Has Gaming Hit It's Peak in the 'Gameplay' Category?

[GoldenGlove]

We'll have see with Sony's first party exclusives that take advantage of the PS5's SSD and the new compression technology that boosts its speeds to 17.38 GB/s

I'm not going to downplay the SSD's impact on gameplay because I've seen a lot of hype for this. I don't get it, but I'm not an expert

 

[Insensitive]

Since I've been playing around with my playstation VR set.
I'd say that no, we haven't hit the peak yet.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Absolutely not, it'll be the opposite this gen of what you're thinking. Gameplay has hit a wall since this gen started. Peaked the gen before. And gameplay has hit these walls due to limited power in the CPUs. Halo 1 Xbox vs Halo 1 on PC are totally different experiences because the Ai acts radically different due to the beefed up cpu.

Halo 5 is the first console Halo I've played that matched what I fondly recall when I played thru Halo 1 PC many many moons ago. And this gen we'll see that leap across all titles. Madden and 2k won't look vastly different but they'll play differently assuming they put in the work. TBC

Your perspective is interesting, so the key to unlocking new experiences is making the game's AI smarter and dynamic.

 

[itsyoung!!]

budgets have gotten too big to risk venturing out of tried and true gameplay templates

so yes

all the most popular games in the entire world have very little budget

whats the most played game today ?

Among Us

 

[Thanos]

I think there going to be stepback from realism and revisiting motion/motion capturing aspects very shortly, but we definitely haven't capped out on gameplay.

 

[Fatboi1]

I'm not going to downplay the SSD's impact on gameplay because I've seen a lot of hype for this. I don't get it, but I'm not an expert

This video is a good overview on how it can change game design with examples.

 

[ABlackMan]

That sounds cool in theory, but might be annoying in a game.

What Rainbow Six Siege brought this gen was the most innovative mix of realism, fukkery and attention to detail I've seen in a shooter in a long time.

I gotta get that shyt everybody tells me about it then it just becomes an after thought! Putting on list now.

 

[SuavePrince]

I think things will only get better when it comes to games

 

[Pimp]

I think games need adaptive AI..In sports games you can run the same plays over and over and get the same results. I'm like none of these high rated defenders can see what's going on?

 

[PS5 Pro]

Your perspective is interesting, so the key to unlocking new experiences is making the game's AI smarter and dynamic.

Absolutely, I literally had to outsmart every enemy instead of just blast and dodge. Halo 5's campaign has similar Ai but the story was not compelling. Halo infinite will be considered the best Halo because of this imo

 

[CarltonJunior]

I think games need adaptive AI..In sports games you can run the same plays over and over and get the same results. I'm like none of these high rated defenders can see what's going on?

Some games already have adaptive AI. Fight Night had adaptive AI and that was 2 gens ago.

The real reason gameplay has capped out is because devs have to destroy and rebuild so often. If they were able to keep compiling data instead of needing to scrap engines constantly then features that were already introduced wouldn’t be lost in transition. Sports games are a perfect example, they constantly go through the same cycle of being barebones when they go to next gen and slowly get better, then start over. As opposed to carrying over the features that were already there, features are taken away and replaced.

 

[PS5 Pro]

Some games already have adaptive AI. Fight Night had adaptive AI and that was 2 gens ago.

The real reason gameplay has capped out is because devs have to destroy and rebuild so often. If they were able to keep compiling data instead of needing to scrap engines constantly then features that were already introduced wouldn’t be lost in transition. Sports games are a perfect example, they constantly go through the same cycle of being barebones when they go to next gen and slowly get better, then start over. As opposed to carrying over the features that were already there, features are taken away and replaced.

Ai i and physics is a cpu thing, and we've had the biggest jump in cpu in console history so let the games begin

 

[Batsute]

No the problem is no one is truly innovating. It’s basically gets to the next checkpoint next cinematic rinse repeat.

The next big thing is gonna be asymmetrical gaming, where in game actions are made by you affect the world and other players actions can effect choices in single player experiences thus creating new narratives.

 

[Mowgli]

The holy Trinity of gaming has yet to be realized

Ragdoll physics Gore environment destruction at the highest level.

Battlefield 4 destruction gunplay with last of us 2 /gears of war Gore with last of us 2 ragdoll physics.

 

[Rekkapryde]

I think games need adaptive AI..In sports games you can run the same plays over and over and get the same results. I'm like none of these high rated defenders can see what's going on?

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