- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Whilst there are a few good arguments in here i somwhat disagree with all of you. Gaming today is very different than it was 10 or 15 years ago, sure people are still making crappy games to try and capitilize on the sucsess of "great" games. But mainly what has changed Is not just the technology, but the gamer. I know i cannot speak for everyone, but as time progressed, i found myself getting more and more serious about my gaming. Not because i was growing up, but simply because i was playing more. In my earlier days i was playing everything from et on atari, to ninja turtles on nes (a clasic). But i find myself purgeing from new games. Gaming has always had its dry seasons, times between the blockbusters, where only a few dinasty warriors and platformers come out. But its getting progresivly worst. I find that i never touch anygame scored under an 8. Not because i trust these reviewers, because thier crap also. Simply because what the game presents does not impress me enough, Psi ops? Fraggeta bout it. To often are these lackluster games put out, Very few of them even put a new spin on the elements thier reusing. Game like sonic heroes *shudder* try to take thier clasic mold and break it and reglue it in the dark, haping it comes out as a shiny 3d object. More often than not, they blow it. Sonic heroes completly descrases all that was and that will ever be sonic. A classic 2d sidescrolling adventure, and one of the better ones at that (super sonic. yes!!). But when they put it to 3d, they frogot about the other d. And left you with the same ambiguios path to stay on, with very little room to meander. It was a 2d game in 3d shoes, Forcing you to follow this path straight ahead. Im not just talking linear, Your only choice is straight forward, and you cant go left or right much at all. Enough about that piece of -blam!-. Simply put, i find myself playin games im confortable with, like halo. Games that brought somthing to the table, Somthing weve aten before, alot, we liked it though, but they cooked it differently and added spices weve never had. My 50 bucks means more to me now then ever, especially because before it was only 30 bucks, and 20 before that. This is why i love nintendo. Often nintendo experiments with things never done, But even when they stay on thier beaten path, they got alot of good stuff goin on. Thier games were always fun and great. And Nintendo's ds and next system are forcing developers to make new ideas, i love you nintendo. So finishing off my rant, New games often suck, Games that are based on ones we love often dissapoint (cept pop, suh-weet!), and nintendo is and always will be all about the games. Even when/if they dissapear, nintendo will still be the best in my heart. Jesus that was long. noones readin it.