What's on your mind?

[Kain Nobel]

Still waiting for next generation PS4/X-Box 1 to justify their existence. The duality of the situation drives me nuts; why make two machines when they're practically the same? One is white, one is black. One renders X way, the other renders Y way. It makes hardly a tangible difference. One has InFAMOUS : Second Son, the other has Halo, but having "exclusive" games... okay, I went with PS4 for the InFAMOUS game, I don't really care about Halo.

Besides that, the technology from last gen to this gen hasn't really made much of a difference. As such, a PS4, in my mind, is just PS3 with a better graphics card and improved draw distance. You could hit me with a spreadsheet of data and specs, but it would be moot until these developers actually DO something with it, hopefully without having to file for bankruptcy afterwards.

PC is KING but... I honestly can't stand PC gaming anymore, either, especially since Steam, it just hasn't been the same. It always comes down to not being able to connect to the server, the DRM is acting up, the old game being incompatible with the new graphics card, etc. I'm a busy, grown ass man, I don't have the patience for stupid crap these days, so I've stopped PC gaming in 2012 (unless you count classic emulators and roms). I'd rather just not play the game than have to go out and downgrade my graphics card.

On a positive note, InFAMOUS : Second Son was... alright. Not great, mind you, but I think it's the closest thing we'll get to a masterpiece for awhile, since none of the other big players in the industry seem to be doing anything exciting. Well, there is the Final Fantasy VII remake, but it's being handled by Square Enix and that makes me quite a bit worried. It's too bad they can't contact a more successful and experienced company, such as Rock Star Games, and have them make it proper. I don't really trust SE with their own intellectual properties, it's quite sad.

Sorry about the rant. I've got a lot of more serious things going on in my life, complaining about something less life impacting is the only way I can get my mind of things. I'm not going up shit creek, mind you, it's just been a stressful year regardless.

It gets even more stressful when you try to wind down with a video game, sit through an hour of updates, then watch it crash and burn upon New Game. I've played shitty RPG Maker games more stable than that! It's almost like the industry reads an RPG Maker blog, "Six Things That'll Ruin Any RPG Maker Game", and checks off all six items just for the sake of self sabotage. It's as if Ubisoft is running a sweatshop and this is the way the employees protest, passively aggressively, paying off the QA team to look the other way.

With tonight's plans ruined, perhaps I'll just play a classic rom. I'd ask you to cross your fingers for me and hope it works, but really, you don't have to do that... these things usually work :)

*Runs off to play Vector Man for Sega Genesis*