Why do all the new games have to be ambitious?

[Ambience]

Ambitious this and ambitious that....I will have you know there is nothing Ambi in any game out there except for the new mod I'm programming. :)

But anyway, last year game reveiws were "chock full of gaming goodness" now they are ambitious. What is up with game reviewers anyway? It's getting annoying.

[czorhanz]

damn your cranky tonight :D

[Ambience]

Yes, I have all kinds of fun stuff to say and no one to say it to. :D :D :D

[Cop]

I'd rather play a game chock full of gaming goodness btw...

I think they use ambitious now because a lot of games are trying to enlarge the playing field and step away from the confinement of you vs the rest of the world, but try to make you take part in an ongoing event (ex. Operation Flashpoint, WW2 online, Tribes 2 even, Halo perhaps,...