What Makes A Good Game

When I think of a game, I always think of a game that grabs me by just letting me have FUN! We all have played Gears of War, Halo, Ratchet and Clank, Uncharted, Wii Sports, and Call of Duty. No matter what your preference of system you may have, you can not say these games are not some great games.

I'll use Call of Duty as an example because it is multi-platform. When we play a game like Call of Duty we are drawn by it because it is really fun to play. I have to admit, it is really easy and it is kind of a noob game, but it is FUN! I think what developers forget when they are developing games is that games have to be fun for everyone. MW1 was great and MW2 is also great. Did i enjoy every new aspect of the new one? No, but other people did. Honestly MW2 does not look all that better than MW1 so the development did not go into graphics but into gameplay and that's what a lot of people find it really fun.

Do not get me wrong Gears of War and Uncharted looks OMG GOOD!!! But they are exclusives and have been tailored to the system and the development team is all focus on one system.

Left 4 dead is another game that is really fun and it look...well it cannot compare with Gears of War in visuals but in the fun meter it is close. Valve made a really great game and I defiantly love it.

I would really like to tell developers, everyone knows this and everyone says it but honestly I don't think they do, if you are going to make a game make it fun. Make a crud build of a level and find out what your fans want. Build a level and have people all over tell you if this shooting mechanic is better than this one. Maybe how you like it to be is not what others want. Maybe people think your idea sucks...I'm sorry if they do but you have to learn to expect you can not make people like everything you do. When I see behind the scence footage by Insomniac Games it makes me smile to hear that everyone there have a say in the games, no matter what part they work in. If other developers did this but in a larger sense with not just tester but with public feedback during development games could be so amazing.

I will end with this. I love amazing graphics and who does not we all want to look at something amazing while playing it. Graphics alone should not make a person want to play a game. Games like Assassin's Creed 2 does not look as good as most other games but it is a must buy game in my book because it is fun to play.


Thank you for your time. I will try to keep it short next time!
-Ishmeal Hosein