I agree with the majority of those, but i can´t agree with all the examples they give.
A Great Cast with a Dud Script
It´s true, more games than not have bad scripts. It´s even more of a problem when there is an amazing cast making the voices (the last Spyro crosses my mind, Elijah Wood, Gary Oldman, Christina Ricci, and, by the reviews, the game and script suck).
But on video game behalf....it´s a video game.
It´s not easy to make a good script about a character running around, alone, shooting monster and whatnot.
But, at the same time, it´s not impossible, not even close.
Unreal Engine 3 Overdose
I can´t agree with this more.
Many games are starting to look alike because of this, they are looking generic, it´s impossble to be hyped for one game that looks like a sequel to a another one with no relation.
UE 3 is the engine of this generation.
Create new engines for crying out loud!
Imagine if Microsoft had bought Epic like the rumours stated.....
Like IGN said, when every game looks like Gears of War, Gears became bland and unexciting, and the sad part, UE3 is actually amazing.
Sequelitis
Annual installment suck and are pathetic, there is no other way to put it.
Fifa, PES, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Madden, NBA, Smackdown vs Raw, NFL, Tony Hawk.....all those games should stop for at least 2 to 3 years.
Even Call of Duty is starting to fall on that category (2007 CoD4; 2008 CoD:WaW; 2009 CoD5).
That just shows that, more than ever, gaming is an industry and you make certain games because they sell, not because they re good, original or bring something fresh to the franchise.
Those games make money, and the sad part is, those games make money (meaning, people actually buy that crap).
Many of those games could have been updated with a patch or DLC, not a new game....but people still buy them.
On their behalf i have to say that, it´s better to have Need for Speed 45, than new racing ip with nothing new to offer, at least we know what NfS is.
Too Human Syndrome
I can´t agree with this one, except for the fact that it does create a needless anticipation that either ends in disappointment or "driving people insane" waiting for the continuation.
People say that video games are becaming more and more like movies, but they get mad because of an announced trilogy?
Many movies and books are trilogies, so....
And to be a trilogy is not the same as to have 3 sequels, people have to understand that; a trilogy is a story divided in 3 parts, a sequel is a follow up to something created previously, that might end on being a trilogy or not.
But to announce a trilogy in video game is a huge risk, not for the gamer, but for the parts involved and the most important thing you can lose is credibility.
Production Values vs. Wii Production "Values"
To have an article called: Ten Trends That Are Destroying Videogames, and to name this as 1 of the 10 is stupid.
The only victim here is the Wii, not videogames.
This can very well be used in my own article: "How Nintendo killed themselves by making the Wii".
Sonic and Mario Visit the Rainbow Dentist
Once again, this doesn´t destroy videogames.
IGN needed 10, they only had 8, so.....
Motion "Control"
Like the Wii production values one, this will help me on my article: "How Sony copied everyone when making the PS3".
IMO, the Sixaxis is one of most dumb moves by Sony.
Why did they felt the need to copy Nintendo, and in an extremely bad way?
Why is there a Sixaxis anyway?
Why did they felt the need to create something to be used for one or two things in a game things that could very well be made with the analogue stick.
Kudos for Microsoft for not implementing something they had no use for.
As for the Wii, well, the Wii is all about motion control, so, good or bad, that´s what it is.
Promises, Promises, Promises
This one could very well be merged to the "Too Human Syndrome" bit.
To promise something is to overhype it, and more times than not, failure will be the end of you.
On a side note: The best movie game is Riddick, but i can see X-Men Origins: Wolverine give it a run for it´s money.
Why?
Raven Soft is an amazing developer.
Strong Female Lead Character = Edgy, Clever and Desirable
Would you rather be playing with the ugliest gal on the block?
Or do you prefer men, even if they are computer generated.
I thought not....
Casual Gaming
There is nothing wrong with casual gaming, only when they dominate 70% of the market.
That still has´t happend, but i don´t see it becaming a reality; people are just overreacting.
