🚀 go-pugleaf

>You certainly seem to have more faith in the status quo than I do. While
the
>gaming public consists of people like you who think everything is rosy, the
>industry will continue to release uninspiring rubbish like today. With a
few
>exceptions, most of the software companies left are the ones who have
>produced the rubbish that has brought the software industry to where it is
>today, while all the innovative companies have long since either gone to
the
>wall or been sucked into these corperations.
>


I disagree with this. If I think about the "uninspired rubbish" that is
around today, and then look at the wonder that was 8-bit gaming, I realise
that we have never had it so good.  Sure, there are not as many completely
new ideas as back then, but we are many thousands of games later.  Just like
there are far fewer original films, and those that are original generally
suck.  Why?  Because quite often there is a reason that something hasn't
been done before.  Originality is not the defining factor in whether a game
is good.  You only have to look at games like Starcraft, Masters of Magic,
Final Fantasy 7 etc.  I will play any of these games, any day over the likes
of Sabre Wulf, Atic Atac, Jet Set Willy etc.


And if the innovative companies have gone to the wall (I'd be interested to
know which ones, not to argue, but just to see what you mean), the people
who wrote those products are probably still around in the industry, and they
probably haven't decided to produce pure crap.  Game developers do want to
produce the best game they possibly can, just like every other profession.

Adam