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Final Fantasy series is getting a bit worse IMO. Very biased opinion, ne? But this is what I think. Nothing can beat the older games, neither the improved graphics and realistic environments.
And they're not doing, at least in FFX, a particularly brilliant job with those improved aspects either. 3D environments? Yeah, but you have to follow the path they decided for you, so there's no much sense in creating a 3D environments for this purpose (and anyway the environment is partly prerendered too...). Better 3d models for characters? Yeah, but look at what a mess they did when those characters speak or move around... their movements are too mechanical and make them look puppets and nothing more. Yuo want to amaze the player? Don't make these mistakes then. I prefer older graphics if I have to see characters that are neither able to move lips accordingly to the dialogue... So, I think they should improve all those aspects and also look for something new in order to not ruin the next games.
Other series that is getting worse is Resident Evil. I don't find any amusement in the repetition of the same old formulas in every single game they made. I think Resident Evil is a label and nothing more, a trademark. But if they want to keep an higher standard, they should add some new ideas.
Mario games are another series which has no longer reson to exist IMO. I liked the first ones, but now Mario, even more than RE, is a trademark, not a gaming series. Nintendo, please stop making identical Mario games. Thanks.
Getting better? I think the second Silent Hill was even better than the first one. A wonderful job they made in this last game. Hope they'll keep on improving.
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