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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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I can't agree that it's dead now... I felt it was dead after the look and feel pac-man laws were created. (KC Munchkin vs. Pac-Man)
I felt that since the orignal Nintendo the games were no longer needed to be original at all, but creating small incremental steps instead of radical departures for games. The 1980s has TONS of games that were ALL different. But in the mass market, everyone was trying to capitalize on the scrolling shooter, puzzle, fighter, driving, flying.
It's not much different, just that FPS seems to be the no brainer engine. Take any license and make it an FPS and you're guaranteed to get a decent amount of sales.
Even the stories were getting tiring in the 90s. Everything was taking down the drug dealers, now it's the aliens or brownskinned people (still aliens.) Funny you can customize yourself, but it would be racist if you were able to customize your opponents.
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