week 4

With the stage light slowly dimming on the ps2 and xbox the new arrivals such as xbox360 and ps3 are begining to bloom, these are exciting times indeed. I find myself thinking about the future of gaming and where this will lead us and affect our lives, i beleive in the future we will get to a point where graphicly we will be able to create pretty much anything we want in the term of games. This does however bring up the question of gameplay, i pray that the importance of gameplay in gaming is not forgotten. I would rather play a game that looks crap but keeps me interested and theres allready some hits of games with better graphics becoming less interesting. I feel also in recent years i been addicted to games less and find it harder to turn on a game and automaticly get into it. With the introduction of direct x 10 just over the horizon and windows vista i also find specifications for games are vastly increasing, is it possible that we wll hit a wall where people say "you know what to play this game id have to upgrade my entire computer and its just not worth it"? who knows its possible, but then theres always consoles. Int the future of games i would like atmospheres and themes to continue to develop , every single game that I hold dear is because of 1. storyline and 2. environment and visual style. Its ok making an amazing looking level but if you cant relate to that or if it doesnt look like it fits in that game its just a waste of time. i also find that there has been a large rise in FPS in recent years I would like to see more games that encorperate individual and distinct features into them, such as condemmed a first person shooter where you hardly use guns and oblivion where you never use guns.