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With today’s society, graphics need to be improved to please the little people that put graphics over gameplay. But, along with the graphics, I feel that games are actually getting better and more realistic. But will games ever become too realistic and get boring?
Pro Evolution Soccer 2 is great; it almost feels real as well as looking real. But I think Konami are trying a little too hard to make the next release in the series realistic, rather than more enjoyable to play. The game is so enjoyable to play, although thinking about it, the matches don’t actually vary that much. If Konami try too hard to make it realistic, I think that the game could lose all that it has. Will we, apart from the hardcore gamers, really want to play a game that is almost identical to the game we could be playing down the park? I mean, we really do need to improve the England Team, and we aren’t going to be able to do that by sitting on the couch and playing computer games are we?
But there are many genres of games, to me, that will never be too real. First person Shooters can never be too realistic. After all, I don’t think that there will be a console in my life that will be able to re-enact the surroundings of a war. Vibration functions, graphics and surround sound all help add to the feeling of this genre, but they can’t make it feel like real-life. But, the games may get to a peak where they can’t be improved any more. If a game is released that feels so real, only someone that has been in the war will be able to say otherwise.
Games like Grand Theft Auto 3 were seen to be influential, but you’ve got to have a screw loose to think that the game was real. Although The Getaway has overcome a few of the gaps that the GTA series had of not being realistic, The Getaway is still unbelievable. After all, how many people go around with guns in London and don’t get caught within 5 minutes? All right, quite a few, but that’s not my point. The game can also never be too realistic, because you would never get away with it in real life. And if you did, then the game wouldn’t be fun. If you needed healing, there are no health packs lying around and you can’t stand against a wall to become fully recovered.
Although not only are graphics helping the realism along, the new X-Box visor thingy also adds to the realism, although only slightly. This allows people to talk to each other whilst playing games. So if you are playing a war-simulator, you can talk to each other whilst trying to take over a certain piece of the landscape, like a trench or something. This can add to the games realism, but not much seeing as people would be shouting as they try and attack the enemy. Unless you’re a freak, or a drama queen, I can’t see this being done by anyone.
The Tony Hawks series is very unrealistic, seeing as no skater can get air as big as they do on the games. But this is what makes the games fun. I think that with Tony’s new release, they have tried to make it more realistic by reducing the amount of places that you can actually get this amount of air. But this why the game has got some not so good reviews. It’s a game; it’s not real life. If we wanted the games to be real, we’d go and skate, or at least try. I have never seen anyone string together kick-flips, Japan airs and 900s in one move, but this is why the game is so good to play. No one is every going to become as good as the skaters are on the game, apart from Rodney Mullen. If God could skate, he’d be Rodney Mullen. Fact.
Getting to the end of my rant, and I just wanted to ask for your views on the matter. Do you think games could become too realistic?
Thanks for reading,
Benny Bish.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2 is great; it almost feels real as well as looking real. But I think Konami are trying a little too hard to make the next release in the series realistic, rather than more enjoyable to play. The game is so enjoyable to play, although thinking about it, the matches don’t actually vary that much. If Konami try too hard to make it realistic, I think that the game could lose all that it has. Will we, apart from the hardcore gamers, really want to play a game that is almost identical to the game we could be playing down the park? I mean, we really do need to improve the England Team, and we aren’t going to be able to do that by sitting on the couch and playing computer games are we?
But there are many genres of games, to me, that will never be too real. First person Shooters can never be too realistic. After all, I don’t think that there will be a console in my life that will be able to re-enact the surroundings of a war. Vibration functions, graphics and surround sound all help add to the feeling of this genre, but they can’t make it feel like real-life. But, the games may get to a peak where they can’t be improved any more. If a game is released that feels so real, only someone that has been in the war will be able to say otherwise.
Games like Grand Theft Auto 3 were seen to be influential, but you’ve got to have a screw loose to think that the game was real. Although The Getaway has overcome a few of the gaps that the GTA series had of not being realistic, The Getaway is still unbelievable. After all, how many people go around with guns in London and don’t get caught within 5 minutes? All right, quite a few, but that’s not my point. The game can also never be too realistic, because you would never get away with it in real life. And if you did, then the game wouldn’t be fun. If you needed healing, there are no health packs lying around and you can’t stand against a wall to become fully recovered.
Although not only are graphics helping the realism along, the new X-Box visor thingy also adds to the realism, although only slightly. This allows people to talk to each other whilst playing games. So if you are playing a war-simulator, you can talk to each other whilst trying to take over a certain piece of the landscape, like a trench or something. This can add to the games realism, but not much seeing as people would be shouting as they try and attack the enemy. Unless you’re a freak, or a drama queen, I can’t see this being done by anyone.
The Tony Hawks series is very unrealistic, seeing as no skater can get air as big as they do on the games. But this is what makes the games fun. I think that with Tony’s new release, they have tried to make it more realistic by reducing the amount of places that you can actually get this amount of air. But this why the game has got some not so good reviews. It’s a game; it’s not real life. If we wanted the games to be real, we’d go and skate, or at least try. I have never seen anyone string together kick-flips, Japan airs and 900s in one move, but this is why the game is so good to play. No one is every going to become as good as the skaters are on the game, apart from Rodney Mullen. If God could skate, he’d be Rodney Mullen. Fact.
Getting to the end of my rant, and I just wanted to ask for your views on the matter. Do you think games could become too realistic?
Thanks for reading,
Benny Bish.
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With today’s society, graphics need to be improved to please the little people that put graphics over gameplay. But, along with the graphics, I feel that games are actually getting better and more realistic. But will games ever become too realistic and get boring?
Pro Evolution Soccer 2 is great; it almost feels real as well as looking real. But I think Konami are trying a little too hard to make the next release in the series realistic, rather than more enjoyable to play. The game is so enjoyable to play, although thinking about it, the matches don’t actually vary that much. If Konami try too hard to make it realistic, I think that the game could lose all that it has. Will we, apart from the hardcore gamers, really want to play a game that is almost identical to the game we could be playing down the park? I mean, we really do need to improve the England Team, and we aren’t going to be able to do that by sitting on the couch and playing computer games are we?
But there are many genres of games, to me, that will never be too real. First person Shooters can never be too realistic. After all, I don’t think that there will be a console in my life that will be able to re-enact the surroundings of a war. Vibration functions, graphics and surround sound all help add to the feeling of this genre, but they can’t make it feel like real-life. But, the games may get to a peak where they can’t be improved any more. If a game is released that feels so real, only someone that has been in the war will be able to say otherwise.
Games like Grand Theft Auto 3 were seen to be influential, but you’ve got to have a screw loose to think that the game was real. Although The Getaway has overcome a few of the gaps that the GTA series had of not being realistic, The Getaway is still unbelievable. After all, how many people go around with guns in London and don’t get caught within 5 minutes? All right, quite a few, but that’s not my point. The game can also never be too realistic, because you would never get away with it in real life. And if you did, then the game wouldn’t be fun. If you needed healing, there are no health packs lying around and you can’t stand against a wall to become fully recovered.
Although not only are graphics helping the realism along, the new X-Box visor thingy also adds to the realism, although only slightly. This allows people to talk to each other whilst playing games. So if you are playing a war-simulator, you can talk to each other whilst trying to take over a certain piece of the landscape, like a trench or something. This can add to the games realism, but not much seeing as people would be shouting as they try and attack the enemy. Unless you’re a freak, or a drama queen, I can’t see this being done by anyone.
The Tony Hawks series is very unrealistic, seeing as no skater can get air as big as they do on the games. But this is what makes the games fun. I think that with Tony’s new release, they have tried to make it more realistic by reducing the amount of places that you can actually get this amount of air. But this why the game has got some not so good reviews. It’s a game; it’s not real life. If we wanted the games to be real, we’d go and skate, or at least try. I have never seen anyone string together kick-flips, Japan airs and 900s in one move, but this is why the game is so good to play. No one is every going to become as good as the skaters are on the game, apart from Rodney Mullen. If God could skate, he’d be Rodney Mullen. Fact.
Getting to the end of my rant, and I just wanted to ask for your views on the matter. Do you think games could become too realistic?
Thanks for reading,
Benny Bish.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2 is great; it almost feels real as well as looking real. But I think Konami are trying a little too hard to make the next release in the series realistic, rather than more enjoyable to play. The game is so enjoyable to play, although thinking about it, the matches don’t actually vary that much. If Konami try too hard to make it realistic, I think that the game could lose all that it has. Will we, apart from the hardcore gamers, really want to play a game that is almost identical to the game we could be playing down the park? I mean, we really do need to improve the England Team, and we aren’t going to be able to do that by sitting on the couch and playing computer games are we?
But there are many genres of games, to me, that will never be too real. First person Shooters can never be too realistic. After all, I don’t think that there will be a console in my life that will be able to re-enact the surroundings of a war. Vibration functions, graphics and surround sound all help add to the feeling of this genre, but they can’t make it feel like real-life. But, the games may get to a peak where they can’t be improved any more. If a game is released that feels so real, only someone that has been in the war will be able to say otherwise.
Games like Grand Theft Auto 3 were seen to be influential, but you’ve got to have a screw loose to think that the game was real. Although The Getaway has overcome a few of the gaps that the GTA series had of not being realistic, The Getaway is still unbelievable. After all, how many people go around with guns in London and don’t get caught within 5 minutes? All right, quite a few, but that’s not my point. The game can also never be too realistic, because you would never get away with it in real life. And if you did, then the game wouldn’t be fun. If you needed healing, there are no health packs lying around and you can’t stand against a wall to become fully recovered.
Although not only are graphics helping the realism along, the new X-Box visor thingy also adds to the realism, although only slightly. This allows people to talk to each other whilst playing games. So if you are playing a war-simulator, you can talk to each other whilst trying to take over a certain piece of the landscape, like a trench or something. This can add to the games realism, but not much seeing as people would be shouting as they try and attack the enemy. Unless you’re a freak, or a drama queen, I can’t see this being done by anyone.
The Tony Hawks series is very unrealistic, seeing as no skater can get air as big as they do on the games. But this is what makes the games fun. I think that with Tony’s new release, they have tried to make it more realistic by reducing the amount of places that you can actually get this amount of air. But this why the game has got some not so good reviews. It’s a game; it’s not real life. If we wanted the games to be real, we’d go and skate, or at least try. I have never seen anyone string together kick-flips, Japan airs and 900s in one move, but this is why the game is so good to play. No one is every going to become as good as the skaters are on the game, apart from Rodney Mullen. If God could skate, he’d be Rodney Mullen. Fact.
Getting to the end of my rant, and I just wanted to ask for your views on the matter. Do you think games could become too realistic?
Thanks for reading,
Benny Bish.
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