/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8325904
I keep seeing all my favorite series decay over time, irrelevant to whether they pander to old or new fans. I think we're in a postmodern gaming age and something will have to give if people want games to stay interesting.

Gaming has grown up accustomed to everything having a purpose, every mainstream series has a niche and pretty much represents their genre and anything else would be seen as derivative. as tech improved new genres were invented, more "purposes" for creations, but we're scraping the bottom of the barrel now and will have to actually throw out that mindset and create art with the same tools as everyone else.

there isnt much room for inventing new gameplay styles or enemy types now without things getting really strange. we already saw the industry try to make up some bullshit revolution with motion controls but we're past even that now. we wont be seeing anything like the invention of goombas from now on.

another factor is the indie scene doing everything possible under the sun with 2D ideas derived from the big guys. once that catches up to easy to build 3D then we'll all be on the same page in the way anyone can put pen to paper or record a film. then again all media still feels derivative and pointless after things have been run into the ground in the 20th century.