The lights are on
A few weeks ago, I had an interesting and lengthy discussion about an important topic in today's gaming industry, one that has been on my mind quite a lot over the past several months. This guy had a dilemma of sorts: He's been a fan of Splinter Cell for a long time now, but, with the fifth entry's overwhelming emphasis on violence and brutality, he's just about lost hope in gaming and is about ready to pack up his console and quit playing games altogether. I as well am concerned about the upcoming release of Conviction. A franchise which once went against the flow of the river with its active and thorough discouragement against coming into any form of contact with the enemy, whether that be fatal or otherwise, Splinter Cell's dynamic new approach to stealth now proudly boasts Sam Fisher as a relentless and brutal rogue agent. And, for better or worse, this is the entry that has caught on with the mainstream crowd, more than its predecessors ever did. Is this really what people want in their games? Is the best way to sell more copies simply to add more killing, more explosions, and super cool knife fights?
There should be a rule against giving blogs to people who think as much as me; I think a lot - I've been told by enough people that I even think too much for my own good, and I think they're right sometimes. It's really not a good combination, and the eventual and inevitable result can only be me going overboard and posting something that goes on for miles and miles about the most pointless of subjects.