r/XboxSeriesX • u/Asleep-Sprinkles-760 • Apr 20 '24
This generation has been underwhelming Discussion
I bought a Series X at launch, and can’t think of a single game that has impressed me this gen. I’m a big Halo fan, and Halo Infinite felt like a letdown. I’m a Forza fan, and Forza Motorsport felt like a massive disappointment. I was exited for Starfield, but was underwhelmed after playing it.
It just feels like we’ve had no heavy hitters this gen, even 3rd party AAA games have been average at best. I guess the only hope I have left is with Gears 6, but aside from that, Microsoft needs to get their act together and start releasing some new games. It feels like games are taking way too long to make these days, we used to get bangers every year in the 360 gen. Even the Xbox One had more compelling games than what we have now
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u/grunt786 Apr 21 '24
Video Games unfortunately are in a similar state to movies. All the big Studios are run by guys in suits who only care about £$¥€. Single player story driven games are scarcely made and more online & live service types that they can make more money from over x amount of years. The smaller studios who do give us good quality games both story driven and even online don’t have the money or teams to keep banging out games as I can only imagine with the new tech a lot more time is spent on making the games compared to the 360 days.
One thing I do notice with this gen is that most of the games looks fantastic but just lack substance. Writing is literally what makes a game similar to movies but we have just been getting utter trash.