I would opine that the problem with Tomb Raider's lack of sales is the
redundant game play. Folks don't want to shell out $50 to play something
they've already done over and over, no matter how much it advances what is
usually a fairly thin plot line.
Other than Homeworld, there have been very few games with a really
intriguing plot line in my opinion released out there since the infocom
games of the eighties.
This doesn't include games based on existing story lines, such as Star
Wars or Harry Potter of course, those guys have the unique ability to build
on what has come before, but to create an original idea from scratch and
have it be compelling is a very tricky business.
Overall though, the plot doesn't touch game play in importance to most
players. You could have the best plot line since The Godfather, and if the
game play wasn't fun, it wouldn't matter one bit.
Later
che
----- Original Message -----
From: "Munawar Bijani" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The real Game Circle
Hi Tom,
I think the real issue is not the lack of plot in Tomb raider, but simply
that it's been going on for so long. Take Metal Gear Solid, for instance.
It got so popular people wrote official analytical papers on its story.
Scratch the game play--it's just a first-person shooter. But the
developers for MGS did something right: they pakced the entire plot into
four games, and ended it. Harry Potter would have suffered the same fate
as Tomb Raider if Rowling had dragged on the series for another ten books.
Animorphs suffered that fate. What seems to happen is some developers get
too cocky and don't know when to stop. When that happens, the audience
goes, "oh, when will this thing end?" And then when it does, they go
"finally!" and just throw the whole series out the window. Or when they do
finally end it, the ending wasn't even worth the suspense. I know several
series that have ended horribly--with a total lack of creativity, and it
has left me disappointed in the end.
Munawar A. Bijani
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only useful if it is absorbed." - Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib, Nahj Al-Balagha
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The real Game Circle
Hi,
True. There really hasn't been any thing new that has made a big splash
of late. At least nothing I would be really interested in. Last fall Edos
released Tomb raider 8, but Underworld was more of a disappointment than
anything else. The Tomb Raider games have been really losing sales over
the passed few releases, and is nothing like what it was in the late
1990's. The graphics and sound effects are superior, but the games have
lost something that made the first few games special. Well, I've heard
about some technical issues with Tomb Raider Underworld and camera angles
which probably didn't help the game any.
shaun everiss wrote:
well to tell you the truth there are not so many big shots now.
in fact nothing has made the headlines of late.
no big company has released anything lately that has hit the lines
either my friend that is sighted says he does pick the odd bit up but
its not as bussy as it was like a year or 2 back.
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