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Over a vast period of time gamers have been tremendously please with the fact that they are playing computer games with fast improving graphics against A.I creatures or with their friends on multiplayer in which you plug a controller into a socket and play split-screen. Everyone played like this for many years and we still do now but then there are some who expect a bit much more than that. Now that the online gaming experience has been invented (firstly for the PC) every new console seems to be coming equipped with online options at some stage. Also it seems to me, now all up and coming consoles are expected to be fully equipped with online capabilities to win the ‘Console War’.
Now this to me is asking way too much from computer games companies. They like inventing fresh experiences for gamers to have fun with and contain an entertaining time with your console. All these companies Like Nintendo or Acclaim have spent years making games like these and are facing the fact they will have to start putting online play in their new titles just to get more sales. Like in a DC magazine they said about Outrigger that they gave it 92% but would have given it 96% if it had online play. Now this seems petty and although I like online games, I do not think that normal old-fashioned games should or ever will be replaced by online games.
IT seems to me that the only games that have online options are: FPS’s, racing games, war games (Cossacks, C&C) and this isn’t a big part of gaming just a small fraction. Platform games, some beat em ups, and a few arcade games aren’t really designed for multiplayer and it would be hard to make online games from this meaning that there will be games in the future that aren’t online and do not get completely dominated by the online world (hopefully). In my opinion Nintendo are slightly reluctant to join this online craze, as their games are very successful as it is.
If you think about it, we have had a mega good time for most of our gaming lives playing against A.I or your friends in the same room, but is it time to move on? Maybe we have to face the fact that gaming is taking a new turn with the new millennium and that we al have to move on. But do not let your heads hit the floor in disappointment as this is going to be a new opening in the gateway of games! What many others and I have forgotten is that there will always be a single player and multiplayer for us to have a go with. Meaning that having an online feature will just improve on more that’s already there!!
If the companies that supply us with the games keep up the good work and don’t let the online options slow their game making genius down and it keeps to the same… better than before then I am very pleased to see online games going through. I am very happy to play online games while having a bash with my mates! Although it will take a while for this to all settle in, it looks like a very exciting time for the next five years.
Cheers,
T_W (:)
Now this to me is asking way too much from computer games companies. They like inventing fresh experiences for gamers to have fun with and contain an entertaining time with your console. All these companies Like Nintendo or Acclaim have spent years making games like these and are facing the fact they will have to start putting online play in their new titles just to get more sales. Like in a DC magazine they said about Outrigger that they gave it 92% but would have given it 96% if it had online play. Now this seems petty and although I like online games, I do not think that normal old-fashioned games should or ever will be replaced by online games.
IT seems to me that the only games that have online options are: FPS’s, racing games, war games (Cossacks, C&C) and this isn’t a big part of gaming just a small fraction. Platform games, some beat em ups, and a few arcade games aren’t really designed for multiplayer and it would be hard to make online games from this meaning that there will be games in the future that aren’t online and do not get completely dominated by the online world (hopefully). In my opinion Nintendo are slightly reluctant to join this online craze, as their games are very successful as it is.
If you think about it, we have had a mega good time for most of our gaming lives playing against A.I or your friends in the same room, but is it time to move on? Maybe we have to face the fact that gaming is taking a new turn with the new millennium and that we al have to move on. But do not let your heads hit the floor in disappointment as this is going to be a new opening in the gateway of games! What many others and I have forgotten is that there will always be a single player and multiplayer for us to have a go with. Meaning that having an online feature will just improve on more that’s already there!!
If the companies that supply us with the games keep up the good work and don’t let the online options slow their game making genius down and it keeps to the same… better than before then I am very pleased to see online games going through. I am very happy to play online games while having a bash with my mates! Although it will take a while for this to all settle in, it looks like a very exciting time for the next five years.
Cheers,
T_W (:)
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Ant wrote:
> I've never been too interested in online gaming, although I may be more-so when
> I get my Dreamcast.
It sounds like fun, especially FPS's.
Sorry I don't
> have much to say Sam, it's just I've never been too into online gaming. Great
> topic though, well done on the win. {:)
Thanks Ant. (Wow, a notable replied my topic...) (:)
> I've never been too interested in online gaming, although I may be more-so when
> I get my Dreamcast.
It sounds like fun, especially FPS's.
Sorry I don't
> have much to say Sam, it's just I've never been too into online gaming. Great
> topic though, well done on the win. {:)
Thanks Ant. (Wow, a notable replied my topic...) (:)
I've never been too interested in online gaming, although I may be more-so when I get my Dreamcast.
It sounds like fun, especially FPS's.
Sorry I don't have much to say Sam, it's just I've never been too into online gaming. Great topic though, well done on the win. {:)
It sounds like fun, especially FPS's.
Sorry I don't have much to say Sam, it's just I've never been too into online gaming. Great topic though, well done on the win. {:)
Hmm... sounds like chess to me.
online gaming is now, i only play C&C red alert 2 online, but i love playing it, iam happy if i win and sad if i lose. I play it whenever i am on holiday (so it doesnt interrupt study :( ) and although im not the greatest, i still get a kick out of playing, just because it is so much fun. This is why i find it funny about people who get really upset when they lose, not only have they played a game which should have been fun, but also they have just learned from their mistakes, which is the most valuable tool we have.
What we should se in Online Gaming, is... faster ping speeds.
(Note I still have a 56k modem).
(Note I still have a 56k modem).
What happened to the supposed 'GREAT' online game from Sierra based on Tolkien's Middle Earth???
Strangely enough called: "Middle-Earth"
Strangely enough called: "Middle-Earth"
Online gaming they should put on a function making sure nobody can cheat, it is just such a bummer if you have got some awesome game tatics and some madman comes in with a load of cheats and then types them in messing up the game!
Mantis wrote:.
The console
> that might make it in terms of sucessful online gaming might be the
> Xbox with its built in broadband modem.
I think this will be the case.
I've not got into online gaming as yet, even though I've owned a Dreamcast for 2 years. Multi-player is fun, but I must say I hate split-screen.
Call me selfish, but I need an incentive to go online - like cash prize competitions: submit an entry fee and away you go. Perhaps in the future gaming will become a sport? Perhaps in a few years we will all have the opportunity to become professional gamers? - Having said that, I do hope single player games don't suffer under the weight of future online obsession.
The console
> that might make it in terms of sucessful online gaming might be the
> Xbox with its built in broadband modem.
I think this will be the case.
I've not got into online gaming as yet, even though I've owned a Dreamcast for 2 years. Multi-player is fun, but I must say I hate split-screen.
Call me selfish, but I need an incentive to go online - like cash prize competitions: submit an entry fee and away you go. Perhaps in the future gaming will become a sport? Perhaps in a few years we will all have the opportunity to become professional gamers? - Having said that, I do hope single player games don't suffer under the weight of future online obsession.
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