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Everyone considers advances in consoles to be the advances that revolutionise the gaming world. Everyone seems to say, "We have reached the next step with (Insert console name here)" But that’s just not the case!
It’s not the consoles that define the advances in gaming. It’s the games.
Let’s look at a few examples. The N64 and the PlayStation were (and still are) seen as the consoles that brought us to where we are today in gaming. With great games being churned out over both platforms. But that’s just not the case. If the N64 hadn’t had Mario 64 would it still have been acclaimed as the next generation console that it was? Err... no, I don’t think so. What if it hadn’t had Goldeneye, Which is (in my mind) one of the best games ever? Of course the N64 would still have been a great console, but if it hadn’t had certain games along the way, we would never have known what the console was capable of and so therefore it would never have been perceived as a next gen console.
The PlayStation is one of the finest consoles ever to grace us with its presence. But if a few of its best games hadn’t ever been made do you think we would have ever found out what it was capable of? Of course we wouldn’t. If it hadn’t had Resident Evil, horror fans everywhere would never have been alerted to the ability of the PlayStation to produce great games of that kind. The Final Fantasy series is another prime example. The FF Series is, unquestionably, a series of games of the highest calibre ever made. It took adventure games to a new level but the adventure fans would never have known that that calibre of game was possible to achieve if the series hadn’t been made.
So now I have to ask, what will the GameCube and X-Box have? What defining games will they bring us?
Well the first game on each console to be released will be a defining game, won’t it? The first game will show us what the console can, initially, do. It will be a landmark for the gaming world to see these incredible games. But why just the first game? Why not the second and the third? Why not the fourth and fifth...
The thing is, the boundaries of gaming are being pushed back all the time. So who knows what the future will bring us? What landmark games will the GameCube, the Xbox and even the Playstation 2 have offer us?
We’ll have to wait and see! But although no one really knows what’s going to be offered to us, one things for sure. Whatever we are given will be of the highest quality. And that is no bad thing!
RBS
It’s not the consoles that define the advances in gaming. It’s the games.
Let’s look at a few examples. The N64 and the PlayStation were (and still are) seen as the consoles that brought us to where we are today in gaming. With great games being churned out over both platforms. But that’s just not the case. If the N64 hadn’t had Mario 64 would it still have been acclaimed as the next generation console that it was? Err... no, I don’t think so. What if it hadn’t had Goldeneye, Which is (in my mind) one of the best games ever? Of course the N64 would still have been a great console, but if it hadn’t had certain games along the way, we would never have known what the console was capable of and so therefore it would never have been perceived as a next gen console.
The PlayStation is one of the finest consoles ever to grace us with its presence. But if a few of its best games hadn’t ever been made do you think we would have ever found out what it was capable of? Of course we wouldn’t. If it hadn’t had Resident Evil, horror fans everywhere would never have been alerted to the ability of the PlayStation to produce great games of that kind. The Final Fantasy series is another prime example. The FF Series is, unquestionably, a series of games of the highest calibre ever made. It took adventure games to a new level but the adventure fans would never have known that that calibre of game was possible to achieve if the series hadn’t been made.
So now I have to ask, what will the GameCube and X-Box have? What defining games will they bring us?
Well the first game on each console to be released will be a defining game, won’t it? The first game will show us what the console can, initially, do. It will be a landmark for the gaming world to see these incredible games. But why just the first game? Why not the second and the third? Why not the fourth and fifth...
The thing is, the boundaries of gaming are being pushed back all the time. So who knows what the future will bring us? What landmark games will the GameCube, the Xbox and even the Playstation 2 have offer us?
We’ll have to wait and see! But although no one really knows what’s going to be offered to us, one things for sure. Whatever we are given will be of the highest quality. And that is no bad thing!
RBS
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I think games manufacturers should not focus on one machine they should focus on every machine so everyone has a chance to play their favourite games.
Grix: Hence.
Come to think of it, SWOS wasn't that great...
What about the Amiga? It too had great games, like SWOS.
Global anyway...
Games console haven't been going that long...
Sure, our parents had that 'pong' thingy, but other than that... Nothing!
The NES was the first REAL decent console...
Sure, our parents had that 'pong' thingy, but other than that... Nothing!
The NES was the first REAL decent console...
Not if they were all developed for the PC only.
Hense a new console being released every five or so years...
*sigh*
*sigh*
I think games are so advanced that game machines have to improve to keep up.
Grix Thraves wrote:
> No... we all lose interest and...
Oh, look at that.
*chuckle*
> No... we all lose interest and...
Oh, look at that.
*chuckle*
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