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The elusive sixth sense, something few possess and is a special oddity, which no one actually knows much about. There is a similar element found locked away inside a game, good graphics, sound, gameplay and such like all make a game theoretically good but for the game to top the sales charts, to be the best it needs an elusive element, this element goes by the name of magic.
After playing Excite bike I went away feeling somewhat disappointed, the sounds were good, the gameplay was addictive and the graphics were lush but... there was no magic, no spark to set my gaming world alight GT3 and Turok is similar!
I can name a few games that feature this elusive element Conker's Bad Fur Day being one of the most recent ones, utter gaming magic and the most moving ending I have seen to a game ever. Zelda's all of them go without saying, Mario is very similar. Then there is Perfect Dark, No Mercy, Goldeneye, Shadowman and so many more... These games had that spark that magic. When can I expect to see it again???
Paper Mario looks a promising bet, it seems like one of these special magical games, the Zelda twins will also likely feature this wonderful experience and then there is Pokemon Crystal as well! Who helps bring the magic??? Nintendo do have a special ability to create it a lot especially Shigeru Miyamoto, no one has managed to match the amazement that is Zelda nor has any Platformer toppled the dated Mario 64!!! He can't be beaten and with I do believe Pikmin will continue to feature the same magical feel.
Satoshi Tajiri (sorry) the Pokemon creator, what a guy he has created one of the greatest gaming experiences of my entire life!!! Do any of you remember playing Pokemon Red/Blue for the first time? Utter astonishment. The fabled Nintendo Magic appears a lot and is why I continue to pursue the Nintendo franchise.
But what about the future? Will developers finally manage to create this magic? Or is it a specialty only few of the world renown developers posses, whatever it maybe if hope to play more and more games that isn't just addictive, good looking and sounding amazing but also has a sprinkle of fairy dust on top.
Dringo
After playing Excite bike I went away feeling somewhat disappointed, the sounds were good, the gameplay was addictive and the graphics were lush but... there was no magic, no spark to set my gaming world alight GT3 and Turok is similar!
I can name a few games that feature this elusive element Conker's Bad Fur Day being one of the most recent ones, utter gaming magic and the most moving ending I have seen to a game ever. Zelda's all of them go without saying, Mario is very similar. Then there is Perfect Dark, No Mercy, Goldeneye, Shadowman and so many more... These games had that spark that magic. When can I expect to see it again???
Paper Mario looks a promising bet, it seems like one of these special magical games, the Zelda twins will also likely feature this wonderful experience and then there is Pokemon Crystal as well! Who helps bring the magic??? Nintendo do have a special ability to create it a lot especially Shigeru Miyamoto, no one has managed to match the amazement that is Zelda nor has any Platformer toppled the dated Mario 64!!! He can't be beaten and with I do believe Pikmin will continue to feature the same magical feel.
Satoshi Tajiri (sorry) the Pokemon creator, what a guy he has created one of the greatest gaming experiences of my entire life!!! Do any of you remember playing Pokemon Red/Blue for the first time? Utter astonishment. The fabled Nintendo Magic appears a lot and is why I continue to pursue the Nintendo franchise.
But what about the future? Will developers finally manage to create this magic? Or is it a specialty only few of the world renown developers posses, whatever it maybe if hope to play more and more games that isn't just addictive, good looking and sounding amazing but also has a sprinkle of fairy dust on top.
Dringo
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Strafex wrote:
> And it's also irresistable to make a monkey out of you for doing so!
:-)
Yep, first time I've been called a 'Silly Dragon'.
:-p
> And it's also irresistable to make a monkey out of you for doing so!
:-)
Yep, first time I've been called a 'Silly Dragon'.
:-p
And it's also irresistable to make a monkey out of you for doing so!
:-)
:-)
Strafex wrote:
> You silly Dragon!
We didn't mean that Rare get out the magic wand and say
> "Abra Kadabra" in order to make the game special.
Yes, but it's fun to take stuff literally every now again.
> You silly Dragon!
We didn't mean that Rare get out the magic wand and say
> "Abra Kadabra" in order to make the game special.
Yes, but it's fun to take stuff literally every now again.
Yeah i suppose your correct, but then there have been some terrible games released then there sequel is nothing short of amazing.
I disagree if anything a sequel just expands on it, if the first game has magic make it again then add the normal graphical, sounds and gameplay updates.
Truly remarkable developers aka Shigeru Miyamoto can make a sequel different to the first game yet still be magical.
Truly remarkable developers aka Shigeru Miyamoto can make a sequel different to the first game yet still be magical.
I think the magic comes in sequels, Developers put a lot into the first game and hope it does well. If and when a game does do well, there is obvioulsy going to be a sequel, and this is where most of the magic is put in, this is because they know what the public like, so they can put this in and in many cases much more extras which really show off the game.
Iss Pro Evo 2 is an example, the first games set the seen and they showed that we the public liked it, and the second had even more magic added, which made it even better.
Iss Pro Evo 2 is an example, the first games set the seen and they showed that we the public liked it, and the second had even more magic added, which made it even better.
So is the inevitable return of mr 2K1?
Dan2K1 wrote:
> Good post, Nights fits the bill.
Hope you win GAD.
Dan
Is this DAn i see?
> Good post, Nights fits the bill.
Hope you win GAD.
Dan
Is this DAn i see?
Strafex wrote:
> No Mercy and Perfect Dark didnt really have any magic.
They were good but not
> original enough to be magical.
They were simply old experiences
> rehashed.
Magic comes through originality, cleverness, good design, wonder
> graphics and gameplay, super music...
It's a game where nearly everything is
> Perfect.
As you said Magic is a mystical being something no one knows where it comes from and where it goes, i ahted No Mercy it wound me up but i couldtn stop playing it, it had something i couldnt put my finger on.
Perfect Dark in my mind definatly had magic.
> No Mercy and Perfect Dark didnt really have any magic.
They were good but not
> original enough to be magical.
They were simply old experiences
> rehashed.
Magic comes through originality, cleverness, good design, wonder
> graphics and gameplay, super music...
It's a game where nearly everything is
> Perfect.
As you said Magic is a mystical being something no one knows where it comes from and where it goes, i ahted No Mercy it wound me up but i couldtn stop playing it, it had something i couldnt put my finger on.
Perfect Dark in my mind definatly had magic.
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