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Are games less complicated than they used to be?
Are games less complicated than they used to be because developers know they have to catch the gamers attention within the first 20 seconds or so of booting the title?
Are games less complicated than they used to be because thanks to our ‘all-new’ MTV attention spans the majority of game players cant be bothered to put in the extra time to discover the delights of anything more complicated than Lara’s latest outing… or a game with ‘real maracas’?
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Much like American TV, where the highest common demoninator wins every time…
Is intelligence, innovation and individuality being exchanged for familiarity, mediocrity and advertising budgets?
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Will the direction of computer games be for them to become less and less complicated, with the emphasis on continually bigger and brighter graphics, with the latest teen band playing in the background whilst Cola adverts, are garishly splashed over the backgound, (updated daily thanks to the power of the Internet), and the main characters oft repeated catch phrase seems strangely familiar and makes you think of buying a certain chocolate?
Or am I wrong?
Are games less complicated than they used to be because developers know they have to catch the gamers attention within the first 20 seconds or so of booting the title?
Are games less complicated than they used to be because thanks to our ‘all-new’ MTV attention spans the majority of game players cant be bothered to put in the extra time to discover the delights of anything more complicated than Lara’s latest outing… or a game with ‘real maracas’?
---
Much like American TV, where the highest common demoninator wins every time…
Is intelligence, innovation and individuality being exchanged for familiarity, mediocrity and advertising budgets?
---
Will the direction of computer games be for them to become less and less complicated, with the emphasis on continually bigger and brighter graphics, with the latest teen band playing in the background whilst Cola adverts, are garishly splashed over the backgound, (updated daily thanks to the power of the Internet), and the main characters oft repeated catch phrase seems strangely familiar and makes you think of buying a certain chocolate?
Or am I wrong?
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Strafex wrote:
> Yep, hyped to the grave and back.
If they hadn't been, would the
> casual gamers bothered to find Links sword and shield before meeting
> the Deku tree?
Thats true... Zelda was about the only N64 title I saw advertised on TV
> Yep, hyped to the grave and back.
If they hadn't been, would the
> casual gamers bothered to find Links sword and shield before meeting
> the Deku tree?
Thats true... Zelda was about the only N64 title I saw advertised on TV
RastaBillySkank wrote:
> You're wrong.
> Look at the Zelda games!!!
That kinda prooves my point... the Zelda games are very simplified RPG's ...
> You're wrong.
> Look at the Zelda games!!!
That kinda prooves my point... the Zelda games are very simplified RPG's ...
Yep, hyped to the grave and back.
If they hadn't been, would the casual gamers bothered to find Links sword and shield before meeting the Deku tree?
If they hadn't been, would the casual gamers bothered to find Links sword and shield before meeting the Deku tree?
You're wrong.
Look at the Zelda games!!!
Look at the Zelda games!!!
So long as it's been hyped to death by magazines, some gamers will give it 2 minutes at least to get into.
Otherwise you're pretty much right. :-D
Otherwise you're pretty much right. :-D
Are games less complicated than they used to be?
Are games less complicated than they used to be because developers know they have to catch the gamers attention within the first 20 seconds or so of booting the title?
Are games less complicated than they used to be because thanks to our ‘all-new’ MTV attention spans the majority of game players cant be bothered to put in the extra time to discover the delights of anything more complicated than Lara’s latest outing… or a game with ‘real maracas’?
---
Much like American TV, where the highest common demoninator wins every time…
Is intelligence, innovation and individuality being exchanged for familiarity, mediocrity and advertising budgets?
---
Will the direction of computer games be for them to become less and less complicated, with the emphasis on continually bigger and brighter graphics, with the latest teen band playing in the background whilst Cola adverts, are garishly splashed over the backgound, (updated daily thanks to the power of the Internet), and the main characters oft repeated catch phrase seems strangely familiar and makes you think of buying a certain chocolate?
Or am I wrong?
Are games less complicated than they used to be because developers know they have to catch the gamers attention within the first 20 seconds or so of booting the title?
Are games less complicated than they used to be because thanks to our ‘all-new’ MTV attention spans the majority of game players cant be bothered to put in the extra time to discover the delights of anything more complicated than Lara’s latest outing… or a game with ‘real maracas’?
---
Much like American TV, where the highest common demoninator wins every time…
Is intelligence, innovation and individuality being exchanged for familiarity, mediocrity and advertising budgets?
---
Will the direction of computer games be for them to become less and less complicated, with the emphasis on continually bigger and brighter graphics, with the latest teen band playing in the background whilst Cola adverts, are garishly splashed over the backgound, (updated daily thanks to the power of the Internet), and the main characters oft repeated catch phrase seems strangely familiar and makes you think of buying a certain chocolate?
Or am I wrong?
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