Re: Campfire --- You are the Serial Killer(s) - this one makes GTA look...
I applaud the developer for coming up with this idea. I don't see anything wrong with this kind of game. If there can be horror movies, why not horror games with the same type of themes?
Ohhhh, right, video games are still a children's toy. Shhhh...don't tell anyone that more adults play video games than kids nowadays. You wouldn't want to make all those ignorant politicians look like idiots.
The way I see it, the more games the merrier. If a particular game, or genre, isn't your cup of tea, don't play it. It doesn't get much simpler than that.
As far as Sonicimage being "tired" of the GTA type games, where killing and committing crimes is a prevalant theme, all I can say is that its been a long time coming. It took major balls by Rockstar to release GTA 3, especially considering all the finger pointers were still on their witch hunt to blame movies, games and other forms of entertainment for incidents like Columbine, as well as the fact that 9-11 had just occurred a month before release.
People had obviously been wanting a game like GTA. The sales numbers speak for themselves. Why? People were tired of always being the good guy. Rescuing the princess from some evil baddie got stale after 20 years.
If you want to hate on games like this because they are part of a trend, then why not all those games before GTA that did it? Don't remember all the Street Fighter clones that popped up in the mid 90's? Those sure didn't seem to have much "educational value" to me.
Look at movies. Isn't just about everything you see either a sequel or a modernized, rehashed version of something we have already seen several times? They are running out of ideas, man. Games aren't any different. Any time a game comes out that basically revolutionizes the industry, you can be sure that the floodgates will open for countless imitators. That's just the way it is, like it or not.
As for this serial killer game, I am real interested in the concept at least. I was actually thinking recently that I would love for someone to make a Halloween game, where you could choose to play as a hero (Laurie Strode, Dr. Loomis, maybe even Jamie) hunting Michael Myers, or play as Myers himself.
It is fine to have morals. Just because a lot of us would love to play a serial killer game doesn't mean we are without any, either. I for one am happy that the GTA series opened the door for more "risky" games to be introduced into the marketplace. I would rather have as many options as I possibly can when it comes to gaming than have the same crap I have been playing since I was 7 continue to be spoon fed to me in a shiny new package.
If you are interested, sonic, eb games has used copies of Donkey Kong Jr. Math for $9.99 each.
I applaud the developer for coming up with this idea. I don't see anything wrong with this kind of game. If there can be horror movies, why not horror games with the same type of themes?
Ohhhh, right, video games are still a children's toy. Shhhh...don't tell anyone that more adults play video games than kids nowadays. You wouldn't want to make all those ignorant politicians look like idiots.
The way I see it, the more games the merrier. If a particular game, or genre, isn't your cup of tea, don't play it. It doesn't get much simpler than that.
As far as Sonicimage being "tired" of the GTA type games, where killing and committing crimes is a prevalant theme, all I can say is that its been a long time coming. It took major balls by Rockstar to release GTA 3, especially considering all the finger pointers were still on their witch hunt to blame movies, games and other forms of entertainment for incidents like Columbine, as well as the fact that 9-11 had just occurred a month before release.
People had obviously been wanting a game like GTA. The sales numbers speak for themselves. Why? People were tired of always being the good guy. Rescuing the princess from some evil baddie got stale after 20 years.
If you want to hate on games like this because they are part of a trend, then why not all those games before GTA that did it? Don't remember all the Street Fighter clones that popped up in the mid 90's? Those sure didn't seem to have much "educational value" to me.
Look at movies. Isn't just about everything you see either a sequel or a modernized, rehashed version of something we have already seen several times? They are running out of ideas, man. Games aren't any different. Any time a game comes out that basically revolutionizes the industry, you can be sure that the floodgates will open for countless imitators. That's just the way it is, like it or not.
As for this serial killer game, I am real interested in the concept at least. I was actually thinking recently that I would love for someone to make a Halloween game, where you could choose to play as a hero (Laurie Strode, Dr. Loomis, maybe even Jamie) hunting Michael Myers, or play as Myers himself.
It is fine to have morals. Just because a lot of us would love to play a serial killer game doesn't mean we are without any, either. I for one am happy that the GTA series opened the door for more "risky" games to be introduced into the marketplace. I would rather have as many options as I possibly can when it comes to gaming than have the same crap I have been playing since I was 7 continue to be spoon fed to me in a shiny new package.
If you are interested, sonic, eb games has used copies of Donkey Kong Jr. Math for $9.99 each.
Agree 100% SD, time and time again you have come through with some fantastic posts, and this is another one. 
) but I like to play the games to get that experience. I'm not going to become a special ops agent, but it's fun to be one in Rainbow Six 3. I'm not going to become a uncontrolled killer or mobster, but it'd be fun to be one for a bit in the GTA games or Campfire. 
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