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What a brill gaming week for me !!
I got THPS2 and Virtua Tennis , and have played hours and hours and hours on them , but I still need to do oodles on both of them to finish ! This is because they have one thing :
LONGEVITY
Now , some people confuse LONGEVITY with DIFFICULTY , but mostly this is not the case . Okay , so if the game is really easy you can just skip through it , but think now of this , if a game was really hard , you wouldn`t play it for long . Why ? Because you wouldn`t get any where ! And you would just lose every time and get really frustrated .
So we know now that is wrong . Also , some people mistake LONGEVITY for the AMOUNT OF SECRETS . This also is not usually the case . If you could unlock things all the time , it would not be unusual for a new mode , or a new character to appear . Also , at the other extreme , to unlock hardly anything , means you wouldn`t have the urge to keep playing .
Also , some people think the secret of LONGEVITY lies in the GAMEPLAY . But that also is not usially the case . What if , they made a fighting game with great gameplay , but only a handful of fights ! So this is obviously not the case .
Finally , I think everyone realises that GRAPHICS have absolutely nothing to do with LONGEVITY , although you don`t play a game where you can`t tell what`s happening because of this .
LONGEVITY is , in fact a mixture of all those things . Levels which are a challenge , but possible . Secrets which are rewarding , but hidden . And addictive gameplay that keeps you coming back again and again and again .
I got THPS2 and Virtua Tennis , and have played hours and hours and hours on them , but I still need to do oodles on both of them to finish ! This is because they have one thing :
LONGEVITY
Now , some people confuse LONGEVITY with DIFFICULTY , but mostly this is not the case . Okay , so if the game is really easy you can just skip through it , but think now of this , if a game was really hard , you wouldn`t play it for long . Why ? Because you wouldn`t get any where ! And you would just lose every time and get really frustrated .
So we know now that is wrong . Also , some people mistake LONGEVITY for the AMOUNT OF SECRETS . This also is not usually the case . If you could unlock things all the time , it would not be unusual for a new mode , or a new character to appear . Also , at the other extreme , to unlock hardly anything , means you wouldn`t have the urge to keep playing .
Also , some people think the secret of LONGEVITY lies in the GAMEPLAY . But that also is not usially the case . What if , they made a fighting game with great gameplay , but only a handful of fights ! So this is obviously not the case .
Finally , I think everyone realises that GRAPHICS have absolutely nothing to do with LONGEVITY , although you don`t play a game where you can`t tell what`s happening because of this .
LONGEVITY is , in fact a mixture of all those things . Levels which are a challenge , but possible . Secrets which are rewarding , but hidden . And addictive gameplay that keeps you coming back again and again and again .
I agree totally, completed BioF.R.E.A.K.S on hard mode and for what?
no new character, stage or secret move so I stopped playing, same with Tetrisphere and countless others (mainly older games as they RARELY had new things to unlock)
can you guess which games i still play??
yes, of course, Perfect Dark (multiplayer ranking mode to build up on and HUGE playability from the cheats EARNED)
earned....another point...I played Goldeneye and Super Smash Brothers longest as you had to EARN everything, cheats CAN ruin a game or sometimes better a game, which i feel is a VERY difficult thing to do.
eg.
Star Wars : Rogue Squadron is one of my favourite games as the cheats didn't alter the game drastically but Vigilante 8? heheheh, i sold that yesterday for a few quid.
no new character, stage or secret move so I stopped playing, same with Tetrisphere and countless others (mainly older games as they RARELY had new things to unlock)
can you guess which games i still play??
yes, of course, Perfect Dark (multiplayer ranking mode to build up on and HUGE playability from the cheats EARNED)
earned....another point...I played Goldeneye and Super Smash Brothers longest as you had to EARN everything, cheats CAN ruin a game or sometimes better a game, which i feel is a VERY difficult thing to do.
eg.
Star Wars : Rogue Squadron is one of my favourite games as the cheats didn't alter the game drastically but Vigilante 8? heheheh, i sold that yesterday for a few quid.
If the gameplay is spot on (i.e. addictive & meaty), then, for me, the game has longevity/lastibility/replay value.
Lastabilty?
Surely?
Surely?
Longevity. It's one of those words you only ever see in magazines, or topical discussions.
Because nobody has a clue how to actually pronounce it.
Because nobody has a clue how to actually pronounce it.
You're right though, 223. All the elements of the game cumulate to provide the gameplay and overall gaming experience...
Looking at one of the statments makes me laugh... but you're right....
LOL!
Looking at one of the statments makes me laugh... but you're right....
LOL!
...Or maybe the amount of cheese they can eat...
LMFAO!!!!!!!
I sometimes confuse longetivity with the amount of characters a game has....
I sometimes confuse longetivity with the amount of characters a game has....
Longevity = Long game or replay value, how this gets confused with graphics or difficulty is far beyond me, maybe you can explain??
What a brill gaming week for me !!
I got THPS2 and Virtua Tennis , and have played hours and hours and hours on them , but I still need to do oodles on both of them to finish ! This is because they have one thing :
LONGEVITY
Now , some people confuse LONGEVITY with DIFFICULTY , but mostly this is not the case . Okay , so if the game is really easy you can just skip through it , but think now of this , if a game was really hard , you wouldn`t play it for long . Why ? Because you wouldn`t get any where ! And you would just lose every time and get really frustrated .
So we know now that is wrong . Also , some people mistake LONGEVITY for the AMOUNT OF SECRETS . This also is not usually the case . If you could unlock things all the time , it would not be unusual for a new mode , or a new character to appear . Also , at the other extreme , to unlock hardly anything , means you wouldn`t have the urge to keep playing .
Also , some people think the secret of LONGEVITY lies in the GAMEPLAY . But that also is not usially the case . What if , they made a fighting game with great gameplay , but only a handful of fights ! So this is obviously not the case .
Finally , I think everyone realises that GRAPHICS have absolutely nothing to do with LONGEVITY , although you don`t play a game where you can`t tell what`s happening because of this .
LONGEVITY is , in fact a mixture of all those things . Levels which are a challenge , but possible . Secrets which are rewarding , but hidden . And addictive gameplay that keeps you coming back again and again and again .
I got THPS2 and Virtua Tennis , and have played hours and hours and hours on them , but I still need to do oodles on both of them to finish ! This is because they have one thing :
LONGEVITY
Now , some people confuse LONGEVITY with DIFFICULTY , but mostly this is not the case . Okay , so if the game is really easy you can just skip through it , but think now of this , if a game was really hard , you wouldn`t play it for long . Why ? Because you wouldn`t get any where ! And you would just lose every time and get really frustrated .
So we know now that is wrong . Also , some people mistake LONGEVITY for the AMOUNT OF SECRETS . This also is not usually the case . If you could unlock things all the time , it would not be unusual for a new mode , or a new character to appear . Also , at the other extreme , to unlock hardly anything , means you wouldn`t have the urge to keep playing .
Also , some people think the secret of LONGEVITY lies in the GAMEPLAY . But that also is not usially the case . What if , they made a fighting game with great gameplay , but only a handful of fights ! So this is obviously not the case .
Finally , I think everyone realises that GRAPHICS have absolutely nothing to do with LONGEVITY , although you don`t play a game where you can`t tell what`s happening because of this .
LONGEVITY is , in fact a mixture of all those things . Levels which are a challenge , but possible . Secrets which are rewarding , but hidden . And addictive gameplay that keeps you coming back again and again and again .