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category: general [glöplog]
stefan: I like arcade games. Aracades are dead. Consequently, I no longer play games. I enjoy five minutes of twitch factor, not hours of wandering around aimlessly.
Besides, I was never much of a gamer in the first place so I'm not about to spend time (and money) searching for the few games I might enjoy.
Besides, I was never much of a gamer in the first place so I'm not about to spend time (and money) searching for the few games I might enjoy.
"But, can you describe why you think older games are better than new ones?"
they were simply more fun to play.
i've had much more fun playing stuff like lemmings, cannon fodder, magic pockets, monkey island, etc on my miggy then i've had playing more recent games on pc.
i like games with simple, addictive gameplay. and it seems like making such games is a forgotten art these days.
they were simply more fun to play.
i've had much more fun playing stuff like lemmings, cannon fodder, magic pockets, monkey island, etc on my miggy then i've had playing more recent games on pc.
i like games with simple, addictive gameplay. and it seems like making such games is a forgotten art these days.
thom: I completely second you (with the same attitude..)
I still like monkey island, puzzle bobble, super mario, etc.. the most.
I think, that the fun the creators had doing this games appears in the games.. Nowadays games are *mostly* rough work and when you look at them you can almost smell that the pressure of making a game that sells..
But.. what the heck.. I'm not a gamer myself too..
I still like monkey island, puzzle bobble, super mario, etc.. the most.
I think, that the fun the creators had doing this games appears in the games.. Nowadays games are *mostly* rough work and when you look at them you can almost smell that the pressure of making a game that sells..
But.. what the heck.. I'm not a gamer myself too..
they simply are better games, since obviously people enjoyes them most
don't take conclusions from the people who play those. those kids could enjoy chewing on a stick if it would be hip to do so. (ever wondered why is quake more popular than unreal tournament or halflife/cs? simple. quake needs no brains.)
don't take conclusions from the people who play those. those kids could enjoy chewing on a stick if it would be hip to do so. (ever wondered why is quake more popular than unreal tournament or halflife/cs? simple. quake needs no brains.)
> quake more popular than unreal tournament or
> halflife/cs? simple. quake needs no brains.
additionally, quake is a lot more fun to play =D
> halflife/cs? simple. quake needs no brains.
additionally, quake is a lot more fun to play =D
seems like you have the forementioned requirements all fulfilled :D
this is fugly by all means
Read this and feel old.
moT: yupp, I feel like a really old bugger now! When I grove up Intellivision was quite the console. The memories, oh, sweet old memories.
"they were simply more fun to play"
Well, yes. I do not think anyone plays a game not to have fun... But perhaps you meant "I had more fun playng them"?
The question is, obviously, why do some people have more fun playing games with bad graphics, PC-Speaker-Sound and many more limitations like bad KI, based e.g. on a slow CPU? Do not forget that there are many new simple games today, like "Moorhuhn" or "Worms", with that certain simplicity which many people like so much. Same is true for a lot of flash games.
True, the commercialy successfull games today usually have a more complex gameplay, more advanced KI, lots of different and large 3D levels, perhaps some new original concepts which have not been possible before because of limitations and whatever. Actually, I think that is good. And being able to play games together online with friends as well as random foreign people is a very nice feature.
Well, yes. I do not think anyone plays a game not to have fun... But perhaps you meant "I had more fun playng them"?
The question is, obviously, why do some people have more fun playing games with bad graphics, PC-Speaker-Sound and many more limitations like bad KI, based e.g. on a slow CPU? Do not forget that there are many new simple games today, like "Moorhuhn" or "Worms", with that certain simplicity which many people like so much. Same is true for a lot of flash games.
True, the commercialy successfull games today usually have a more complex gameplay, more advanced KI, lots of different and large 3D levels, perhaps some new original concepts which have not been possible before because of limitations and whatever. Actually, I think that is good. And being able to play games together online with friends as well as random foreign people is a very nice feature.
I havn't played any game with new and groundbreaking ideas in ages on PC please mention a few. Having a bigger gun and more polygons doesn't count it's still the same basic idea.
moT: I didn't need that to feel old, but it did reinforce my beliefs about young gamers being retarded :)
Shifter: Of course we think they are retarded. That's what all old farts think about kids ;-)
i personally think that there's at least one good 3d game - and it is called doom2 :)
oh and i forgot blockout (see eg. www.blockout.de)
Whenever I try to get into a new game it takes about 15 minutes of toil and boredom at the controls till I'm back making music, coding, or creating something. This continually reaffirms my belief that I just can't enjoy videogames anymore. I blame Jeffrey Lim.
Although I don't game that much, I've had more fun with oldies than pretty much anything thats currently on the market... The only major advent (fun-factor) in the last few years has been net-play. Like thom, I find absolutely no interest in shooter/sports games (which admittedly are nearly all 3d), and most modern day games require little thinking, and are exasperatingly repetitive (aim, shoot, reload, push red button, push green button, cross newly formed path, rinse, repeat).
As far as 3d games go, the closest I ever get nowadays is sf mode 7 =)
As far as 3d games go, the closest I ever get nowadays is sf mode 7 =)
ryg: "nostalgia ain't what it used to be."
true true ;D
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"i like games with simple, addictive gameplay. and it seems like making such games is a forgotten art these days."
yeah, like jump-and-run
the whole 2d-jump-and-run concept died...
i still love em on todays emus...
@gargaj : btw quake one was a nice one
true true ;D
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"i like games with simple, addictive gameplay. and it seems like making such games is a forgotten art these days."
yeah, like jump-and-run
the whole 2d-jump-and-run concept died...
i still love em on todays emus...
@gargaj : btw quake one was a nice one
all slow 3d games suck in multiplayer. And that includes, but is not limited to, UT 200X, Quake II, HL, CS. UT is very people with reacton time issues..
Very catchy tune and a nice idea. Surely there were THE games, the lack of keys on keyboard and broken joysticks. But well, what we can do?
