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Today everyone goes on about Medal of Honour and MGS2 and the like, saying how brilliant the graphics and everything are.
But having recently downloaded Doom 2 (only 10 Meg!) and playing it for two hours straight, i have come to realise that the old games are still by far the best. They did not suffer such restrictions as 'realism', and as such game designers were free to do anything they liked with them. Nowadays, however, games HAVE to be realistic, they HAVE to have a decent storyline, and they HAVE to have jaw-dropping graphics, but why? What is the point of having those things if the gameplay is crap?
Having said that, if the above mentioned things are included, so much the better. But then, if you added them to a game like Doom then it wouldn't be Doom any more.
Make up your own minds, but i've said what i needed to say on this matter. Thanks for reading (or not, as the case may be).
But having recently downloaded Doom 2 (only 10 Meg!) and playing it for two hours straight, i have come to realise that the old games are still by far the best. They did not suffer such restrictions as 'realism', and as such game designers were free to do anything they liked with them. Nowadays, however, games HAVE to be realistic, they HAVE to have a decent storyline, and they HAVE to have jaw-dropping graphics, but why? What is the point of having those things if the gameplay is crap?
Having said that, if the above mentioned things are included, so much the better. But then, if you added them to a game like Doom then it wouldn't be Doom any more.
Make up your own minds, but i've said what i needed to say on this matter. Thanks for reading (or not, as the case may be).
Just how exactly is roaming around a labyrinth shooting cardboard cut-out demons better in the gameplay department than the huge variety of gameplay potential in Metal Gear Solid 2?
"Old" games are only good for one thing: nostalgia.
"Old" games are only good for one thing: nostalgia.
If you really want some old-skool fun then go and get MAME: it emulates about three thousand arcade games and is the bee's knees.
Today everyone goes on about Medal of Honour and MGS2 and the like, saying how brilliant the graphics and everything are.
But having recently downloaded Doom 2 (only 10 Meg!) and playing it for two hours straight, i have come to realise that the old games are still by far the best. They did not suffer such restrictions as 'realism', and as such game designers were free to do anything they liked with them. Nowadays, however, games HAVE to be realistic, they HAVE to have a decent storyline, and they HAVE to have jaw-dropping graphics, but why? What is the point of having those things if the gameplay is crap?
Having said that, if the above mentioned things are included, so much the better. But then, if you added them to a game like Doom then it wouldn't be Doom any more.
Make up your own minds, but i've said what i needed to say on this matter. Thanks for reading (or not, as the case may be).
But having recently downloaded Doom 2 (only 10 Meg!) and playing it for two hours straight, i have come to realise that the old games are still by far the best. They did not suffer such restrictions as 'realism', and as such game designers were free to do anything they liked with them. Nowadays, however, games HAVE to be realistic, they HAVE to have a decent storyline, and they HAVE to have jaw-dropping graphics, but why? What is the point of having those things if the gameplay is crap?
Having said that, if the above mentioned things are included, so much the better. But then, if you added them to a game like Doom then it wouldn't be Doom any more.
Make up your own minds, but i've said what i needed to say on this matter. Thanks for reading (or not, as the case may be).