Re: FIFA 14
I'm not saying there's not some truth in what you say but overall Klash, you seem to be living in a different reality than me.
"It's about community"? What the fuck does that even mean? And hell, there were no video gaming "communities" back in the early days of gaming; it was just you and your close circle of friends and family. The only clue you might get of the wider gaming industry/culture would be from gaming mags. Places like evoweb - if that's even what you're meaning by community; I'm not sure - didn't exist because the internet didn't exist (or at least the www didn't).
You've created some type of revisionist history and seem only inclined to see the worst of today's gaming industry. You think Nintendo and Atari weren't out to make profit with Mario Bros and Centipede? You honestly think that none of the guys making games today aren't making them because they love gaming? If that's what you think then you're not nearly as tuned-in with the industry as you think you are.
You're seeing the worst in today's gaming culture and the best of yesterday's. Yes the gaming industry is now prone to many of the ills that come with big business, but from a gamer's perspective the overall experience has progressed, quite massively.
Sorry but this doom-and-gloom state of the gaming industry that you're painting seems a rather narrow-minded, cynical, and revisionist version of an industry that while is far from perfect is nonetheless offering up some truly fantastic gaming experiences that are incomparable to the early years of gaming.
In regards to FIFA, since this is meant to be about FIFA afterall, I can't think of anything from the early days of FIFA (or football games in general) that I'd prefer over what's been offered today, and I can't wait for what's coming next gen.
Oooh yes, Max, same as always, i knew once you replied to my post what you would say.
You have that essence of a corporate 'apologist', i like how elegantly you speak, it does sound very similar to the way game producers, directors and journalists speak about games also.
Then again, it' their job, they are getting paid, political correctness within their marketing is standard.
My point is the same thing i have been saying for a while now.
No matter how good any game can be, It WILL not change your life. The game could be perfect, amazing script like a movie and gameplay like Sonic 3 on steroids, flawless, bugless and groundbreaking graphics. But at the end of the day, your sitting or standing in a room, watching a screen. Not interacting wit others face to face without technological assistance, not observing or learning or thinking about things. No mind self expansion! just interacting with a screen.
Come on, we where put on this earth for much more than just games, this is my point
That is exactly what i mean by saying 'Games are far to big for their use'. Job such as video game personality on youtube, games tester, professional gamer? We where put on this earth for more than sitting in vegetated states watching and interacting with screens.
This is why i spoke so much about the affect of video games on kids, their development as a child, their methods of interaction are being focused too much, far too much on technology, it's not good, it is unnatural, we are already getting a culture where kids don't even talk to their siblings or parents, instead just 'text' them. I heard a story where a mother when apeshit at her daughter for texting her while she was in the house. I agree!
This leads me to my previous points, games in the 80's and 90's, i never said they where perfect, but in terms of balance fitted better into a human beings life than we see now where games pretty much control peoples lives!
The definition of fun will never be black and white. You can see this here with many people still playing PES 6 over any new football game, they still think it's better, hell, no new game has come close to the fun I've had on Sonic 2, or even Star Wars Battlefront from 2005. Further explanation: Sonic like i mentioned before, you see it, in it's 32 bit glory, it's a game, it's always going to be a game and nothing but a game, you can't and it was never ever designed to be taken seriously, modern games, many of them with super graphics and super engines, look online, most of it has nothing to do with fun, they are just determined to beat the other guy and be the best, they have fallen for the tricks, you see people being racist and highly insulting and boasting about their level of skill, putting hours and hours into games?
I like to see humanity move forward with technology if it benefits our wisdom, which is isn't enough really, its too much about clever ideas tricking people into parting with cash than a solid, well rounded title which don't need hype from shills. My observation is that with these new consoles and the culture of gaming the way it is will serve absolutely nothing towards a humans development and will instead further distract us from our own lifes adventure to discover what we can do, what is our potential, instead we are seeing more and more people having their entire lives wrapped around games. The hype, the whole jargon surrounds 'IMMERSIVE SIMULATION'. People actually think that winning on a simulation make them 'better' than someone else? It means nothing!
Jobs such as game tester, let's play commentator, professional games player? Great for part time or as a hobby, it's fantastic, but full time? Are you sure there aren't many different things out there which you can use your energy on instead?
All because CEO's want to make that profit. This world sadly is a family of corporations and when corporations take over, they don't care a shit about your life, it's about them!
It wouldn't surprise me if in 20 years time after another two consoles are released, my best time playing for example FIFA was as a child, playing FIFA 96 or World Cup 98, back when there where cartoons running about the pitch, it was just plain fun and innocent, ad was never designed to rule you life like we see today. Then again this is a good thing! Its JUST a game. Now is the time i feel for people to be aware of their potential and the natural processes they can enjoy in life, and make sure these games are taking up too much energy. Now more than ever in these hard times.