Games now are better than ever

[Cowutopia]

And hopefully Lucas Arts will get itself together before then.

Yeah. Nowadays, Lucasarts = the suck.
Still, if other companies pioneer an awesome game like what I described, I'm sure Lucasarts will make a horrible copy of it.
(ex: Battlefield and Battlefront.)

[Cheebs]

Yes, gaming now is better than it's ever been. It's cheaper and the selection is huge. That being said, there's still some classics that will never be beaten.

Games don't need options or depth or complexity to be fun.

Games also don't need to hold your attention for an hour to be great.

Can Asteroids hold my attention for more than 15 min? No. However, Asteroids can hold my attention for 15 min every now and then over a period of 20+ years. To this day I'm giving Asteroids a go here and there. Same with Pacman, Donkey Kong, etc etc. Great games, great fun, great re-playability and longevity, but a totally different kind of longevity and re-playability. And sometimes that's what you need.

[Diff-chan]

Tsubaki, why do you equate cut scenes with immersiveness? The two are mutually exclusive, for the most part. Half-Life doesnt have cut scenes, Warcraft 3 multi doesnt have cut scenes, PGR doesnt have cut scenes, etc. Immersiveness is a somewhat elusive quality but generally I think of it like that whole synchronicity type thing I was describing before, where everything turns into a giant goober of gaming quality.

And also, why did you spend so much time playing a junk game like Sonic Adventure 2?

I can't believe this thread went on this long. He likes newer games. Good for him. Newer games are easier, and he thinks they hide the fact that he is utterly worthless in about everything else he could possibly do. Sports, life, etc...you name it. When he gets past the 9 year old mentality, maybe that will change.

Heh. You've responded 4 times in this thread.

[SearchManX]

Because I dissed a 2D game? Diffx is 100%, you guys go fucking nutz because it is 2D. The art style and animation in Alien Hominid doesn't look professional to me and it looks slow/boring, I am already certain I would play Gunstar Heroes instead.

In which case, Diffx's point that newer games are better than old games is wrong. *gasp!* He can never be wrong!

[Diff-chan]

He can never be wrong!

Finally, you realize this.

[Mzo]

Diff never said that EVERY new game is good.

He just pointed out Sonic Adventure 2 as being utter garbage, which it was. I'm sure even he would agree that Sonic 2 > Sonic Adventure 2.

[SearchManX]

Diff never said that EVERY new game is good.

He just pointed out Sonic Adventure 2 as being utter garbage, which it was. I'm sure even he would agree that Sonic 2 > Sonic Adventure 2.

I think from the tone of his first post, he basically says that if you're still lamenting the good old days, then get over it, it's not as good as you think. And then it hits you, those games were actually good, and it's not because of nostalgia. At the same time, no one is saying new games are crap.

[Diff-chan]

Yea, I said that they arent as good as you think. However, the 2nd part of your statement is definitely not true. Most of those games really arent worth playing. I played Sonic The Hedgehog 1 and 2 last year and they were silly and simple and not much fun at all. Same goes with a lot of the Genesis games. They were good back then but really not so much anymore.

If I want to go ahead and play some Super Metroid or something, Im wary of it because I dont want to ruin my memories of the game. Aside from a very, very short list of games, which consists of maybe Robotron, Street Fighter 2, and some of the Mario games, the good memories are just that - memories. The rest is straight up nostalgia.

And you can see that when you see a lot of the new GBA games. Quite frankly, these games just arent very good. People jizz over them simply because theyre 2D, and thats silly.

[Jeremy]

They aren't very good...and you know this after playing them, right?

[SearchManX]

And you can see that when you see a lot of the new GBA games. Quite frankly, these games just arent very good. People jizz over them simply because theyre 2D, and thats silly.

I don't play games because they are 2D or 3D. I play games because they are enjoyable. Just like I don't "jizz" all over one console because I like it so much.

I play Mega Man Zero because the recent PS2 Mega Man X games are horrible in 3D.