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Ten Years ago:
Games were made good because they had the gameplay and lastibility, these two key words charged many games and made them excellent to play and complete in every way shape and form, games like Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt were pure class built on the idea of originality and another key word 'fun'. The games of ten years ago had all the ingrediants of the best games ever. Maybe they didn't have the graphics, but that wasn't important in those days as people didn't know what gaming graphics were going to be like nowadays, every game had something new and fresh to offer and brought all the ideas which games use today.
Seven Years ago:
The best time for gaming was seven years ago, the Super Nintendo and Mega Drive were in the ring beating the hell out of each other with classic after classic, hell there were more classics than bad games, and at this point in time I thought gaming really couldn't get any better, all my best memories come from these two platforms, the games contained something which most current ones don't, and that is 'ideas'. The likes of Super Mario World, Mario Kart, Secret of Mana and Sonic made me believe that gaming was going to get so much better, these games had the simplest yet most pleasing graphics of any game, they weren't to realistic and weren't meant to be, these games were 'THE' games that founded most of our addictions to the gaming world.
Three Years ago:
The end of the millennium, wasn't a pleasing sight for me as a gamer. The games of this period began to drop in quality with only a few managing to impress the world, thousands of games were being produced every year and this ruined gaming. MGS, Mario64, Goldeneye, these few games are the only ones that have actually made me pleased to have let the current consoles deserve a place in my bedroom next to my Super Nintendo and Mega Drive. The developers didn't understand that gaming wasn't about the graphics and how good the game looked, it was about the gameplay, originality, lastibility and ideas they had. Many companies dropped from the industry like swatted flies, many managed to hang in there and keep hold until this day, but one thing is for sure, this period of time, gaming was far from good.
Currently:
Gaming is worse, only a few companies actually decide on making good games, while the others just pump out a game with a lot of publicity and sell it in millions. Black & White was worth the wait, but for many others the wait was worthless. The current situation is that many gamers are deciding on what games to buy, only a few games trickle out of the process that are even worth the money, only a few games even get attention.
Future:
Gaming has had a kick start by the promise of better things in the future, finally the Playstation and Nintendo 64 can be put to rest, finally maybe we will see a new 'Seven Years ago' era, gaming has been said by some to never have 'looked so good', well let me just tell those people that you haven't been around long, have you? I hope that the future is bright, I hope we see less of the churning and more of the making, less of the visual effects and more of the brilliant ideas, although gaming has never been so popular, for me gaming is far from great...
Lets hope the future holds something.
Thanks
er-no
Games were made good because they had the gameplay and lastibility, these two key words charged many games and made them excellent to play and complete in every way shape and form, games like Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt were pure class built on the idea of originality and another key word 'fun'. The games of ten years ago had all the ingrediants of the best games ever. Maybe they didn't have the graphics, but that wasn't important in those days as people didn't know what gaming graphics were going to be like nowadays, every game had something new and fresh to offer and brought all the ideas which games use today.
Seven Years ago:
The best time for gaming was seven years ago, the Super Nintendo and Mega Drive were in the ring beating the hell out of each other with classic after classic, hell there were more classics than bad games, and at this point in time I thought gaming really couldn't get any better, all my best memories come from these two platforms, the games contained something which most current ones don't, and that is 'ideas'. The likes of Super Mario World, Mario Kart, Secret of Mana and Sonic made me believe that gaming was going to get so much better, these games had the simplest yet most pleasing graphics of any game, they weren't to realistic and weren't meant to be, these games were 'THE' games that founded most of our addictions to the gaming world.
Three Years ago:
The end of the millennium, wasn't a pleasing sight for me as a gamer. The games of this period began to drop in quality with only a few managing to impress the world, thousands of games were being produced every year and this ruined gaming. MGS, Mario64, Goldeneye, these few games are the only ones that have actually made me pleased to have let the current consoles deserve a place in my bedroom next to my Super Nintendo and Mega Drive. The developers didn't understand that gaming wasn't about the graphics and how good the game looked, it was about the gameplay, originality, lastibility and ideas they had. Many companies dropped from the industry like swatted flies, many managed to hang in there and keep hold until this day, but one thing is for sure, this period of time, gaming was far from good.
Currently:
Gaming is worse, only a few companies actually decide on making good games, while the others just pump out a game with a lot of publicity and sell it in millions. Black & White was worth the wait, but for many others the wait was worthless. The current situation is that many gamers are deciding on what games to buy, only a few games trickle out of the process that are even worth the money, only a few games even get attention.
Future:
Gaming has had a kick start by the promise of better things in the future, finally the Playstation and Nintendo 64 can be put to rest, finally maybe we will see a new 'Seven Years ago' era, gaming has been said by some to never have 'looked so good', well let me just tell those people that you haven't been around long, have you? I hope that the future is bright, I hope we see less of the churning and more of the making, less of the visual effects and more of the brilliant ideas, although gaming has never been so popular, for me gaming is far from great...
Lets hope the future holds something.
Thanks
er-no
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I blame PlayStation - Companys thought they could cash in by making an inferior game - A few classics appeared, such as MGS and Perferct Dark.
Those companys have ruined it - Churning endless sequel and game out after the other.
Those companys have ruined it - Churning endless sequel and game out after the other.
Armatige Shanks wrote:
You know nothing of my turn/jump defense against
> red shells...
Did anybody else find that the SNES Mario Kart
> Battle Arenas were better than the N64's Battle Mode Areas?
They
> where much smaller, and battles where much tighter?
yeah I found that! there are also more in the original
You know nothing of my turn/jump defense against
> red shells...
Did anybody else find that the SNES Mario Kart
> Battle Arenas were better than the N64's Battle Mode Areas?
They
> where much smaller, and battles where much tighter?
yeah I found that! there are also more in the original
Thats because you couldn't go up and down ramps!!
Bonus wrote:
> I seek to claim your throne, last red sheel, oops knocked you off
> the edge. Placed back on my banana, your dead, I rule!!
You know nothing of my turn/jump defense against red shells...
Did anybody else find that the SNES Mario Kart Battle Arenas were better than the N64's Battle Mode Areas?
They where much smaller, and battles where much tighter?
> I seek to claim your throne, last red sheel, oops knocked you off
> the edge. Placed back on my banana, your dead, I rule!!
You know nothing of my turn/jump defense against red shells...
Did anybody else find that the SNES Mario Kart Battle Arenas were better than the N64's Battle Mode Areas?
They where much smaller, and battles where much tighter?
I seek to claim your throne, last red sheel, oops knocked you off the edge. Placed back on my banana, your dead, I rule!!
Shocktrooper wrote:
> Really? You want a bet then? I AM THE MASTER OF MARIO KART. I CAN'T
> STOP BEATING MY MATES AT IT!
Are you the master of Racing or Battle Mode?
I am the battle mode king, and will challenge any who seek to claim my throne. :)
> Really? You want a bet then? I AM THE MASTER OF MARIO KART. I CAN'T
> STOP BEATING MY MATES AT IT!
Are you the master of Racing or Battle Mode?
I am the battle mode king, and will challenge any who seek to claim my throne. :)
Shocktrooper wrote:
> Really? You want a bet then? I AM THE MASTER OF MARIO KART. I CAN'T
> STOP BEATING MY MATES AT IT!
Are you the master of Racing or Battle Mode?
I am the battle mode king, and will challenge any who seek to claim my throne. :)
> Really? You want a bet then? I AM THE MASTER OF MARIO KART. I CAN'T
> STOP BEATING MY MATES AT IT!
Are you the master of Racing or Battle Mode?
I am the battle mode king, and will challenge any who seek to claim my throne. :)
Really? You want a bet then? I AM THE MASTER OF MARIO KART. I CAN'T STOP BEATING MY MATES AT IT!
Batistuta wrote:
> Yeah but the N64 is cart based, and i have still seem some mighty
> crap games on the console. Still dont compare to the amount of crap
> on the psx.
Yeah! The N64 has a handful of cr@p games, but since games are released by the 5 for the PSX every month (well not so much now because of the PS2) there are stack fulls of useless games adn only a few games that are really good fun to play!
> Yeah but the N64 is cart based, and i have still seem some mighty
> crap games on the console. Still dont compare to the amount of crap
> on the psx.
Yeah! The N64 has a handful of cr@p games, but since games are released by the 5 for the PSX every month (well not so much now because of the PS2) there are stack fulls of useless games adn only a few games that are really good fun to play!
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