The General Chatter Thread.

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You have to define what makes a video game "good", and what may be one person's console hell might be another's gaming salvation. For example, I think Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is an apalling game (I have NEVER liked FPS), but Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon (For the Playstation ONE) is one of my all-time top five video games on any platform. I would gladly forego the aesthetic complexity in favour of a game that is not only a blast to play, but also makes you happy.

[GoldenFox93]

You have to define what makes a video game "good", and what may be one person's console hell might be another's gaming salvation. For example, I think Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is an apalling game (I have NEVER liked FPS), but Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon (For the Playstation ONE) is one of my all-time top five video games on any platform. I would gladly forego the aesthetic complexity in favour of a game that is not only a blast to play, but also makes you happy.

Exactly- I'd much rather have a game that was visually-lacking but great fun to play, rather than one that looks stunning, but plays like crap.

[NFX]

You have to define what makes a video game "good", and what may be one person's console hell might be another's gaming salvation. For example, I think Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is an apalling game (I have NEVER liked FPS), but Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon (For the Playstation ONE) is one of my all-time top five video games on any platform. I would gladly forego the aesthetic complexity in favour of a game that is not only a blast to play, but also makes you happy.

Exactly- I'd much rather have a game that was visually-lacking but great fun to play, rather than one that looks stunning, but plays like crap.

Unfortunately, the majority of people who buy these sort of games are daft kids who are willing to believe all the hype, buy into any franchise that goes "LOOK AT THE SHINY SHINY" long enough, and guilt-trip their parents into getting it for them. Which completely defeats the purpose of age ratings, I was in Game in Kirkcaldy before it closed, and there was a kid in front of me who was with his mum, and she was buying a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV. He was five years old.

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I'd much rather have a game that was visually-lacking but great fun to play,

[GoldenFox93]

You have to define what makes a video game "good", and what may be one person's console hell might be another's gaming salvation. For example, I think Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is an apalling game (I have NEVER liked FPS), but Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon (For the Playstation ONE) is one of my all-time top five video games on any platform. I would gladly forego the aesthetic complexity in favour of a game that is not only a blast to play, but also makes you happy.

Exactly- I'd much rather have a game that was visually-lacking but great fun to play, rather than one that looks stunning, but plays like crap.

Unfortunately, the majority of people who buy these sort of games are daft kids who are willing to believe all the hype, buy into any franchise that goes "LOOK AT THE SHINY SHINY" long enough, and guilt-trip their parents into getting it for them. Which completely defeats the purpose of age ratings, I was in Game in Kirkcaldy before it closed, and there was a kid in front of me who was with his mum, and she was buying a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV. He was five years old.

That's the aggrovating thing about gamers these days- they judge on graphics and nothing else. Tieing with that though, is these kids who make their parents buy them these 18-rated titles without question. Five years old? Really?
 
(At that age, the most mature thing I'd played was Altered Beast on the Mega Drive  =P)

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You have to define what makes a video game "good", and what may be one person's console hell might be another's gaming salvation. For example, I think Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is an apalling game (I have NEVER liked FPS), but Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon (For the Playstation ONE) is one of my all-time top five video games on any platform. I would gladly forego the aesthetic complexity in favour of a game that is not only a blast to play, but also makes you happy.

Exactly- I'd much rather have a game that was visually-lacking but great fun to play, rather than one that looks stunning, but plays like crap.

Unfortunately, the majority of people who buy these sort of games are daft kids who are willing to believe all the hype, buy into any franchise that goes "LOOK AT THE SHINY SHINY" long enough, and guilt-trip their parents into getting it for them. Which completely defeats the purpose of age ratings, I was in Game in Kirkcaldy before it closed, and there was a kid in front of me who was with his mum, and she was buying a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV. He was five years old.

That's the aggrovating thing about gamers these days- they judge on graphics and nothing else. Tieing with that though, is these kids who make their parents buy them these 18-rated titles without question. Five years old? Really?
 
(At that age, the most mature thing I'd played was Altered Beast on the Mega Drive  =P)

I couldn't give any less of a <expletive> about graphics, to be honest. Just so long as I can distinguish between things properly, then I don't care how many million polygons have been rendered with it. Asteroids is a better game than Call Of Duty.
 
When I was five, the most violent video game I had was Frogger on the PsOne. He gets hit by a truck, and...that's about it. The music for World 6 was amazing, though. =D

[GoldenFox93]

You have to define what makes a video game "good", and what may be one person's console hell might be another's gaming salvation. For example, I think Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is an apalling game (I have NEVER liked FPS), but Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon (For the Playstation ONE) is one of my all-time top five video games on any platform. I would gladly forego the aesthetic complexity in favour of a game that is not only a blast to play, but also makes you happy.

Exactly- I'd much rather have a game that was visually-lacking but great fun to play, rather than one that looks stunning, but plays like crap.

Unfortunately, the majority of people who buy these sort of games are daft kids who are willing to believe all the hype, buy into any franchise that goes "LOOK AT THE SHINY SHINY" long enough, and guilt-trip their parents into getting it for them. Which completely defeats the purpose of age ratings, I was in Game in Kirkcaldy before it closed, and there was a kid in front of me who was with his mum, and she was buying a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV. He was five years old.

That's the aggrovating thing about gamers these days- they judge on graphics and nothing else. Tieing with that though, is these kids who make their parents buy them these 18-rated titles without question. Five years old? Really?
 
(At that age, the most mature thing I'd played was Altered Beast on the Mega Drive  =P)

I couldn't give any less of a <expletive> about graphics, to be honest. Just so long as I can distinguish between things properly, then I don't care how many million polygons have been rendered with it. Asteroids is a better game than Call Of Duty.
 
When I was five, the most violent video game I had was Frogger on the PsOne. He gets hit by a truck, and...that's about it. The music for World 6 was amazing, though. =D

Aye. I see graphics as a nice touch, but they don't make a game- we don't really need 1 billion terraflopping polygons for a door handle as a game's most major selling point.
 
And yes, back in the era of the old classics- I still have my old Megadrive, I just need to find the cable for the visuals. Once I've done that and installed it again though, I might start looking around for more of the old classics  =P

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We really don't. I don't like the idea of video games being used as technological showcases, developing companies going "look what we've done with state-of-the-art computers". If they designed videogames with the sort of computers ordinary people play them on, then maybe they'd actually run properly.

Classic videogames, in my mind, are always going to be better than modern titles, things like Crysis, things like Counter Strike. They actually make you feel happy. The graphics were fun, the soundtracks were usually fun, the levels were fun...I would go so far as to say there's too MUCH realism in video games, we need that almost cartoon-like suspension of disbelief that allows video games to take you to whatever place they want, and put a smile on your face when you get there.

[GoldenFox93]

We really don't. I don't like the idea of video games being used as technological showcases, developing companies going "look what we've done with state-of-the-art computers". If they designed videogames with the sort of computers ordinary people play them on, then maybe they'd actually run properly.

Classic videogames, in my mind, are always going to be better than modern titles, things like Crysis, things like Counter Strike. They actually make you feel happy. The graphics were fun, the soundtracks were usually fun, the levels were fun...I would go so far as to say there's too MUCH realism in video games, we need that almost cartoon-like suspension of disbelief that allows video games to take you to whatever place they want, and put a smile on your face when you get there.

Definitely agree with the bit on graphics, particularly the "Running Properly" part- if you haven't got the latest one, you're a bit snookered, so to speak.
 
And I fully agree here, too- there's a reason why I've kept my old consoles, and downloaded some of the old titles on my Wii Virtual Console (There's even a few Commodore 64 titles in there)   =D

[NFX]

We really don't. I don't like the idea of video games being used as technological showcases, developing companies going "look what we've done with state-of-the-art computers". If they designed videogames with the sort of computers ordinary people play them on, then maybe they'd actually run properly.

Classic videogames, in my mind, are always going to be better than modern titles, things like Crysis, things like Counter Strike. They actually make you feel happy. The graphics were fun, the soundtracks were usually fun, the levels were fun...I would go so far as to say there's too MUCH realism in video games, we need that almost cartoon-like suspension of disbelief that allows video games to take you to whatever place they want, and put a smile on your face when you get there.

Definitely agree with the bit on graphics, particularly the "Running Properly" part- if you haven't got the latest one, you're a bit snookered, so to speak.
 
And I fully agree here, too- there's a reason why I've kept my old consoles, and downloaded some of the old titles on my Wii Virtual Console (There's even a few Commodore 64 titles in there)   =D

The only video game I've ever traded in is Guitar Hero IV, because it wouldn't run properly on my PS2 for some reason. But I can have a whole lot more fun with my PsOne games, crazy stuff like Crash Bandicoot 2, Spyro 3, sometimes Cool Boarders 2 as well. But, unfortunately, as appears the way with most things in life, video games are becoming more about image and distractions than actually having fun and doing things well.

[GoldenFox93]

We really don't. I don't like the idea of video games being used as technological showcases, developing companies going "look what we've done with state-of-the-art computers". If they designed videogames with the sort of computers ordinary people play them on, then maybe they'd actually run properly.

Classic videogames, in my mind, are always going to be better than modern titles, things like Crysis, things like Counter Strike. They actually make you feel happy. The graphics were fun, the soundtracks were usually fun, the levels were fun...I would go so far as to say there's too MUCH realism in video games, we need that almost cartoon-like suspension of disbelief that allows video games to take you to whatever place they want, and put a smile on your face when you get there.

Definitely agree with the bit on graphics, particularly the "Running Properly" part- if you haven't got the latest one, you're a bit snookered, so to speak.
 
And I fully agree here, too- there's a reason why I've kept my old consoles, and downloaded some of the old titles on my Wii Virtual Console (There's even a few Commodore 64 titles in there)   =D

The only video game I've ever traded in is Guitar Hero IV, because it wouldn't run properly on my PS2 for some reason. But I can have a whole lot more fun with my PsOne games, crazy stuff like Crash Bandicoot 2, Spyro 3, sometimes Cool Boarders 2 as well. But, unfortunately, as appears the way with most things in life, video games are becoming more about image and distractions than actually having fun and doing things well.

I remember having that problem with another PS2 title, once.
And yes, that is an unfortunate thing to consider, really. With most modern games, it's about graphics and how much crap you can sneak past the censors.

[Natef]

I don't like most retro games.

[GoldenFox93]

I don't like most retro games.

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[NFX]

I don't like most retro games.

Would you care to elaborate? =)

[Preytor_4]

Got a Samsung Epic 4G Galaxy S phone yesterday 

[Resetti's Replicas]

I don't like most retro games.

Fair enough, I myself can't fall in love with graphics from the pre-gamecube eera

[Natef]

I only like a few. Most feel like the same things.

I like these (pre 2000)

SMB series
Megaman series
Army Men series (pre and post 2000)
Galaga

I can name those off the top of my head.

[Preytor_4]

I only like a few. Most feel like the same things.

I like these (pre 2000)

SMB series
Megaman series
Army Men series (pre and post 2000)
Galaga

I can name those off the top of my head.

No Pacman D:

[NFX]

I only like a few. Most feel like the same things.

I like these (pre 2000)

SMB series
Megaman series
Army Men series (pre and post 2000)
Galaga

I can name those off the top of my head.

I could say that about most modern games, though. But then I suppose whatever's popular will be emulated by the most people, so you're always going to get a group of similar games being sold. I just think that most video games made two or three generations ago are able to put a bigger smile on my face than most video games now.

[GoldenFox93]

Still, good to see another GTMer who likes the Mega Man games  =P