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I love gaming. It is a pastime, an occupation and a way of life. I knew gaming would be my ultimate destiny. At the moment, I am on the verge of a breakthrough. As the new generation of console technology dawns, I know that my destiny shall come together during this new era of technology. I am 15 years old, currently studying for my GCSE's. I get good reports, good marks and am generally a bright student. I am hoping, one day, to make it into the computer programming industry. Not necessarily games; that would still sound like a childhood ambition. No, I am more into programming the actual computers. Like being the next Bill Gates. That would be something worth looking forward to. Anyway, I am studying the relevant subjects to become a programmer.
As I said before, I really do love gaming. However, I find that gaming today, while on a greatly enjoyable level, is nowhere near as fun as it used to be. I can remember with joy those frantic Street Fighter 2 bouts with a crowd of mates in a room on a wet winters day. Nowadays such an enjoyable event is a very rare occurence. Games today are not really fun. Not in the sense fun, fun. But more in the sense that everyone can enjoy them. Sure, those epic advanetures can be fun-ish. But can anyone reading this, admit that they enjoy playing games. Actually enjoy playing games. Games playing is frustrating and annoying a lot of the time. In the days of the SNES, graphical boundaries meant that games had to be good, in order to sell well. Therefore, games had to have a greater degree of fun. Which would you rather play. Jak and Daxter, or Super Mario World? For me, it has to be the latter. While a beaut to look at, Jak and Daxter doesn't have those thrills that the aging classic does.
OK, so many people think that the revolution from 2 dimensions to the third is a great change, but it has meant developers spend ages on the graphics, then plop in the gameplay as a side-extra. Games that don't rely on graphics, always tend to be fun. Like Rez, Tetris and many other games with innovation to their name. While probably the most unpopular genre, puzzle games are probably also the most fun. Developers can't make a puzzle game with great graphics and pants gameplay, so have to invest the time in making it a fun game to play. Other games, which rely on graphics and depth to sell, often lack this basic need. For example, Gran Turismo anyone? While aesthetically pleasing, and all the depth of a bottomless pit, I find Gran Turismo to be boring, and lacking that altogether essential fun-factor. Developers are selling games on looks alone, and it seems that punters are falling for it.
Back in those golden early days of gamings, when the SNES and Mega Drive were battling it out for the name of console god, every good game was fun to play. A game which had amazing graphics for that system, and less fun, would be rated poorly and sell badly. But, this has been reversed nowadays, something which is quite sad to see. I don't want to play The Bouncer, with its built in trilinear mipmapping, single-pass antialiasing and zero cost alpha blending and texture modulation with per pixel fogging. I don't care about fancy features which enhance the graphics. I want to have real fun from playing games, and have a great time, enjoying the essential factor when it comes to gaming.
So developers take heed of this advice, and stop for a second. Few games of this age are fun. Developers should spend less time polishing their game and more time enhancing the gameplay. I couldn't care less about graphics, as long as the game is fun, and I wish that these were the views of the rest of the gaming population. It is just down to simple-minded casual gamers, who will lap up anything which says 'revolutionary graphics' on the box. Come on guys, surely you can come up with something better than that?!?!?!
As I said before, I really do love gaming. However, I find that gaming today, while on a greatly enjoyable level, is nowhere near as fun as it used to be. I can remember with joy those frantic Street Fighter 2 bouts with a crowd of mates in a room on a wet winters day. Nowadays such an enjoyable event is a very rare occurence. Games today are not really fun. Not in the sense fun, fun. But more in the sense that everyone can enjoy them. Sure, those epic advanetures can be fun-ish. But can anyone reading this, admit that they enjoy playing games. Actually enjoy playing games. Games playing is frustrating and annoying a lot of the time. In the days of the SNES, graphical boundaries meant that games had to be good, in order to sell well. Therefore, games had to have a greater degree of fun. Which would you rather play. Jak and Daxter, or Super Mario World? For me, it has to be the latter. While a beaut to look at, Jak and Daxter doesn't have those thrills that the aging classic does.
OK, so many people think that the revolution from 2 dimensions to the third is a great change, but it has meant developers spend ages on the graphics, then plop in the gameplay as a side-extra. Games that don't rely on graphics, always tend to be fun. Like Rez, Tetris and many other games with innovation to their name. While probably the most unpopular genre, puzzle games are probably also the most fun. Developers can't make a puzzle game with great graphics and pants gameplay, so have to invest the time in making it a fun game to play. Other games, which rely on graphics and depth to sell, often lack this basic need. For example, Gran Turismo anyone? While aesthetically pleasing, and all the depth of a bottomless pit, I find Gran Turismo to be boring, and lacking that altogether essential fun-factor. Developers are selling games on looks alone, and it seems that punters are falling for it.
Back in those golden early days of gamings, when the SNES and Mega Drive were battling it out for the name of console god, every good game was fun to play. A game which had amazing graphics for that system, and less fun, would be rated poorly and sell badly. But, this has been reversed nowadays, something which is quite sad to see. I don't want to play The Bouncer, with its built in trilinear mipmapping, single-pass antialiasing and zero cost alpha blending and texture modulation with per pixel fogging. I don't care about fancy features which enhance the graphics. I want to have real fun from playing games, and have a great time, enjoying the essential factor when it comes to gaming.
So developers take heed of this advice, and stop for a second. Few games of this age are fun. Developers should spend less time polishing their game and more time enhancing the gameplay. I couldn't care less about graphics, as long as the game is fun, and I wish that these were the views of the rest of the gaming population. It is just down to simple-minded casual gamers, who will lap up anything which says 'revolutionary graphics' on the box. Come on guys, surely you can come up with something better than that?!?!?!
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½pint wrote:
> Turbonutter wrote:
> Do you find gaming fun???
Original Message posted by
> ½pint Today at
> 6.47PM
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Eeeeaaanyway....
1/2pint, I'm
> sorry but I have no sympathy
> for people who buy games they don't
> like.
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I bought Shaun Palmer's, after reading mixed reviews,
> but it was very crap. However, if I have already bought most of the decent
> games, I have to have something to buy.
I played the demo of that in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and I have to say it really turned me in the direction of SSX Tricky and I'm glad of it!
> Turbonutter wrote:
> Do you find gaming fun???
Original Message posted by
> ½pint Today at
> 6.47PM
...
Eeeeaaanyway....
1/2pint, I'm
> sorry but I have no sympathy
> for people who buy games they don't
> like.
-------------
I bought Shaun Palmer's, after reading mixed reviews,
> but it was very crap. However, if I have already bought most of the decent
> games, I have to have something to buy.
I played the demo of that in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and I have to say it really turned me in the direction of SSX Tricky and I'm glad of it!
Turbonutter wrote:
> Do you find gaming fun???
Original Message posted by ½pint Today at
> 6.47PM
...
Eeeeaaanyway....
1/2pint, I'm sorry but I have no sympathy
> for people who buy games they don't like.
-------------
I bought Shaun Palmer's, after reading mixed reviews, but it was very crap. However, if I have already bought most of the decent games, I have to have something to buy.
> Do you find gaming fun???
Original Message posted by ½pint Today at
> 6.47PM
...
Eeeeaaanyway....
1/2pint, I'm sorry but I have no sympathy
> for people who buy games they don't like.
-------------
I bought Shaun Palmer's, after reading mixed reviews, but it was very crap. However, if I have already bought most of the decent games, I have to have something to buy.
Gaming, its as boring as hell, I much prefer playing chess and reading my dictionary.
Lovely. Gaming urgh. How stupid was that question. Why are we here :-D
Lovely. Gaming urgh. How stupid was that question. Why are we here :-D
Jesus, when was the last time you bought a game??
£30 - £40, more like. Also, your theory doesn't work. The Titanic DVD is £19.99, doesn't exactly "entertain" though. Now if it was 19p...
£30 - £40, more like. Also, your theory doesn't work. The Titanic DVD is £19.99, doesn't exactly "entertain" though. Now if it was 19p...
Turbonutter wrote:
> 1/2pint, I'm sorry but I have no sympathy for people who
> buy games they don't like.
I suppose for regular gamers, they at least read reviews and stuff, but I'm many people just walk into a shop and pick up whatever looks nice on the shelf.
For between £20-30 you would expect a good quality game n'est pas?
> 1/2pint, I'm sorry but I have no sympathy for people who
> buy games they don't like.
I suppose for regular gamers, they at least read reviews and stuff, but I'm many people just walk into a shop and pick up whatever looks nice on the shelf.
For between £20-30 you would expect a good quality game n'est pas?
When thinking back to past gaming fun experiences, we need to remember that we are being highly subjective.
I found gaming fun when I had and Amiga and my friends game round for SF2 bouts, or Road Rash on the Mega Drive at my cousins' house. But then, I remember when cans of Coke were about 20p, and trainers just didn't cost over £35, and weren't "Wagon Wheels" bigger back then?
The point is, things change, 10 years ago I was a different person, I found different things fun... yes gaming has changed, but so have we. It was easier to impress us all back then, but now, regular gamers have got used to many of the things that used to impress us so much.
Could that be one of the reasons you are so disillusioned with games?
I found gaming fun when I had and Amiga and my friends game round for SF2 bouts, or Road Rash on the Mega Drive at my cousins' house. But then, I remember when cans of Coke were about 20p, and trainers just didn't cost over £35, and weren't "Wagon Wheels" bigger back then?
The point is, things change, 10 years ago I was a different person, I found different things fun... yes gaming has changed, but so have we. It was easier to impress us all back then, but now, regular gamers have got used to many of the things that used to impress us so much.
Could that be one of the reasons you are so disillusioned with games?
Do you find gaming fun???
Original Message posted by ½pint Today at 6.47PM
...
Eeeeaaanyway....
1/2pint, I'm sorry but I have no sympathy for people who buy games they don't like.
Original Message posted by ½pint Today at 6.47PM
...
Eeeeaaanyway....
1/2pint, I'm sorry but I have no sympathy for people who buy games they don't like.
ummm...
what won GAD instead of this????
(excellent topic)
Sonic
what won GAD instead of this????
(excellent topic)
Sonic
Turbonutter wrote:
> It's impossible to find *gaming* fun because gaming is so wide and varied. Some
> genres are fun, and some genres would be crap if they were.
Games like GTA3,
> Burnout, SSX Tricky and Starfighter I find really "fun", even if
> they're not supposed to be. So yes.
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I suppose so. But a lot of games aren't fun, just plain annoying. I leave my console severely annoyed by a game far more often than being pleased by completing a certain bit. I get angry easy :)
> It's impossible to find *gaming* fun because gaming is so wide and varied. Some
> genres are fun, and some genres would be crap if they were.
Games like GTA3,
> Burnout, SSX Tricky and Starfighter I find really "fun", even if
> they're not supposed to be. So yes.
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I suppose so. But a lot of games aren't fun, just plain annoying. I leave my console severely annoyed by a game far more often than being pleased by completing a certain bit. I get angry easy :)
It's impossible to find *gaming* fun because gaming is so wide and varied. Some genres are fun, and some genres would be crap if they were.
Games like GTA3, Burnout, SSX Tricky and Starfighter I find really "fun", even if they're not supposed to be. So yes.
Games like GTA3, Burnout, SSX Tricky and Starfighter I find really "fun", even if they're not supposed to be. So yes.
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