Games Design – Soon “live” action movies?

Who remembers Mario? OK, who didn’t play Mario? I think game that was played more times than Mario is Snake on old Nokia mobile phones.

I saw a video on YouTube (surprise right?). And it showed year of gaming in 2011. OK, 2011 didn’t finished, but most major games have been released so far. But how did gaming changed since old times? Well lets see:

Old Wolfenstein 3D

Quake 1

Unreal

Quake 3 Arena

GTA 2

Need for Speed: Underground 2

Medal of Honor: Allied Assasult

GTA 3

Counter Strike

Call of Duty: Modern Warefare

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Battlefield 3

Batman: Arkham City

Assasin’s Creed: Brotherhood

So, what’s next in gaming? Imax like 3D? Its already there. You can get graphics cards that support 3D displays and display games in 3D. Just get the right glasses. :) 1080p graphics? Some games have it, but are downscaled to 720p. Reason? Consoles won’t be able to cope with 1080p at the moment. PCs can :) Good PCs. However if you compare PCs to consoles, PC graphics looks most of the time better. More detailed textures, better effects etc.

New best thing would be more and more games that come without scripting or little script/story line? Live action RPG or shooting games that have beginning and many possible endings? Well, its already there like in Deus Ex:HR or Hard Rain. but what if game had only beginning, defined “laws” like gravity, energy of spells, bullets etc and once you start playing the systems throws at you characters to fight with? Sounds difficult to do, but if you look at first Call of Duty and the latest one, then you see how quickly games can develop and be epic :)


And here is the list of the titles from the video: Duke Nukem Forever, MW3, Battlefield 3, Call of Juarez, L.A Noire, Skryim, Driver San Francisco, Uncharted 3, Bulletstorm, Portal2, Crysis 2, Gears of War 3, Assasins Creed Revelations, Killzone 3, SS3, RAGE, FEAR 3, BATMAN ARKHAM CITY, dtz Saints Row 3, Hard Reset, Dead Island, Alice Madness Returns, Divinity 2, Deus Ex Human Revolution, BRINK, SpaceMarine, Dark Souls Mortal Kombat, Rayman Origins, Payday, Skyward Sworld, Postal III. (It may be incorrect or some titles missing).

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