The headline are the developer's words, not mine. Well, they're not even really the developer's words, but they've gotten at least three angry people reading, and that's the point. What Phosphor Games' Chip Sineni did say, however, is that mobile gaming will take the console's place.
"Mobile and tablet systems are quickly becoming to main way people play games, replacing consoles," he said in the announcement video for Horn. "The problem is that gamers aren’t finding the game they like to play on mobile. We saw a real lack of action-adventure games on mobile, so we created Horn."
Now that you've gotten your rage out of the way, let's talk about Horn. It was announced last night, and it's made by the guys who developed the excellent mobile game Dark Meadow, and are (hopefully) still working on Awakened. Having proven themselves before, I have high hopes for Horn. It certainly looks good.
Of course, Chip's words may compel the dedicated console fans to hate mobile gaming even more, but whatever. I am certainly looking forward to Horn.
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but I don't like playing video games on mobile phones and tablets all that much. I only play those when i'm bored and not near a console. It's like going 'minesweeper will eventually replace consoles/pc games."
That Horn fella kinda reminds me of someone. I'm trying to think of another game where a young man sporting horns tries to save something from a curse, and coming up blank.
This game was revealed yesterday at a Zynga event. Horn is being released as part of a "Zynga Partners" program. Smacks of free-to-play. I'm staying highly cautious.
I've done more gaming on the iPod than on anything else recently, and I'm currently looking to get an iPad/affordable tablet soon. However, I'm gonna wait a bit before declaring "DING DONG, THE WITCH IS DEAD! WHICH OLD WITCH? THE WICKED WITCH!!!!!"
The new generation of gamers are spastics that prefer glorified versions of Snake to anything with a decent story which requires half a brain cell to comprehend. Fuck off with your play-for-five-minutes titles and get a real game.
I'm down with the mobile platform being a thing for the people who enjoy it. Alas, I derive no pleasure from touch screen controls. They confuse and infuriate me. I need a good, solid controller with logical button placement. So I sincerely hope that consoles are not on the way out. I dont think they are any time soon.
The Dark Meadow was a really solid game so I do have high hopes for this. The dev may be a little bit cocky but so was the man who put the iPad in our hands so maybe their game really is that good. For me personally, my interest in consoles died after the first computer I built and a ten inch tablet screen is not going to replace the setup I have anytime soon.
I come bearing a warm hearted chuckle and a "good job, nice try, we'll get em next time champ, etc, etc" pat on the back for the man who says touchscreen gaming will outdo physical control gaming any time soon.
@Andi - "The new generation of gamers are spastics that prefer glorified versions of Snake to anything with a decent story which requires half a brain cell to comprehend." Come now sir.
One could easily say that gamers that care about 'story' are pretentious psuedo-intellectuals who spout bollocks about wanting imagination, character and depth, and yet if they *really* gave a shit about any of these things they would devote their 40 hour chunks to reading, instead of varying flavours of kill simulator, and actually get them. In vast powerful quantities from minds that make even the development gods look like 5 year olds with boxes of crayons.
wont happen, because touch screens are lame and the purpose of playing video games with a controller is to have CONTROL. and there will always be computers to play games on even if consoles die.
give it up , no one wants your crummy sticky stink finger screen smudging games.
if "death" worked the same way with people as it does with the games industry we'd all be in the obituaries by the time we turned 20, regardless of the time we've actually spent alive
Thats about the most ignorant statement a developer who wants gamers to play his game can make. With all the rampant fanboyism for each particular console he's going to lose sales. Besides that, the very best video AAA game on a tablet or smartphone can't produce the experience that a AAA console title can. Is Angry Birds or Infinity Blade II even one hundredth as good as a Mario game? A Gears of War game? An amazing RPG like Skyrim or Diablo 3? The short answer is no. Tablet games can be fun but all they're basically just glorified mini games. If I want that I'll buy a Wii.
@Andi - "The new generation of gamers are spastics that prefer glorified versions of Snake to anything with a decent story which requires half a brain cell to comprehend."
Or maybe the new generation of gamers is more like the 8-bit generation of gamers where story wasn't important. ALL games used to be very much pick up and play. Nowaday's it seems most everything has to have an epic story and an RPG progression system. Why can't games just be fun, silly nonsense anymore (At least Suda gets this). If anything, mobile gaming is a return to form.
All you button lovers need to stop fretting. Smartphones and tablets can already stream their display to TV's. Apple has already made moves to make that feature standard across all devices. An official bluetooth controller IS coming, Apple would be stupid to ignore that market and Apple is anything but stupid. Mobile devices will become portable consoles... it's already happening, it's only a matter of time.
Ehh, until we get to the point with morphing touchscreens that can create "buttons" so I can actually play the fucking games, I'm gonna go ahead and keep passing on mobile gaming.
It's great when I find a simple game to pass the time here and there, but rarely do I ever go back to those games, nor does that make me want to continue the impossible search of finding a good game with good controls.
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And no physical controls = LOL
"iOS games are replacing consoles, except for that part where there are no mobile games that people want to play yet."
D- in video editing and writing, apparently.
Did anyone with any ties to this release actually watch this video after it was created or was the plan to just shit it out like the game?
If you need more than 1 or 2 buttons at a time it's a clusterf&ck; at best.
Also, good luck to them, game looks interesting but... yeah, no.
Game looks interesting, though.
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One could easily say that gamers that care about 'story' are pretentious psuedo-intellectuals who spout bollocks about wanting imagination, character and depth, and yet if they *really* gave a shit about any of these things they would devote their 40 hour chunks to reading, instead of varying flavours of kill simulator, and actually get them. In vast powerful quantities from minds that make even the development gods look like 5 year olds with boxes of crayons.
COULD, mind.
Who are we to judge?
give it up , no one wants your crummy sticky stink finger screen smudging games.
And NOPE, buttans please.
Step 2: Throw almost no budget at it and sell for cheap
Step 3: Declare consoles dead
Or maybe the new generation of gamers is more like the 8-bit generation of gamers where story wasn't important. ALL games used to be very much pick up and play. Nowaday's it seems most everything has to have an epic story and an RPG progression system. Why can't games just be fun, silly nonsense anymore (At least Suda gets this). If anything, mobile gaming is a return to form.
All you button lovers need to stop fretting. Smartphones and tablets can already stream their display to TV's. Apple has already made moves to make that feature standard across all devices. An official bluetooth controller IS coming, Apple would be stupid to ignore that market and Apple is anything but stupid. Mobile devices will become portable consoles... it's already happening, it's only a matter of time.
It's great when I find a simple game to pass the time here and there, but rarely do I ever go back to those games, nor does that make me want to continue the impossible search of finding a good game with good controls.
yawn