Old vs New Games and their Quality

[CrazyFrogJr]

Most of the new games out that come out are not as fun as the old games........I find that most games has a demo of games that are dum like mw3.........

 

[Hellkite]

In some cases that may be true that some do not meet the benchmarks of past games ... As the - Idiom goes "Lightning does not strike twice"

 

[CrazyFrogJr]

In some cases that may be true that some do not meet the benchmarks of past games ... As the - Idiom goes "Lightning does not strike twice"

In some ways yes.......

 

[CABAL]

Some series seem to be getting worse and others seem to be getting better. Reach is easily the best Halo game yet and Skyrim is awesome (coming from somebody who much preferred Morrowind over Oblivion), but Need for Speed has been getting steadily worse and EA really dropped the ball on C&C 4.

 

[CrazyFrogJr]

old games vs new games

halo and Halo 1 remake are good games................but I like 007 more.........what do you like?

 

[Majestic]

I enjoyed Halo CE Anniversary too, it reminded me how difficult Halo 1 was compared to Halo 3 and Reach. If you're talking about 007 Goldeneye the remake that recently came out I too enjoyed it but I was hoping a bit more for the nostalgia with it, having played the original N64 classic when I was a kid. I found many of the changes they made took away from the feel of James Bond and 007, turning it more into a Call of Duty game, while some changes such as hacking turrets really was a nice touch and very 007. One of the most notable changes was the hotel mission, very 007 in my view.

However my favourite game I have played recently was the one game I just choose because I wanted Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and it was part of the two for $40 deal. It was cheaper to do the deal and get a game pretty much for free so I picked up Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. Not expecting much from it I was pleasantly surprised and I am currently playing through it a second time. It's set in the Wild West starting off in the US Civil War. It's a rather interesting game and I quite enjoy playing was Brother Ray, wielding dual pistols. You can play each chapter as either Thomas (best with riles and bows or Ray best with pistols and dynamite). They are two brothers who become outlaws and hired guns. You get to ride horses, have pistol duals with villains and even do side quests like killing a gang for gold which you can also pick up in shacks and off dead bodies and use towards better weapons. Also the humour in this rivals Halo 2, it's made me and the kids laugh more than once. However this is a little foul language in it and might not be appropriate for younger gamers.

If you enjoy shooters and like older shooters set in eras other than just the modern times I'd highly recommend this game. I have found there are two more games in this series, a prequel and sequel, certainly going to give these a try.

 

[Terra_Inc]

I don't play any modern stuffs due to having a PC from '04 and not having munniez to get a new one (poor student kitteh iz poor).
The only modern game I play is Dwarf Fortress, otherwise I waste my time on nethack.alt.org and crawl.akrasiac.org (playing nethack & crawl over telnet).

 

[Adm_Z]

I've been playing Uncharted 3 quite a lot recently. A very fun shooter which has elements similar to assassins creed, and other games, but has a very original concept.(besides being indiana jones without the whip and hat) The gameplay, especially in multiplayer, is unlike any other shooter I have ever encountered, and it requires a lot more strategy when playing but doesn't come across as to complicated for a shooter.

I can safely say I am addicted.

 

[CrazyFrogJr]

old games vs new games

3ds vs xbox 360 vs ps3........ps3 is ok.I love the xbox360.I want the 3ds.What do you all like?

 

[Terra_Inc]

3ds vs xbox 360 vs ps3........ps3 is ok.I love the xbox360.I want the 3ds.What do you all like?

Uhm... let's see... N64? NGC? Gameboy Color? ...

 

[CrazyFrogJr]

Uhm... let's see... N64? NGC? Gameboy Color? ...

And them to.........

 

[Majestic]

You can't forget the old school systems like the Sega Master system, NES, Commodore64 and the like. Or the odd rarity like the Sega Saturn.

Boy I'm not 30 yet but some of that is really starting to show my age.

 

[Terra_Inc]

You can't forget the old school systems like the Sega Master system, NES, Commodore64 and the like. Or the odd rarity like the Sega Saturn.

Boy I'm not 30 yet but some of that is really starting to show my age.

Yeah, I still have an old master system around here somewhere... where did I put it?

 

[Majestic]

Yeah, I still have an old master system around here somewhere... where did I put it?

We did have one a few years ago but it died so we went out and got a lot of old games for it (Like the Sonic's, Goldenaxe etc) for the Xbox 360. We however have a Megadrive and Super Nintendo.

 

[CrazyFrogJr]

old games vs new games

Is the 3ds good?The ds suck's I know that..........go to Groups and join old vs new games I made the that group.....

 

[CrazyFrogJr]

3ds

I love my 3ds and I give it a 4 out 5 I am useing it now and writing this post...... do you have a 3ds and what do you think about it.

 

[thunderfoot]

The older games depended upon good game play features because their graphics were so very limited. The very first computer game I ever played was on a Commodore C64. It was part of the Dungeon and Dragon series. Cost was $8.95 brand new. Two 5.25 inch floppy discs which held a total of about 128 MB of game engine, graphics, and data. It was required to save game progress to the game disc. Eight bit graphics but somehow they managed to convey the real sense of menace a huge ancient Red Dragon has. I miss that game a great deal. It never ever played out exactly the same way twice. It also was never boring. There was always something new to acquire or a new quest to go on or a never before seen random encounter popped up in the wilderness. The AI was a little limited but it would kick your butt if you got too cocky. I also have a N64 and the CnC 95 cartridge for it. I never get tired of hearing the GDI Commando grunt out, "Got a present for ya!" Or the "sizzleZAP!" of the NOD Laser Tower. The new games have far better graphics, but it seems as if all of them wind up the same. "Oooooh! Pretty! Lookit da 'splosions! Kewel!". Too much emphasis on eye candy these days. And with game prices reaching nearly $75 a go, I find it very hard to justify the expense.

 

[Terra_Inc]

The older games depended upon good game play features because their graphics were so very limited. The very first computer game I ever played was on a Commodore C64. It was part of the Dungeon and Dragon series. Cost was $8.95 brand new. Two 5.25 inch floppy discs which held a total of about 128 MB of game engine, graphics, and data. It was required to save game progress to the game disc. Eight bit graphics but somehow they managed to convey the real sense of menace a huge ancient Red Dragon has. I miss that game a great deal. It never ever played out exactly the same way twice. It also was never boring. There was always something new to acquire or a new quest to go on or a never before seen random encounter popped up in the wilderness. The AI was a little limited but it would kick your butt if you got too cocky. I also have a N64 and the CnC 95 cartridge for it. I never get tired of hearing the GDI Commando grunt out, "Got a present for ya!" Or the "sizzleZAP!" of the NOD Laser Tower. The new games have far better graphics, but it seems as if all of them wind up the same. "Oooooh! Pretty! Lookit da 'splosions! Kewel!". Too much emphasis on eye candy these days. And with game prices reaching nearly $75 a go, I find it very hard to justify the expense.

I completely agree. Hence I haven't bought a modern game in a long time.

My advice if you're looking for deeper gameplay without focus on 'splosions: Play Roguelikes. Yes, their interface is often somewhat hard to understand. Yes, you will die a lot. But most of them have gameplay that is DECADES better than anything you find in the electronics market in your neighborhood. Precisely BECAUSE they have neglected graphics and pretty 'splosions for centuries. And, not to forget, almost every single one of them is freely available online, or even opensource.

So, go online and check out NetHack. Play some BRogue. If you need graphics, play some ToME4, or if you want to spend a few bucks, get Dungeons of Dredmor from Steam. Heck, play DoomRL. You'll get used to it, and soon, you'll understand what's so scary about #.@..D.# - it'll feel completely natural. There's a roguelike for everyone. Once you've gone rogue and experienced just how much more interesting a good RL can be, you won't want to go back.

 

[CrazyFrogJr]

3ds

I will use my 3ds now not my pc......you need to buy this.

 

[Katala]

The older games depended upon good game play features because their graphics were so very limited. The very first computer game I ever played was on a Commodore C64. It was part of the Dungeon and Dragon series. Cost was $8.95 brand new. Two 5.25 inch floppy discs which held a total of about 128 MB of game engine, graphics, and data. It was required to save game progress to the game disc. Eight bit graphics but somehow they managed to convey the real sense of menace a huge ancient Red Dragon has. I miss that game a great deal. It never ever played out exactly the same way twice. It also was never boring. There was always something new to acquire or a new quest to go on or a never before seen random encounter popped up in the wilderness. The AI was a little limited but it would kick your butt if you got too cocky. I also have a N64 and the CnC 95 cartridge for it. I never get tired of hearing the GDI Commando grunt out, "Got a present for ya!" Or the "sizzleZAP!" of the NOD Laser Tower. The new games have far better graphics, but it seems as if all of them wind up the same. "Oooooh! Pretty! Lookit da 'splosions! Kewel!". Too much emphasis on eye candy these days. And with game prices reaching nearly $75 a go, I find it very hard to justify the expense.

I remember my dad buying me a Commodore64 and my mum making me share it with my siblings, we played wizards and warlocks via the cassette deck and the little cartridges of various other games that came with it, mind you before that there was another small console of limited usage called a VZ11 that my mother and step father had bought us when I was 9yrs old until we got the C64 from my dad haha and then my step father also bought a Microbee, that had some cool games as I recall!

Though now we have 2 Xbox360's (one of them is my sons the other is the family one), a PS2, 2 Wii's (one of them is my daughters and one is mine), 2 pc's a laptop and 2 DS lites, again one mine and one my daughters, though I'm thinking of updraging my DS to a DSi XL with a larger screen, not a fan of the 3DS a friend of mine has one and has had to have it replaced 3 times within 4 months of buying it and it has only been used 3 times and it wouldn't load any games what so ever even though it was 3 different games/3DS's :-/

 

[CrazyFrogJr]

I remember my dad buying me a Commodore64 and my mum making me share it with my siblings, we played wizards and warlocks via the cassette deck and the little cartridges of various other games that came with it, mind you before that there was another small console of limited usage called a VZ11 that my mother and step father had bought us when I was 9yrs old until we got the C64 from my dad haha and then my step father also bought a Microbee, that had some cool games as I recall!

Though now we have 2 Xbox360's (one of them is my sons the other is the family one), a PS2, 2 Wii's (one of them is my daughters and one is mine), 2 pc's a laptop and 2 DS lites, again one mine and one my daughters, though I'm thinking of updraging my DS to a DSi XL with a larger screen, not a fan of the 3DS a friend of mine has one and has had to have it replaced 3 times within 4 months of buying it and it has only been used 3 times and it wouldn't load any games what so ever even though it was 3 different games/3DS's :-/

The 3ds is the wii but its smaller..........the dsi xl sucks sorry.

 

[CrazyFrogJr]

3ds vs psp..............

3ds vs psp...........xbox 360 vs ps3..........ds vs wii.........pc vs dsi..........all of this are fun but they are all fun but all but one will win and p2 coming soon.

 

[CrazyFrogJr]

So i am back

Minecraft on the pc and xbox 360 are both fun games...........the 360 is going to 1.8 and the pc is going to 1.4.

 

[Andre27]

The older games depended upon good game play features because their graphics were so very limited. The very first computer game I ever played was on a Commodore C64. It was part of the Dungeon and Dragon series. Cost was $8.95 brand new. Two 5.25 inch floppy discs which held a total of about 128 MB of game engine, graphics, and data. It was required to save game progress to the game disc. Eight bit graphics but somehow they managed to convey the real sense of menace a huge ancient Red Dragon has. I miss that game a great deal. It never ever played out exactly the same way twice. It also was never boring. There was always something new to acquire or a new quest to go on or a never before seen random encounter popped up in the wilderness. The AI was a little limited but it would kick your butt if you got too cocky. I also have a N64 and the CnC 95 cartridge for it. I never get tired of hearing the GDI Commando grunt out, "Got a present for ya!" Or the "sizzleZAP!" of the NOD Laser Tower. The new games have far better graphics, but it seems as if all of them wind up the same. "Oooooh! Pretty! Lookit da 'splosions! Kewel!". Too much emphasis on eye candy these days. And with game prices reaching nearly $75 a go, I find it very hard to justify the expense.

Sadly it's all about gfx now. Sometimes a sequel is worth buying, but often it isn't.
Having said that, i'm glad monkey island had sequels to spare.

Monkey Island remains a classic i never tire from playing.

 

[Hellkite]

The thing is that sometime young pup need just to go back to simple perfection of a 8x8 square grid ...Forget the bits ,graphics and all simulations...All maters is the quality of the game and truly it all that ever matters in the end.

"The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last...
The great battle of our time."

J. R. R. Tolkien, Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 - 1973)
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[Terra_Inc]

The thing is that sometime young pup need just to go back to simple perfection of a 8x8 square grid ...Forget the bits ,graphics and all simulations...All maters is the quality of the game and truly it all that ever matters in the end.

"The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last...
The great battle of our time."

J. R. R. Tolkien, Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 - 1973)
​

Or in my case, the simple perfection of a 80x25 grid. Long live Rogue.

 

[Hellkite]

Simple and you don't go together Terra you know that

 

[CrazyFrogJr]

Minecraft

Is a very fun sand box game I thing that its a 9 out of 10!!!!! I played it most of last summer and stay play it and have lot of fun!!!!!Do you have it?????