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The way games evolve must be in favour of getting the gameplay right. If a game is so good in terms of the way it plays, it doesn't really matter what it looks like! Gameplay is improving all the time, I thought I'd share with you my views on how games should evolve!
Gameplay enhancing improvements are the way forward, let me give you some examplesÖIn a 128bit world, how can such a graphics light game like Snake manage to compete with the latest games on the newest games consoles?! I mean, is Snake and the other mobile phone games anything more than 2bit? 4bit perhaps? Well, I just have to say that graphics mean absolutely nothing if a game is a dog to play. You know it's true really...
I while ago, as many of you may have done, I bought the visually stunning Ecco the Dolphin, was pretty impressed, but I gave up trying to get anywhere because it just didn't play to my liking - aside from the fact that it was one of the most incredible looking and sounding games, where the word 'ambience' fits like a glove, it was and is incredibly difficult, frustrating and just not something you need when you're trying to progress!! So where am I going with this? Who knows, but as most will tell you 'graphics maketh not a great game' and it's true.
So Ecco may suit some, but can you imagine a game with such amazing, mind boggling, jaw dropping and palm sweatingly good looking with sound and everything presented in the best way, only for you to find that the control system may as well have been designed by Mike Tyson, and that it's practically unplayable?! That'd suck, that'd hurt big time, because a game that looks great deserves to be good to play too. So, what's all this about Snake? Well...
Ion many mobiles Snake 2 is one of the mini games available to play on it - one of the only things you can do without spending 40p a minute, or something similar, and so I've ended up playing this far more than anything out of my real games collection, and why? Ok, so I was bored, but the simple things in life do entertain, they are addictive and the original concepts are the best. Tetris, Packman, even ChuChu Rocket - aren't they all just great! So any who, I have been playing Snake, it's a cracking game that I recommend you all have a go should for some reason you haven't played it yet, and forget graphics - this is pure addiction from a 2D (if that), with one line that gets bigger every time you eat a little dot, with the occasional bonus points from larger funny shaped creatures, and it really is a very good game. Free with most mobiles! Ok, so it used to be Nibbles ñ games designers. Give me a New Lemmings, a new Tetris (but different obviously) and Iíll get off your case.
So whilst games like SSX are also good fun, and offering up to date graphics, it just goes to show, you don't need a £200 PS2, just get into...Snake.... Anyway, forget snake for the moment. I doubt weíll see future snakes appearing on the future games machines, but the point Iím trying to stress is that I want to see good games with good gameplay continuing to be at the forefront of gaming and of sales as these deserve to sell well. Itís good at the moment, there are some games that refuse to be playable, letís make things better though!!
Game Cube and X box, soon to be released ñ already, Zelda and House of the Dead 3 have been condemned for having Cell shading graphics, something which is actually quite advanced, derived from the fantastic Jet Set Radio ñ come on people these games may not look like they used to, but theyíll play even better for sure, and I canít wait!
Thanks
Dan
The way games evolve must be in favour of getting the gameplay right. If a game is so good in terms of the way it plays, it doesn't really matter what it looks like! Gameplay is improving all the time, I thought I'd share with you my views on how games should evolve!
Gameplay enhancing improvements are the way forward, let me give you some examplesÖIn a 128bit world, how can such a graphics light game like Snake manage to compete with the latest games on the newest games consoles?! I mean, is Snake and the other mobile phone games anything more than 2bit? 4bit perhaps? Well, I just have to say that graphics mean absolutely nothing if a game is a dog to play. You know it's true really...
I while ago, as many of you may have done, I bought the visually stunning Ecco the Dolphin, was pretty impressed, but I gave up trying to get anywhere because it just didn't play to my liking - aside from the fact that it was one of the most incredible looking and sounding games, where the word 'ambience' fits like a glove, it was and is incredibly difficult, frustrating and just not something you need when you're trying to progress!! So where am I going with this? Who knows, but as most will tell you 'graphics maketh not a great game' and it's true.
So Ecco may suit some, but can you imagine a game with such amazing, mind boggling, jaw dropping and palm sweatingly good looking with sound and everything presented in the best way, only for you to find that the control system may as well have been designed by Mike Tyson, and that it's practically unplayable?! That'd suck, that'd hurt big time, because a game that looks great deserves to be good to play too. So, what's all this about Snake? Well...
Ion many mobiles Snake 2 is one of the mini games available to play on it - one of the only things you can do without spending 40p a minute, or something similar, and so I've ended up playing this far more than anything out of my real games collection, and why? Ok, so I was bored, but the simple things in life do entertain, they are addictive and the original concepts are the best. Tetris, Packman, even ChuChu Rocket - aren't they all just great! So any who, I have been playing Snake, it's a cracking game that I recommend you all have a go should for some reason you haven't played it yet, and forget graphics - this is pure addiction from a 2D (if that), with one line that gets bigger every time you eat a little dot, with the occasional bonus points from larger funny shaped creatures, and it really is a very good game. Free with most mobiles! Ok, so it used to be Nibbles ñ games designers. Give me a New Lemmings, a new Tetris (but different obviously) and Iíll get off your case.
So whilst games like SSX are also good fun, and offering up to date graphics, it just goes to show, you don't need a £200 PS2, just get into...Snake.... Anyway, forget snake for the moment. I doubt weíll see future snakes appearing on the future games machines, but the point Iím trying to stress is that I want to see good games with good gameplay continuing to be at the forefront of gaming and of sales as these deserve to sell well. Itís good at the moment, there are some games that refuse to be playable, letís make things better though!!
Game Cube and X box, soon to be released ñ already, Zelda and House of the Dead 3 have been condemned for having Cell shading graphics, something which is actually quite advanced, derived from the fantastic Jet Set Radio ñ come on people these games may not look like they used to, but theyíll play even better for sure, and I canít wait!
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Dan
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Gameplay is such a meaningless term though - cyber waffle really.
Snake :) What a game.
This reminds me of Er-no's "I've got older, they've got colder" topic a few days back.
I think that you'll be enjoying games like Monkey Ball and Pikmin which forget all story line and "coolness" gimmicks and just concentrate around good simple Gameplay.
I think that you'll be enjoying games like Monkey Ball and Pikmin which forget all story line and "coolness" gimmicks and just concentrate around good simple Gameplay.
Games...
The way games evolve must be in favour of getting the gameplay right. If a game is so good in terms of the way it plays, it doesn't really matter what it looks like! Gameplay is improving all the time, I thought I'd share with you my views on how games should evolve!
Gameplay enhancing improvements are the way forward, let me give you some examplesÖIn a 128bit world, how can such a graphics light game like Snake manage to compete with the latest games on the newest games consoles?! I mean, is Snake and the other mobile phone games anything more than 2bit? 4bit perhaps? Well, I just have to say that graphics mean absolutely nothing if a game is a dog to play. You know it's true really...
I while ago, as many of you may have done, I bought the visually stunning Ecco the Dolphin, was pretty impressed, but I gave up trying to get anywhere because it just didn't play to my liking - aside from the fact that it was one of the most incredible looking and sounding games, where the word 'ambience' fits like a glove, it was and is incredibly difficult, frustrating and just not something you need when you're trying to progress!! So where am I going with this? Who knows, but as most will tell you 'graphics maketh not a great game' and it's true.
So Ecco may suit some, but can you imagine a game with such amazing, mind boggling, jaw dropping and palm sweatingly good looking with sound and everything presented in the best way, only for you to find that the control system may as well have been designed by Mike Tyson, and that it's practically unplayable?! That'd suck, that'd hurt big time, because a game that looks great deserves to be good to play too. So, what's all this about Snake? Well...
Ion many mobiles Snake 2 is one of the mini games available to play on it - one of the only things you can do without spending 40p a minute, or something similar, and so I've ended up playing this far more than anything out of my real games collection, and why? Ok, so I was bored, but the simple things in life do entertain, they are addictive and the original concepts are the best. Tetris, Packman, even ChuChu Rocket - aren't they all just great! So any who, I have been playing Snake, it's a cracking game that I recommend you all have a go should for some reason you haven't played it yet, and forget graphics - this is pure addiction from a 2D (if that), with one line that gets bigger every time you eat a little dot, with the occasional bonus points from larger funny shaped creatures, and it really is a very good game. Free with most mobiles! Ok, so it used to be Nibbles ñ games designers. Give me a New Lemmings, a new Tetris (but different obviously) and Iíll get off your case.
So whilst games like SSX are also good fun, and offering up to date graphics, it just goes to show, you don't need a £200 PS2, just get into...Snake.... Anyway, forget snake for the moment. I doubt weíll see future snakes appearing on the future games machines, but the point Iím trying to stress is that I want to see good games with good gameplay continuing to be at the forefront of gaming and of sales as these deserve to sell well. Itís good at the moment, there are some games that refuse to be playable, letís make things better though!!
Game Cube and X box, soon to be released ñ already, Zelda and House of the Dead 3 have been condemned for having Cell shading graphics, something which is actually quite advanced, derived from the fantastic Jet Set Radio ñ come on people these games may not look like they used to, but theyíll play even better for sure, and I canít wait!
Thanks
Dan
The way games evolve must be in favour of getting the gameplay right. If a game is so good in terms of the way it plays, it doesn't really matter what it looks like! Gameplay is improving all the time, I thought I'd share with you my views on how games should evolve!
Gameplay enhancing improvements are the way forward, let me give you some examplesÖIn a 128bit world, how can such a graphics light game like Snake manage to compete with the latest games on the newest games consoles?! I mean, is Snake and the other mobile phone games anything more than 2bit? 4bit perhaps? Well, I just have to say that graphics mean absolutely nothing if a game is a dog to play. You know it's true really...
I while ago, as many of you may have done, I bought the visually stunning Ecco the Dolphin, was pretty impressed, but I gave up trying to get anywhere because it just didn't play to my liking - aside from the fact that it was one of the most incredible looking and sounding games, where the word 'ambience' fits like a glove, it was and is incredibly difficult, frustrating and just not something you need when you're trying to progress!! So where am I going with this? Who knows, but as most will tell you 'graphics maketh not a great game' and it's true.
So Ecco may suit some, but can you imagine a game with such amazing, mind boggling, jaw dropping and palm sweatingly good looking with sound and everything presented in the best way, only for you to find that the control system may as well have been designed by Mike Tyson, and that it's practically unplayable?! That'd suck, that'd hurt big time, because a game that looks great deserves to be good to play too. So, what's all this about Snake? Well...
Ion many mobiles Snake 2 is one of the mini games available to play on it - one of the only things you can do without spending 40p a minute, or something similar, and so I've ended up playing this far more than anything out of my real games collection, and why? Ok, so I was bored, but the simple things in life do entertain, they are addictive and the original concepts are the best. Tetris, Packman, even ChuChu Rocket - aren't they all just great! So any who, I have been playing Snake, it's a cracking game that I recommend you all have a go should for some reason you haven't played it yet, and forget graphics - this is pure addiction from a 2D (if that), with one line that gets bigger every time you eat a little dot, with the occasional bonus points from larger funny shaped creatures, and it really is a very good game. Free with most mobiles! Ok, so it used to be Nibbles ñ games designers. Give me a New Lemmings, a new Tetris (but different obviously) and Iíll get off your case.
So whilst games like SSX are also good fun, and offering up to date graphics, it just goes to show, you don't need a £200 PS2, just get into...Snake.... Anyway, forget snake for the moment. I doubt weíll see future snakes appearing on the future games machines, but the point Iím trying to stress is that I want to see good games with good gameplay continuing to be at the forefront of gaming and of sales as these deserve to sell well. Itís good at the moment, there are some games that refuse to be playable, letís make things better though!!
Game Cube and X box, soon to be released ñ already, Zelda and House of the Dead 3 have been condemned for having Cell shading graphics, something which is actually quite advanced, derived from the fantastic Jet Set Radio ñ come on people these games may not look like they used to, but theyíll play even better for sure, and I canít wait!
Thanks
Dan
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