One of the creators of Half-Life 2 has told the truth about modern video games

Art director of the upcoming shooter Dishonored, once worked on Half-Life 2 series, and Redneck Rampage, Bulgarian artist Viktor Antonov, in an interview with Eurogamer expressed dissatisfaction with what is happening in the video game industry.

"In terms of stories for the gaming industry, it was terrible for five years - said Antonov. - Markets operated sequels and recognizable brand, most of them - about the war. However, many of them were excellent entertainment projects, but I say that there is no diversity. "

Antonov said that over the past five years, came just two blockbuster-style steampunk looking to historical detail - BioShock and Dishonored. "We should be more historically accurate of the Worlds, - said the designer. - And it's very bad that they are not. Such games should have been out, not two, but twenty. "

"We always wait for the next generation with better graphics and better game worlds - added Antonov. - As a result, we have the best graphics and game worlds simply do not correspond to its level. Ten years ago we could say that we can not make a cool game world because of the graphics. Now all we have is a solid New York, and the game about the war. I beg you, let's do something more fantastic and crazy. "
Antonov also would like to see the rebirth of hardcore shooters. "This is a separate genre, and each genre has a right to life, - he explained. - And it gave birth to the genre video games and glorified and exalted them. Like Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, and extols the movies category "B" shooters should be proud and show what is actually capable of. "

The current project Antonova, Dishonored, out October 12, 2012 on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.