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"Gaming SIMPLICITY"

Gaming for me is far too complicated, with story lines so far fetched that you’d be so tired out thinking what you actually had to do before you could even do it! That’s why simple games, have been, and will always, the greatest – Tetris anyone? Tetris is such a simplistic game we immediately got hooked to the game for many, many years. Why? Because all we had was one objective to do, gain points from creating lines of 2 or above with different shapes, today however in games like Perfect Dark we have multiple things to do in them however shooting people is as simple as creating lines until you increase the difficulty or for a fact in Tetris it is increasing the speed of the game!

When a game does stretch the boundaries of simplicity, it has to be darn good to be understood and succeed. I’m glad we keep seeing the return of Pac Man, Tetris and classic arcade games that were good for nothing else than fun, fast, and furious gaming. They made you think not to the extent that you collapse from over working the brain. So when people look and snarl at the GameCube- cringing at the thought of yet more Mario and Metrioid, I think to myself they’re the ones that will miss out! Mario is just one example of simple gaming that survives because it is brilliant- we all love it and we always will probably!

But sometimes games have to be not so simple if has to have a good lifespan.
Tetris lasted for years but Mario cannot last without a storyline at all, there would be no Bowser if it weren’t for complexity in Computer Games.
The storyline in Mario isn’t so complex at all, you have to collect the different stars, open the doors to new worlds and save the Princess from Bowser. The simplicity of the controls as well was so refreshing for a 3D platforming game. The idea is to mix simple gameplay with complex storylines because it’s what we like that in our games today. The demands for that was so low back then that Duke Nukem 3D was passed on as simply brilliant! Tetris had no storyline but simple gameplay so it was so easy to pick up and play. Pac Man had simple graphics and simple game play, plus different difficulties to lengthen the lifespan.

Today’s games don’t have what it takes to be a as simple as it because they aren’t so easy to pick and play for hours but the complexity of learning to adapt to the demands of the game makes it addictive.
If you’ve played Final Fantasy you will know what I mean.
At the end of the day, new games will always arrive-genre defying titles will come and go, some will be good some will be woeful. At least I will always have simplicity to fall back on.

I thought once in a while i could do this and maybe sometimes i would win but it's not appreciated cos it's not funny enough for SR.

Sniper wrote:
They just brush aside the people they don't like,
> and even if they post good they won't bother.
*****

It feels funny but I think this may be the case with me, because I have not been here that long really and haven't really 'impressed' Tony and Ali etc.

Or maybe its just I'm not good enough....yet!!

I WILL WIN SOMEDAY!!

I would call this more original than most posts but nooooo

The Game was honest and told them in an email not to give him the game.

But hey Sniper = don't go. Unless of course you need the toilet.

I don't know if they would of taken it away anyway and if not i wouldn't bare this forum anymore with the way it treats me compared to others.

Dan i'm bored never won in months, SR took a game away because i cheated and then The Game almost got away with it luckily he let someone else win on that day.

Your post was very good - I suggest they let you have a prize too.

I;ve been here since September never one alot tho and its something to do with SR or something, because i know when my post is the best from the day, i was even beaten by a cheat.

TW won for my challenge. That's nice isnt it.

Dan2K1 challenge winners:

er-no
Time_Warp.

TW hasn't won in ages. You both should be winners.

I can't stay when SR don't appreciate what i do.
Look how many replies TW got!
They just brush aside the people they don't like, and even if they post good they won't bother.