I was looking at E3 and thinking the PS4 looked awesome but not backwardly compatible and I learned my lesson to wait till about half way through a console life cycle to get a better product costing less with much much cheaper games.
I then got to thinking I fancy to get a game now for my PS3. A game I can play on the sofa or while walking on the treadmill.
So I started looking with a fairly big set of criteria which were:
1) No FPS games and nothing too violent or bloody. I have plenty of those games already and perhaps for my mental well being want something good for me and something to play with the kids around.
2) Not a kids focused game. What I mean is something not too kiddy like little big planet. I want something appeals to adults without being violent in a quentin tarentino way.
3) Not a puzzle game.
4) Uses the systems graphics and sound well.
5) Playable and addictive.
6) Not a sports game.
7) Not an indie game. Although I love indie games I was looking for a big title with decent graphics and lots of content.
8) Not a platformer.
9) Must not require a subscription or any costs after initial purchase.
10) No driving games.
11) Has to be an action game primarily, not dominating action perhaps, but I mean not something like Civ. Although I love Civ it is not what I look for at the moment.
12) It has to be good, so generally reviewed well.
After a fair bit of looking I did not find anything.
I will keep looking, but where are the side scrolling shooters that are done to modern standards? In the eighties there would have been lots of games that filled the above criteria.
ED will fill the above and so will Godus. But I was looking for something now on the PS3 that I could play on the sofa through the telly.
FPS, sports, kids and puzzle games totally dominate
Any suggestions?
LOL i agree,but i read up a little on EA(they used to in the 80's make very obscure titles as well)that because of the expense making a game,it HAS to get into the top 20 in sellers or itnot financially viable.
i have also read the monstrous costs involved in making games for these gaming machines and it is astronomical..this i believe stops true innovation..which was at the forefront of the 80's games.sadily
though some like 'elite' will be made ..there is not the will or the money,or the market large enough to take the risk on innovation or getting classics onto these machines..most want what the games producers are sending out..they complain but still buy them..
