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Topic: What do you think was the gaming trend for this generation?

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TanookiMike

I'd actually say a lot of it's been inspired from the 16-bit era.

For some reason, players and developers have a strange fascination in it right now.
Of course, not that I have a problem with it, I had a SNES too, but still, the sudden popularity is weird.

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pikku

I'd say the theme is retro or 2D games. with Capcom releasing Megaman 9 nad 10, the VC, NSMBW, Sonic 4, FFIV:AY,Rayman Origins, and more, it seems the trend this gen is to emulate 8 and 16 bit gaming goodness with modern technology. (which is a good thing, btw )

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marioman5

i can't believe that no one noticed the biggest trend was...

wait for it...

First-Person-Shooters and Zombies

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Rhythm games with plastic instruments for controllers.

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HolyMackerel

Biggest trend of this generation is probably the inclusion of RPG elements in everything.

Then there's the focus on "cinematic", Hollywood-esque aesthetics and graphics. I despise when games use slow-motion and dramatic camera angles every third hit you make.

I'd also say nostalgia/retro throwbacks have been a big trend this generation . This generation's saving grace, perhaps.

HolyMackerel

RandomWiiPlayer

First person games with lots of guns and explosions.

The Game.

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RandomWiiPlayer

marioman5 wrote:

i can't believe that no one noticed the biggest trend was...

wait for it...

First-Person-Shooters and Zombies

Not that many Zombies. L4D and W@W are the only things I can think of off the top of my head. Modern war would have been a better choice.

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Dicesukeinuzuka

id say shooters, first person
and gimmicks lol
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millions of peripherals
waggle
etc

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TheKingOfTown

I think another trend is SKU's. A very annoying trend at that. (Well, it may not be a trend)

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Kyloctopus

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moomoo

Either motion controls, HD, Online, or DLC, none of which have been truly an important part of all of the consoles (yet.)
Retro throwbacks seem to be all-the-rage these days, too.

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GRAPHIC LOOK SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO REAL!!!! THIS GAME IS THE BEST EVER.
seriously i ask this one kid at school if there was a game were all you do is sit around but the graphics were as real as they got would he buy it he actually said yes. O.0

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I'd say WiFi capabilities. Every system has one.

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the_shpydar

Multiplayer and co-op. Seems like so many games this gen focus on these aspects, for better or worse; some shoehorned in (thinking Bioshock2, among others), some added excellently (NSMBWii, for example).

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J_K

I'd dare call DLC a bad trend unless it's handled right. I've noticed in some cases DLC sucks up a quality team to work on stupid after the fact crap instead of putting all those good lost hours and effort towards a new adventure in gaming and that's a huge loss. The other bad one would be those jerks who make DLC, save it to your disc, then time release it like it's new because that's like buying a game for full price and then being told you only got 85% of it and you got to pay another $15 to get it all which is a scam. Some DLC is nice, but I don't think it's the huge trend here, motion control is simply since it took off so well the other guys are copycatting the idea to try and wiggle a little more market share into their direction.

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Lionsshare

I was just thinking that. For this generation, games where you kill people like it's for real. How sick is that? Way sick. Platformers FTW!

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