I don’t know about you guys, but I feel that games these days are seriously lackluster. I mean, when last did you hear about a great game from a friend who couldn’t stop talking about it, go buy it in the store, run home, and just get totally blown away by the effects and experience immersed in the game – where you would find it hard to tear yourself away from the screen and rejoin civilization.
I remember playing certain games as a kid (which today look totally ridiculous), but were blockbusters of their time. I think the common theme was that they did something different, and broke grounds where no one else had gone.
Remember your first RTS (Command and Conquer), your first shooter (Wolfenstein), your first simulation game (SimCity AD), first adventure game (Monkey Island) etc.
I beg of you game developers, think outside the box !!!!!!! We have so much to work with these days!