Gaming Trends That Need to Stop – Fishing

With video games becoming more and more main-stream, is it possible that the creative output of the gaming industry will suffer? That’s a debate that requires some serious contemplation. The sort of debate held by business analysts that bore you with bar graphs showing genre trends across multiple platforms, or statistical analysis of financial successes of proven formulas. Screw that, let’s just be super critical and make fun of the developers. Off we go:

Example 1: Fishing
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not against fishing… I’m really just against boring, tedious activities. With all the rousing excitement of real fishing, it’s no wonder that game developers have decided to make it a staple of the RPG experience. Want that epic sword? Go fishing for 15 hours. I use the term “fishing” here lightly, as the majority of virtual fishing involves clicking a button a fast as possible. Who started this unfortunate trend? It can all be traced back to one man…

Curse you, Lakitu. As for me, I don’t really need a virtual representation of something that I already despise.

Worst Offenders: World of Warcraft, LoZ: Twilight Princess, any game with the word “Outdoor” in the title.