Thief, a stealth video game set in the victorian era, has released with good reception. I saw the game playthrough in YouTube , its a cool game with its dark themed tone and a rough voiced character leading the story. Oh, you play as a master thief. Those who played the original series will remember him. So far the game surprises new players but for some reason disappoints old faithfuls. Why is that?
Have come to the peak of the video game glory? Are we seeing less original games and more games becoming franchises? Are we clinging to our need to play only the best available games in the game market and forgetting some with great potential? Is it dividing the games not into genre but into grades? Only AAA games, and indie? Is the potential of creating new adventures into the virtual world ending? No, not really.
I read a web article about a game engine which literally can scale into an entire world. Imagine travelling with your avatar into virtual world across real scale continents. Epic potential for strategy and rpg games. The article mentioned that someone used the game engine to create Middle Earth, the world of lord of the rings and the hobbit. Streching from the Shire, Gondor, Mordor and to the Eastern Lands. I believe the game engine is called Outterra or Outerra.