Why do high-end games seem to have low replayability these days?

[divided_throwaway]

They may or may be not sandbox, but they have a rather linear gameplay to them. For instance, Fallout 4 has a semi-linear gameplay, with which games progress according to some story. A processor like the FX 6300 can only run it at something like 30 to 40 FPS, off the top of my head. In contrast, games like CS:GO doesn't have a story-based gameplay, but can be played ad infinitum due to its simplicity. I think GTAO fits into this category as well, and I'd say it falls under the "mid-range" category for system requirements and games. I'm pretty sure that No Man's Sky, if the omissions weren't made, would have been a high-end game that wasn't so linear. Arma 3 just has poor optimisation, but has decent replayability in multiplayer from what I've briefly seen.

 

This can be a dealbreaker, as games need something to compensate for this, or if not for a good story, as in the case for the latest Deus Ex game according to a review I've read, then good gameplay. The review for this game in TrustedReviews gained a three star rating.

[Scruffy90]

Low risk and people buying them up like hotcakes.

[divided_throwaway]

1 minute ago, Scruffy90 said:

Low risk and people buying them up like hotcakes.

I feel like that with today's hardware, linear gameplay should be dead, and replayability should be a key focus. Then again, there is that profit incentive, quantity over quality, just like how phone companies sell new phones and don't support them for longer than two years.

[Scruffy90]

This reminds me of this

[Scruffy90]

Just now, divided_throwaway said:

I feel like that with today's hardware, linear gameplay should be dead, and replayability should be a key focus. Then again, there is that profit incentive, quantity over quality, just like how phone companies sell new phones and don't support them for longer than two years.

There no financial incentive for publishers to back a game that has high replayablity or that cant selling a bunch of dlc that amounts to half the game at almost full price of said game.

[Samfisher]

32 minutes ago, divided_throwaway said:

They may or may be not sandbox, but they have a rather linear gameplay to them. For instance, Fallout 4 has a semi-linear gameplay, with which games progress according to some story. A processor like the FX 6300 can only run it at something like 30 to 40 FPS, off the top of my head. In contrast, games like CS:GO doesn't have a story-based gameplay, but can be played ad infinitum due to its simplicity. I think GTAO fits into this category as well, and I'd say it falls under the "mid-range" category for system requirements and games. I'm pretty sure that No Man's Sky, if the omissions weren't made, would have been a high-end game that wasn't so linear. Arma 3 just has poor optimisation, but has decent replayability in multiplayer from what I've briefly seen.

 

This can be a dealbreaker, as games need something to compensate for this, or if not for a good story, as in the case for the latest Deus Ex game according to a review I've read, then good gameplay. The review for this game in TrustedReviews gained a three star rating.

Cos you're comparing single player games and multiplayer games? Not even the same thing.  MP has no story except those you make for yourself. Not sure why you're even comparing totally different game modes made for totally different audiences.

[eye2012]

Lazy developers because they'll know the brainwashed kids will buy it anyway.

[Praesi]

Because many Gamers buy every half assed shit these Days.  Its in our Hands.

[SpriteNo5]

I don't think linearity, in itself, has to be a bad thing. The linear style can be used to enable some incredible story telling if done correctly. Generally speaking a linear game nowadays should be short, cheap and heavily story driven. 

 

I do agree too much is being stripped out of lots of games to make them more 'accessible' and as a result more than a few feel too linear. Instead of trying to make games for certain genres too many publishers want their games to appeal to as wide a group as possible. So you see series such as Fallout change drastically or Mass Effects evolution from RPG to cover shooter etc.

 

 

[Soundsystem90]

You only need 1 game, Counter Strike.

[SpriteNo5]

6 minutes ago, Soundsystem90 said:

You only need 1 game, Counter Strike.

Lol, some of us moved on from that at Source or 1.6. I do agree though it is the pinnacle, no other shooter ever came close IMO.

[LogicalDrm]

Why spend years developing game with long story when you can pump out 5h action packs for $60 every years and noobs still buy it. Even when you don't update game engine. And have multiplayer which has used same (mimic) style since first edition.

 

Apart from Activision, I don't know, maybe they want to be more CoDlike.