SticksNTricks' Writing Shticks

     With the release of No Mans Sky, I've found myself particularly irritable in the way that the final product came out as. With so much games trying to capitalize off the procedural generation world that Minecraft had launched in it's time (though to be frank, procedural generation existed before that) No Mans Sky looked like it was about to take the next step forward from there. Instead, it took twenty steps backwards. Starbound which is like Terraria, made an interesting step in how it could take it's procedural generation. Albeit on the Two Dimension. A massive galaxy to explore, massive procedural content with context to go with it. (And actual content that can entwine with the Procedural Generated content.)  No Mans Sky, upon first announcement and teaser, looked to be rather interesting. It had a neat concept and it looked like it would succeed and push the boundaries of procedural generation, with the inclusion of multiplayer (which said before, would b...

    Or should I say Skylanders? Whatever the case may be, it's not about Spyro anymore. It's nothing more than cheap, cash grab toy marketing scheme disguised as a game. Or a cheap, cash grab game marketing scheme disguised as a toy franchise. Take your pick. Since I first picked up my copy of the very first game my mother got for me when I was but a child losing his baby teeth, I've fell in love with the concept of Spyro. Both the games and character itself. Then I've had a big thing for dragons and still do today really. It was the era where 3D Platforming games dominated the gaming market, with Spyro competing against Banjo Kazooie and Super Mario 64. It was unique as it offered a completely different character with a unique different experience of platforming and mission based tasks with collect-a-thon elements in this beautiful and seemingly magical world where you are in control of an adventurous young purple dragon out to save the world of course. And it's ...