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In years gone by we have seen gaming progress from you're basic Atari's right up to the top of the range Xbox. But just how much higher quality can games actually get? The level of realism or enjoyment a gamer can feel or get can only go so high, and it is then when I wonder .. will gaming just be like real life? And does that not defeat the whole idea behind gaming in the first place? For example, most people use games as a medium for doing things that in real life they wouldn't be able to do. And to live in a world which isn't real. In Metal Gear Solid you get to stealth around a terrorist base and defeat the most wanted terrorist group in the world. On the other hand, in Final Fantasy, you cast magic and go to places which simply dont exist. So won't the PS3 which MAY have photo realistic graphics be defeating the point and ideaology of gaming in the first place?
Slowly more peripherals are creeping on to the market which makes gaming feel more real. The Dance Mat may not seem to make a game more realistic, but you're doing basically what you could do at a club in the city, therefore defeating the point of buying the game when you could do it for real. The Eyetrek Goggles which allow you to feel as if you are there. If you're playing a racing game with these, why not go on a WHSmith experience and do it anyway rather than sit in with some expensive glasses and do it from your home.
Even the actual games are becoming too life-like. The Sims is a great example. You lead someone else's life, making their decisions in life for them. But you have a life! Why not just lead your own? The Sims reaches a point where you're bored. So you leave the game and lead you're own life. Most other Sim games are fine. Its unlikely you'll ever build your own city, but unfortunately its the games that are unlikely to happen which are staying semi-realistic and the games which involve doing things you can do in real life becoming more realistic graphically and gameplay wise.
What is the point is trying to constantly go on about how realistic the latest console can make your games. But to be honest, if we wanted more realism graphically, couldn't we just do it anyway, in real life?
Sorry if there are spelling errors etc etc :)
Slowly more peripherals are creeping on to the market which makes gaming feel more real. The Dance Mat may not seem to make a game more realistic, but you're doing basically what you could do at a club in the city, therefore defeating the point of buying the game when you could do it for real. The Eyetrek Goggles which allow you to feel as if you are there. If you're playing a racing game with these, why not go on a WHSmith experience and do it anyway rather than sit in with some expensive glasses and do it from your home.
Even the actual games are becoming too life-like. The Sims is a great example. You lead someone else's life, making their decisions in life for them. But you have a life! Why not just lead your own? The Sims reaches a point where you're bored. So you leave the game and lead you're own life. Most other Sim games are fine. Its unlikely you'll ever build your own city, but unfortunately its the games that are unlikely to happen which are staying semi-realistic and the games which involve doing things you can do in real life becoming more realistic graphically and gameplay wise.
What is the point is trying to constantly go on about how realistic the latest console can make your games. But to be honest, if we wanted more realism graphically, couldn't we just do it anyway, in real life?
Sorry if there are spelling errors etc etc :)
i agree
Yeah i tottally agree that gaming has evolved
Coz u carnt shoot people in real life wiv guns n stuff or smash hookers wiv stix.
In years gone by we have seen gaming progress from you're basic Atari's right up to the top of the range Xbox. But just how much higher quality can games actually get? The level of realism or enjoyment a gamer can feel or get can only go so high, and it is then when I wonder .. will gaming just be like real life? And does that not defeat the whole idea behind gaming in the first place? For example, most people use games as a medium for doing things that in real life they wouldn't be able to do. And to live in a world which isn't real. In Metal Gear Solid you get to stealth around a terrorist base and defeat the most wanted terrorist group in the world. On the other hand, in Final Fantasy, you cast magic and go to places which simply dont exist. So won't the PS3 which MAY have photo realistic graphics be defeating the point and ideaology of gaming in the first place?
Slowly more peripherals are creeping on to the market which makes gaming feel more real. The Dance Mat may not seem to make a game more realistic, but you're doing basically what you could do at a club in the city, therefore defeating the point of buying the game when you could do it for real. The Eyetrek Goggles which allow you to feel as if you are there. If you're playing a racing game with these, why not go on a WHSmith experience and do it anyway rather than sit in with some expensive glasses and do it from your home.
Even the actual games are becoming too life-like. The Sims is a great example. You lead someone else's life, making their decisions in life for them. But you have a life! Why not just lead your own? The Sims reaches a point where you're bored. So you leave the game and lead you're own life. Most other Sim games are fine. Its unlikely you'll ever build your own city, but unfortunately its the games that are unlikely to happen which are staying semi-realistic and the games which involve doing things you can do in real life becoming more realistic graphically and gameplay wise.
What is the point is trying to constantly go on about how realistic the latest console can make your games. But to be honest, if we wanted more realism graphically, couldn't we just do it anyway, in real life?
Sorry if there are spelling errors etc etc :)
Slowly more peripherals are creeping on to the market which makes gaming feel more real. The Dance Mat may not seem to make a game more realistic, but you're doing basically what you could do at a club in the city, therefore defeating the point of buying the game when you could do it for real. The Eyetrek Goggles which allow you to feel as if you are there. If you're playing a racing game with these, why not go on a WHSmith experience and do it anyway rather than sit in with some expensive glasses and do it from your home.
Even the actual games are becoming too life-like. The Sims is a great example. You lead someone else's life, making their decisions in life for them. But you have a life! Why not just lead your own? The Sims reaches a point where you're bored. So you leave the game and lead you're own life. Most other Sim games are fine. Its unlikely you'll ever build your own city, but unfortunately its the games that are unlikely to happen which are staying semi-realistic and the games which involve doing things you can do in real life becoming more realistic graphically and gameplay wise.
What is the point is trying to constantly go on about how realistic the latest console can make your games. But to be honest, if we wanted more realism graphically, couldn't we just do it anyway, in real life?
Sorry if there are spelling errors etc etc :)