Today's games... not as good?
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Someone tell me why i dont enjoy games today as i did when I was a child or a teenager.
Tell us why today's computer games or better - or worse - than those of yesteryear.
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Someone tell me why i dont enjoy games today as i did when I was a child or a teenager.
Tell us why today's computer games or better - or worse - than those of yesteryear.
I disagree with people who say games aren't as good. Back in day I think they were more "amazing" because they were new and ground breaking. Now, there are a set number of genres and 50 games being released in each of those genres a month. A good game to me is now determined by the story and overall polish of the game. Graphics mean nothing, which I guess is just a thing from growing up in the 90's where the most amazing graphics I ever saw was Dues Ex :P (was that even the 90's ???)
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Someone tell me why i dont enjoy games today as i did when I was a child or a teenager.
Tell us why today's computer games or better - or worse - than those of yesteryear.
ROGUE ! ! ! !
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Someone tell me why i dont enjoy games today as i did when I was a child or a teenager.
Tell us why today's computer games or better - or worse - than those of yesteryear.
My room mate and I have this discussion every time we stop by the local Gamestop. Personally, I think its a combination of: 0. There is a much larger number of games coming out. With that kind of quantity, there's more to compare to and the really great games stand out (and make the majority of games look bad) 1. Some publishers/studios go for quantity over quality, and as long as its profitable they have no reason to change 2. We're not children anymore, and as a result we're much harder to impress. Even if the quality stayed the same we'd probably feel that it decreased as we become more critical and able to distinguish good from bad 3. Nostaligia
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My room mate and I have this discussion every time we stop by the local Gamestop. Personally, I think its a combination of: 0. There is a much larger number of games coming out. With that kind of quantity, there's more to compare to and the really great games stand out (and make the majority of games look bad) 1. Some publishers/studios go for quantity over quality, and as long as its profitable they have no reason to change 2. We're not children anymore, and as a result we're much harder to impress. Even if the quality stayed the same we'd probably feel that it decreased as we become more critical and able to distinguish good from bad 3. Nostaligia
There's a very interesting discussion about what are good games and the concept of a "gamer" in the current context on episode 64 of the Hypercritical podcast with John Siracusa[^].
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