Re: SE5 screenshots ugly?
You want an example of a game focusing on graphics over gameplay? Fine. Call of Duty 2. This game is in fact cut gameplay options from its predecessor. They claimed to have created a new game engine for the game, but that was a load of crap. In reality what they did was port the Quake 2 engine over to XBox 360 and then port it back to PC. They did add a grenade button so you could throw a nade without changing weapons, but they removed so much more. They removed portable machine guns and vehicles. Hell, they even removed the weapon mode select key. They reduced the size of all of the maps except for the smallest ones. They removed the sprint option. Who needs it when you spawn on top of eachother anyway? But the game has better graphics. I am really angry that I wasted 50$ on the game. I still play CoD:UO way more than I play CoD2.
The problem with today's gaming market is that games are designed to look really pretty in screenshots, gameplay be damned. Then the screaming hordes all rush the stores on midnight of the release date an buy every copy available. By the time everyone realizes that they bought crap it is too late. The company has made its money and there is no real need to maintain long term sales. And since a great deal of people are lemmings and dont care about good gameplay there is still a trickle of sales that is just gravy for the developers.
Another example of cutting content exists in The Dawn of War expansion, Winter Assault. However, these cuts weren't even made to allow for graphic enhancements. They were just made so that the game would be easier for the hordes of stupid game players who don't want to be bothered to acutally play a game. I am not going to post an exhaustive list, but an example would be the Space Marine Predator tank, which started with just an autocannon and heavy bolter sponsons and could be upgraded to all lascannons, now it just starts with all lascannons.
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