24th June 2005, 10:14 PM
Games are as good as ever... and the average quality of the average game as risen over time. But still, I understand Smoke's point, and there's definitely some truth to it... games are much more produced now. There is a lot less risk involved, and so there's less truly new ideas... yes, there were masses of derivitive games. There always have been and always will be. And I don't think gaming is much worse off than it was ten years ago, or more. But I would agree that there are some things the industry used to have that it has lost its way on...