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Is there nothing like originality is todays games? Think about how many games have numbers greater than, say, 4, in their title. Final Fantasy 9, Settlers 4, Age of Empires 2, Tomb Raider 5, Monkey Island 4! It seems to be getting ridiculous! Even those games which are not just sequels are very often games that are stupidly similar to games already around. The original theme park was one of the most original games ever, but now Theme Park Inc yet again adds absolutely nothing new.
I have recently played a game called America. I think they ought to rename it to "Age of Empires but not as good and set in America". Seriously, the graphics, fonts, sounds, and especially gameplay are almost identical to AOE, and the game is not half as good. Some manufacturers are capable of adding new things, but today there are so many C&C clones and so on, that any originality is buried beneath piles of (identical) rubbish. Without anything new, the games market seems to be disintegrating into piles of games which are all the same as each other with slightly different graphics (I could compare it to American TV; there is loads of it, but it's all the same, and it's all boring)
I have recently played a game called America. I think they ought to rename it to "Age of Empires but not as good and set in America". Seriously, the graphics, fonts, sounds, and especially gameplay are almost identical to AOE, and the game is not half as good. Some manufacturers are capable of adding new things, but today there are so many C&C clones and so on, that any originality is buried beneath piles of (identical) rubbish. Without anything new, the games market seems to be disintegrating into piles of games which are all the same as each other with slightly different graphics (I could compare it to American TV; there is loads of it, but it's all the same, and it's all boring)
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Is there nothing like originality is todays games? Think about how many games have numbers greater than, say, 4, in their title. Final Fantasy 9, Settlers 4, Age of Empires 2, Tomb Raider 5, Monkey Island 4! It seems to be getting ridiculous! Even those games which are not just sequels are very often games that are stupidly similar to games already around. The original theme park was one of the most original games ever, but now Theme Park Inc yet again adds absolutely nothing new.
I have recently played a game called America. I think they ought to rename it to "Age of Empires but not as good and set in America". Seriously, the graphics, fonts, sounds, and especially gameplay are almost identical to AOE, and the game is not half as good. Some manufacturers are capable of adding new things, but today there are so many C&C clones and so on, that any originality is buried beneath piles of (identical) rubbish. Without anything new, the games market seems to be disintegrating into piles of games which are all the same as each other with slightly different graphics (I could compare it to American TV; there is loads of it, but it's all the same, and it's all boring)
I have recently played a game called America. I think they ought to rename it to "Age of Empires but not as good and set in America". Seriously, the graphics, fonts, sounds, and especially gameplay are almost identical to AOE, and the game is not half as good. Some manufacturers are capable of adding new things, but today there are so many C&C clones and so on, that any originality is buried beneath piles of (identical) rubbish. Without anything new, the games market seems to be disintegrating into piles of games which are all the same as each other with slightly different graphics (I could compare it to American TV; there is loads of it, but it's all the same, and it's all boring)
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