So...back to the POINT of this...
Nostalgia really does take over, for all gamers who have been there since the very beginning. I had an Atari 2600. I played Adventure, Pitfall, all that stuff.
Expectations for every game built. And when SNES hit, man...that was it. HOW could it get better? Oh, the SNES CD? Later to be the PlayStation?
Regardless, I agree on the bitter gamer remark: I know I am. Or rather, I'm a MUCH pickier person than I once was. I owned about 4 games for my PS - MGS, FF7, 8, and 9. That's it.
PS2? I have Silent Hill 2: SE. MGS2. I have played many other games, but few captivate me.
No RPG since FF4 has held me so tightly. And none ever really will. I believe this bitterness in games is divisible in genres - such as FF4 being the best RPG ever, then Silent Hill being my favorite survival horror series. Deus Ex being my favorite PC game. That kind of thing.
I still play old school games because they caused my imagination to explode, and I often wish it would be as volatile as it used to be when I played through them. Games that capture my *imagination* are the ones I care for.
This industry is now a sequel-based insane asylum and it makes me sad that despite the graphics we have now, innovation eludes most designers. And people wonder why we're all bitter? No innovation, really.
And in saying the above, I have proven my bitterness. Suck it, CliffyB :)
Nostalgia really does take over, for all gamers who have been there since the very beginning. I had an Atari 2600. I played Adventure, Pitfall, all that stuff.
Expectations for every game built. And when SNES hit, man...that was it. HOW could it get better? Oh, the SNES CD? Later to be the PlayStation?
Regardless, I agree on the bitter gamer remark: I know I am. Or rather, I'm a MUCH pickier person than I once was. I owned about 4 games for my PS - MGS, FF7, 8, and 9. That's it.
PS2? I have Silent Hill 2: SE. MGS2. I have played many other games, but few captivate me.
No RPG since FF4 has held me so tightly. And none ever really will. I believe this bitterness in games is divisible in genres - such as FF4 being the best RPG ever, then Silent Hill being my favorite survival horror series. Deus Ex being my favorite PC game. That kind of thing.
I still play old school games because they caused my imagination to explode, and I often wish it would be as volatile as it used to be when I played through them. Games that capture my *imagination* are the ones I care for.
This industry is now a sequel-based insane asylum and it makes me sad that despite the graphics we have now, innovation eludes most designers. And people wonder why we're all bitter? No innovation, really.
And in saying the above, I have proven my bitterness. Suck it, CliffyB :)