Anyone else losing interest in videogames?
02-24-03 | 12:44 AM
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Originally posted by Michael Corvin
I love it when I see something like this. No mention of the gameplay, or quality. But if it looks good
it must be great!
It is the reason commercials are geared toward this mentality. 'Just show the cut scenes and people will buy it.'
I love it when I see something like this. No mention of the gameplay, or quality. But if it looks good
it must be great!It is the reason commercials are geared toward this mentality. 'Just show the cut scenes and people will buy it.'
02-24-03 | 09:32 AM
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Originally posted by Michael Corvin
I love it when I see something like this. No mention of the gameplay, or quality. But if it looks good it must be great!
It is the reason commercials are geared toward this mentality. 'Just show the cut scenes and people will buy it.'
I love it when I see something like this. No mention of the gameplay, or quality. But if it looks good
it must be great!It is the reason commercials are geared toward this mentality. 'Just show the cut scenes and people will buy it.'
Anyway, I don't get into the adventure games anymore because its too much of a pain to go through. Its like work and I don't like work. I still play sports and fighting games cause those are the most fun.
02-24-03 | 10:42 AM
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Originally posted by SteveOVig
For me it's the fact that I can't stand the selection of new games out there. I don't wish to play what is IMO some lame RPG or some easy platformer where they make me collect things endlessly. Basically I'm tired of the lack of difficulty and depth involved in today's games. I'd settle for a 2D shooter where I can play for score endlessly and not even think about beating the game.
For me it's the fact that I can't stand the selection of new games out there. I don't wish to play what is IMO some lame RPG or some easy platformer where they make me collect things endlessly. Basically I'm tired of the lack of difficulty and depth involved in today's games. I'd settle for a 2D shooter where I can play for score endlessly and not even think about beating the game.
I'm wondering if you ever had a Turbo Grafx 16.. that machine had some fine shooters on it.
02-24-03 | 02:19 PM
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I have one that I bought 3-4 years ago but haven't boughten a game for it since. I never had the credit cards to order anything online until recently not to mention no stores in my area sell TG-16.
02-24-03 | 03:01 PM
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Originally posted by Michael Corvin
I love it when I see something like this. No mention of the gameplay, or quality. But if it looks good it must be great!
It is the reason commercials are geared toward this mentality. 'Just show the cut scenes and people will buy it.'
I love it when I see something like this. No mention of the gameplay, or quality. But if it looks good
it must be great!It is the reason commercials are geared toward this mentality. 'Just show the cut scenes and people will buy it.'
I said a lot of the things people are saying here over in the PDO thread: games are too complicated these days for older folk with kids (like myself) to have the time to care about.
Splinter Cell is the best example: unbelievably realistic gameplay, nail-biting scenarios, the most immersive environments I've seen. It's an incredible techinical achievement... but it's like a job. You have to learn about thirty different moves, understand all sorts of weapons and strategies and their relative strengths and weaknesses. You have to figure out complex and unrelenting scenarios. You have to work at it, practice, think about it overnight. All of this is commendable and definitly worth buying if you've got the time. but , for me, It's just too much. I've got enough on my plate.
Give me a railed shooter, unlimited ammo and crack-like addictive gameplay with the ability to turn the thing on, plunge into action and turn it off anyday.
02-25-03 | 10:10 PM
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Originally posted by Hiro11
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I said a lot of the things people are saying here over in the PDO thread: games are too complicated these days for older folk with kids (like myself) to have the time to care about.
Splinter Cell is the best example: unbelievably realistic gameplay, nail-biting scenarios, the most immersive environments I've seen. It's an incredible techinical achievement... but it's like a job. You have to learn about thirty different moves, understand all sorts of weapons and strategies and their relative strengths and weaknesses. You have to figure out complex and unrelenting scenarios. You have to work at it, practice, think about it overnight. All of this is commendable and definitly worth buying if you've got the time. but , for me, It's just too much. I've got enough on my plate.
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I said a lot of the things people are saying here over in the PDO thread: games are too complicated these days for older folk with kids (like myself) to have the time to care about.
Splinter Cell is the best example: unbelievably realistic gameplay, nail-biting scenarios, the most immersive environments I've seen. It's an incredible techinical achievement... but it's like a job. You have to learn about thirty different moves, understand all sorts of weapons and strategies and their relative strengths and weaknesses. You have to figure out complex and unrelenting scenarios. You have to work at it, practice, think about it overnight. All of this is commendable and definitly worth buying if you've got the time. but , for me, It's just too much. I've got enough on my plate.
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Thankfully, they do make games you can just sit down and play for an hour, without the commitment. I'm thinking THPS, Super Monkey Ball, Crazy Taxi and so on. I must admit that the more involved games offer greater satisfaction when you get into them, though.
