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How do you feel about "Walking Simulators"? [roundtable]
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05/20/17, 21:07 Edited: 05/20/17, 21:07
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It's interesting that a lot of you jumped to the question of whether these games should even exist. I wasn't thinking about that, but it's very unlikely that the development of these types of games would directly affect the existence of more traditional games. They also seem generally suited for mobile devices. I honestly haven't played much of this stuff, either. Even in gamey games, story elements typically bore the living shit out of me. I'll make the occasional exception for comedy, but knee-slappers are generally thin on the ground in the artsy-er representations of most media. I was just thinking about how these types of games often get a glowing critical response, and wondering how much of the audience really appreciates them. Again, though, that applies to EVERY medium. I always wonder whether professional criticism is even necessary in the Web 2.0 age. It seems like the consumer might be better served by a Pandora-like recommendation algorithm. Like, this person has precisely the same tastes as you, and he loves this game, so there's a 99÷ probability that you'll love it, too! It ain't romantic, but it would be hard to argue with the functionality. Actually, I always thought it would be interesting to create a metacritic alternative which would show specialized results for every user. Like, if it knew that I hated racing sims, Gran Turismo would NEVER show up on my top games list. @ZeroWhatever you think counts counts. I would personally include all of the games which you listed in this discussion. |
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