Games have a longer shelf life now with re releases and remasters and whatnot. We're still playing super Mario world and mass effect and old final fantasy games. If a game is good, it can last forever. 
Finished Gears 5
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 On 04/07/2020 at 09:53 PM by KnightDriver See More From This User » |
I finished the campaign in Gears 5 today.
I got hooked good and even started following the story and caring a bit for the characters. What an ocean of resources were put into this game. There are a lot of different locations, weather and battles galore.
I wonder sometimes at the effort that goes into a game like this. All those man hours for a piece of entertainment that will last a year or so and then be largely forgotten. They make their money back though, I guess that's enough, but I think if I was working on such a project, I'd like it to mean a little more in the long run. There is a lot of art put into a game like this but will it be widely seen and over a long period of time, like an El Greco. Time will tell, but I feel like the medium is not well suited to longevity and a very wide population. Systems change every 5 to 10 years and the game becomes less easily played. Gamers may be a larger segment of society now, but the majority will not even know what Gears is. I mean, I'd be fine with a shorter game, less story without those lavish cut scenes, and more focus on gameplay, I don't need as much game as there is in Gears 5, which is a lot. I think the story took me a dozen hours to finish on Beginner mode. I found 75% of the collectibles on a first run, which is pretty good. I don't think I'll go back to get them all but I am going to try some Hoard mode next time. Mark doesn't have the game though, so it won't be as fun, and I'll probably play a handful of levels with randoms and quit. It's fine. I enjoyed it.
I've got to make room on my hard drive for Game Pass Quest games since there is a new list of weekly and monthly quests. I've got to get Halo 5 on there at 100GB. It'll take two days to install, and I can't do it right now because my drive is at 92% and I don't want to remove anything except Gears 5 when I'm finished with it. So I may not get to the Halo 5 quest, but I'm going to try. I've already got over 1000 points. I may end up with $10 earned this month if I keep at it.
Well, that's a day. More tomorrow in all likelihood. Stay safe.
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