Re: What games are you playing right now?
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 5:25 pm
I may be off base here, but I want to say that around the time FEAR came out marked a dramatic shift in level design in shooters from abstract to realistic. Games like Doom and Duke Nukem 3D were only vaguely based in reality, and had impossible (or at least improbable) geometry, hidden rooms, and spaces that were designed purely around gameplay. As graphics and technology improved, there seemed to be a push for more and more realism in level design, and FEAR seemed to mark a big turning point in this style of development. There really are a lot of office buildings in the game, and that highlights one of the big problems with realism: reality can be pretty boring, and an office is one of the most boring buildings I can think of!
I still loved the game, although I haven't played it in a while.
edit: Oh and I'm still just playing Dark Souls pretty much. I started Book of Unwritten Tales, which is a really fun and charming adventure game, and I want to play the next section of Kentucky Route Zero and The Walking Dead, which just released chapter 3 on Tuesday.
I still loved the game, although I haven't played it in a while.
edit: Oh and I'm still just playing Dark Souls pretty much. I started Book of Unwritten Tales, which is a really fun and charming adventure game, and I want to play the next section of Kentucky Route Zero and The Walking Dead, which just released chapter 3 on Tuesday.