Favorite Game?

[StormcloudCreations]

Not to go too far off topic, but people seem amazed at the decline in the PC gaming market, and yet one look at the game prices in those retail chain stores will tell them why. Sheesh!

Agreed! I rarely buy many newer games anymore, because my interest in them is waning and the prices are usually around $45-50 for the more popular ones; too much given the fact I think too many companies are trying to produce the same type of game anymore (cookie-cutter RTS or mediocre sequel with only minor cosmetic changes anyone?) and not even attempting to be slightly original or unique (or bug-free for that matter, but that's a different topic altogether).

[Psitticine]

It's been awhile since I bought something from "the big boys". The only recent purchase (well, it was a Christmas present, actually, but I was the one who put it on my list! ) is a game from Europe. It's quite buggy and the English translation is . . . novel. However, the concept is fresh and very interesting.

There are still a lot of good ideas out there! If you just look around here, you'll see a lot of them, in fact. It's a pity that more companies don't realize that and just try to redo past successes with remakes.

Suddenly, I'm reminded of an article I wrote once about movie remakes and the big studio "Hollywood" system. Rather a lot of parallels, aren't there?

In fact, here's one to start with: Indie films/games rule.