple thing: Hitman 3 would now be known by this name and include levels from Hitman 2 and 3 - the trilogy would all be in one place. But on the inside, at IO Interactive, much more was going on.
You mean destroyed it with this tethered single-player campaign BS... And only the first few levels of the third modern game were on the disc! I'll never support this crap at any price-point! They've lost me as a customer.
The last 10 years of Hitman have been full of highs and lows. And David Bateson and Jane Perry have been there with the series through this eventful decade.
Hitman is, and has been, a remarkable series developed by some of the best. Some are better than others, but every Hitman is challenging and fun.
Sure, there have been some stumbles and fumbles, but always in pursuit of the perfect Hitman game. The most recent trilogy is a masterclass in level design.
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so glad to see this article mentioning one of the most underrated survivor horror game Siren Blood Curse, lets hope Sony Japan work on a sequel to the next Siren.
And so glad some mention about the next Suikoden series still hoping for some news about from Konami
prediction for Tokyo Game Show Suikoden VI for the PS3.
Author is dead on. There's been too many casualties in modern gaming. The thing that bothers me most (other then not getting those games) is that companies still try to use names and hype to fool people into thinking they're staying true.
Wow the author is spot on regarding those 4 genre.