I have been a video game player since I was a child, and I have seen the countless graphical improvements that video game companies have achieved with their processors and graphical leaps. However, I have also noticed the great emphasis they place on this aspect when it should really just be a video game and not something so realistic. For example, are you familiar with The Sims? I'm sure almost all of us have played The Sims at some point. In my case, it was The Sims 4, and I still have it. When I saw that they were going to launch Inzoi and after seeing part of its gameplay, I was not only impressed by the HUGE amount of things you can do, but also by its graphic quality, and above all, how realistic it can look. To a certain extent, it scared me a little because imagine:
-La cantidad de horas que deberías invertirle al videojuego. -El tiempo de tomarte de hacer las cosas que tiene. -Un mundo abierto donde puedes explorar muchísimas cosas, mucho más que Los Sims.
-The number of hours you should invest in the video game. -The time it takes to do the things it has. -An open world where you can explore many things, much more than The Sims.
A este punto me dije "Vaya, preferiría quedarme con Los Sims 4", se supone que Los Videojuegos estan hechos para pasarse un buen rato; reír y llorar con sus historias; inspirarte en querer seguir adelante con tu vida y superar obstáculos; no que poco a poco se esté pareciendo la vida cotidiana de una persona para jugar a algo que también hay que hacer cosas cotidianas. Con esto no quiere decir que le lance "hate" a este clase de videojuegos, solo me abruma saber la cantidad absurda que deberías invertirle a algo así. En mi caso con Los Sims por los menos no lo siento así, en especial con Albion que es mi juego online favorito. Aun así, siento que en vez de dedicarse a crear un videojuego que sea significativo; lo que hacen es tirar mucho dinero a la basura al dedicarle tiempo a los gráficos en vez de una buena historia y personajes en los que puedas llegar a conectar.
At this point, I said to myself, “Wow, I'd rather stick with The Sims 4.” Video games are supposed to be for having a good time, laughing and crying with their stories, inspiring you to move forward with your life and overcome obstacles, not gradually resembling a person's daily life to play something that also requires you to do everyday things. This doesn't mean that I hate this type of video game, it just overwhelms me to know the absurd amount of time you have to invest in something like this. In my case, at least with The Sims, I don't feel that way, especially with Albion, which is my favorite online game. Even so, I feel that instead of dedicating themselves to creating a meaningful video game, what they're doing is throwing a lot of money away by spending time on graphics instead of a good story and characters you can connect with.
Ya no es como antes, por supuesto desde adolescente yo siempre había querido tener un videojuego en el que nunca terminase, pero para eso estan para jugarlos una y otra vez. Pero sigo sin entender la necesidad de crear videojuegos que sean de mundo abierto, yo solo quiero pasar un rato; no dedicarle mucho tiempo. Puede que para algunos les sea maravilloso, pero en mi caso no es así, tampoco es que tenga la economía para yo poder jugar los videojuegos de hoy día, tampoco es que me llamen mucho la atención, incluso tengo algunos videojuegos de hace años que me encantaría jugar.
It's not like it used to be. Of course, since I was a teenager, I always wanted to have a video game that never ended, but that's what they're for, to play them over and over again. But I still don't understand the need to create open-world video games. I just want to pass the time; I don't want to spend a lot of time on them. Maybe for some people it's wonderful, but in my case it's not like that. It's not that I can't afford to play today's video games, nor is it that they don't appeal to me very much. I even have some video games from years ago that I would love to play.
De todas formas, creo que esto no va a detenerse, igual habrá excepciones de buenos videojuegos que si le han metido cariño humano; y lo digo así porque ya algunos usan la IA en sus creaciones y no determinas si realmente fue hecho con IA o manos humanas. Espero que a estas alturas en los futuros videojuegos no vayan a querer implementar 100% IA en sus creaciones porque estaría perdiendo por completo el significado de lo que debería ser un videojuego.
In any case, I don't think this trend is going to stop. There will still be exceptions, good video games that have been made with human care and attention. I say this because some games already use AI in their creations, and you can't tell whether they were really made with AI or human hands. I hope that at this point, future video games won't want to implement 100% AI in their creations because it would completely lose the meaning of what a video game should be.
