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I posted a topic a couple of months back that talked about gaming ten years ago and how it had changed to what I expect in the future.
Ever since I posted that topic I have been thinking if gaming really has changed 'that much' in the past ten years, it got me thinking about nearly every game and how I played it, every console and control and every company involved in the gaming industry.
Ten years ago I was six, I was playing on my Nintendo Entertainment System and enjoyed every minute of it, I had no troubles elsewhere in life and continued along the line of Nintendo consoles.
Now if I can remember correctly ten years ago I was playing Super Mario Bros 2 and having a lot of fun skipping worlds through the portal cheat. Yes, Super Mario Bros 2.... such an old but grea...woah, hang on a minute, I was playing Super Mario Bros 2 yesterday on my GameBoy Advance as Mario Advance, and I was still skipping through the portals for the later levels even though I had completed the game? How can it be that gaming has stood still? Playing the same game as a sixteen year old as I was as a six year old.
Five years ago I had settled into my Super Nintendo Entertainment System, I was happily playing all the games I had collected since its launch, my favorite games back then were the Mario World’s, Secret Of Mana, Zelda and F-Zero... F-Zero was a great, great racer and back then it was an original game which pla.....excuse me, was I not playing the remake of F-Zero yesterday on my GameBoy Advance? Was I not? Well how the hell has gaming changed if I find myself addicted to the same games I was playing at a much younger age??
If someone had told me ten years ago I would be playing the same games ten years later on my toilet and on the bus, I would have scratched my head, burped and pressed the pause button on my NES to continue the game If someone had told me that five years ago I would have dismissed it as a stupid comment but then again thinking about it if I had been told that five years ago and I thought about it properly I would have bonded with the idea... the games back then were so brilliant, what would be the harm in playing them on the toilet five years later?
The way I see it is that gaming has only improved in the development of games and visual diplay, gone is the console simplicity that I used to love, gone is the 2D flat graphics with colourful rolling backgrounds that I used to cheerish. Now we have the new era of gaming with ‘huge 3D worlds’ and ‘hundreds of cars to choose from’... It depends how you look at it, I could never have imagined playing these games ten years ago, and yes I am happy to play Goldeneye on my Nintendo 64 and Metal Gear Solid on my Playstation, but I would prefer to play Super Mario World on my bog or on the bus!
If someone gave me the choice today as to playing re-releases of Super Nintendo games or Quake X in ten years time, I have already made up my mind which I would choose.
Oh yeah... and as for the question has gaming changed? Well not as much as you think.. not as much as you think!
Thanks for reading
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Ever since I posted that topic I have been thinking if gaming really has changed 'that much' in the past ten years, it got me thinking about nearly every game and how I played it, every console and control and every company involved in the gaming industry.
Ten years ago I was six, I was playing on my Nintendo Entertainment System and enjoyed every minute of it, I had no troubles elsewhere in life and continued along the line of Nintendo consoles.
Now if I can remember correctly ten years ago I was playing Super Mario Bros 2 and having a lot of fun skipping worlds through the portal cheat. Yes, Super Mario Bros 2.... such an old but grea...woah, hang on a minute, I was playing Super Mario Bros 2 yesterday on my GameBoy Advance as Mario Advance, and I was still skipping through the portals for the later levels even though I had completed the game? How can it be that gaming has stood still? Playing the same game as a sixteen year old as I was as a six year old.
Five years ago I had settled into my Super Nintendo Entertainment System, I was happily playing all the games I had collected since its launch, my favorite games back then were the Mario World’s, Secret Of Mana, Zelda and F-Zero... F-Zero was a great, great racer and back then it was an original game which pla.....excuse me, was I not playing the remake of F-Zero yesterday on my GameBoy Advance? Was I not? Well how the hell has gaming changed if I find myself addicted to the same games I was playing at a much younger age??
If someone had told me ten years ago I would be playing the same games ten years later on my toilet and on the bus, I would have scratched my head, burped and pressed the pause button on my NES to continue the game If someone had told me that five years ago I would have dismissed it as a stupid comment but then again thinking about it if I had been told that five years ago and I thought about it properly I would have bonded with the idea... the games back then were so brilliant, what would be the harm in playing them on the toilet five years later?
The way I see it is that gaming has only improved in the development of games and visual diplay, gone is the console simplicity that I used to love, gone is the 2D flat graphics with colourful rolling backgrounds that I used to cheerish. Now we have the new era of gaming with ‘huge 3D worlds’ and ‘hundreds of cars to choose from’... It depends how you look at it, I could never have imagined playing these games ten years ago, and yes I am happy to play Goldeneye on my Nintendo 64 and Metal Gear Solid on my Playstation, but I would prefer to play Super Mario World on my bog or on the bus!
If someone gave me the choice today as to playing re-releases of Super Nintendo games or Quake X in ten years time, I have already made up my mind which I would choose.
Oh yeah... and as for the question has gaming changed? Well not as much as you think.. not as much as you think!
Thanks for reading
er-no
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I like gaming the way it is and would not buy a VR set. I refer a pad because it's much more responsive.
I definately think you're right. Gaming hasn't changed simply because there isn't that much scope for change - sure, you can improve the graphics and add more cars, but it's the same game underneath. In fact, the only really notable change is the transition from 2D to 3D games (4D games are also available EG Zelda OoT and Pokemon silver where day changes to night and time passes)
With limited genres and far too few new ideas I can think of only one way in which gaming can radically change - the way the game is played, which would ultimately allow you to actually Be the character you play as, via some advanced VR.
With limited genres and far too few new ideas I can think of only one way in which gaming can radically change - the way the game is played, which would ultimately allow you to actually Be the character you play as, via some advanced VR.
Depends if you like racing or platform gsmes better.
CJC wrote:
> Yes, games have changed tons. It doesent takea genius to know this.
> Which is better "Super Mario - SNES" or "GT3 -
> PS2"?
Super Mario is better!
derrr!
> Yes, games have changed tons. It doesent takea genius to know this.
> Which is better "Super Mario - SNES" or "GT3 -
> PS2"?
Super Mario is better!
derrr!
Yes, games have changed tons. It doesent takea genius to know this. Which is better "Super Mario - SNES" or "GT3 - PS2"?
Ah, well, what I think is that with the graphical quality of games improving all the time, it takes longer (in general) for developers to spend time on the graphics, therefore allocating less time for things like gameplay development and the things associated with it, like the plot, characters, etc. Also, back in the old days, when I was a tiny blob, developers weren't rushed by their publishers to finish the game they were working on - so they could have taken as long as they felt was necessary.
Yup Joby, and in that sense that game is TOTALLY realistic :-D
AHH! Quick! make sure no Americans are reading this conversation ;-D
AHH! Quick! make sure no Americans are reading this conversation ;-D
zeldapro wrote:
> LOL, yea, I can see you but you cant see me, I love Sniper Rifles
> and guns with a long zoom in range!!!!
After Dark is probably going to have a rifle that can zoom over miles of land and through anything its its way.. including lead walls!
:-D
GO RARE!
> LOL, yea, I can see you but you cant see me, I love Sniper Rifles
> and guns with a long zoom in range!!!!
After Dark is probably going to have a rifle that can zoom over miles of land and through anything its its way.. including lead walls!
:-D
GO RARE!
LOL, yea, I can see you but you cant see me, I love Sniper Rifles and guns with a long zoom in range!!!!
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