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easevagsub:

I’m 45 too…..Lol

dekar24k:

What I hate most about new games, with a few exceptions, is the low framerate and sluggish gameplay. Especially on consoles. People seem to be happy with the average 30 fps game, but I just simply can't enjoy it!

Must be why I love (most) good old 8bit/16bit side scrollers, as they have ultra smooth 60 fps scrolling and fast, responsive gameplay. That's also why I mostly play newer games on PC, as I can beef up my PC enough to be able to run all the new games at 60FPS, instead of playing the console versions in "sluggish" 30 frames per second.

Don't get me wrong, they still make a good games occasionally, but most of the games coming out nowadays are crap and gamers seem to be happy about it.

gkarnik:

There is something to be said for simplicity.  A game that requires nothing more than a joystick to play can somehow engage an entire generation. The best iphone games are a lot like that now and do just as well for this generation.

Vigo:

A little anecdote on benefit of simplicity.

So last week I bit on a new handheld. I bought a 3DS XL. So far, I have only a couple games. One that I have been itching to play, Resident Evil Revelations, and a bargain bin copy of Sims 3 that I only bought because my wife likes to make people in Sims.

Well, between taking care of a sick family, having some long work hours, and me trying to find just any random minute to play, I have probably clocked 4-5 hours in the Sims, and all of 10 minutes in Resident Evil. Just because I can pop in the Sims and play at any moment. Resident evil demands that I have the focus and a good chunk of time to get into it or else I just don't get the real benefit of playing a game like that.

MaxVolume:


--- Quote from: dekar24k on September 18, 2012, 02:09:04 pm ---What I hate most about new games, with a few exceptions, is the low framerate and sluggish gameplay. Especially on consoles. People seem to be happy with the average 30 fps game, but I just simply can't enjoy it!

Must be why I love (most) good old 8bit/16bit side scrollers, as they have ultra smooth 60 fps scrolling and fast, responsive gameplay. That's also why I mostly play newer games on PC, as I can beef up my PC enough to be able to run all the new games at 60FPS, instead of playing the console versions in "sluggish" 30 frames per second.

Don't get me wrong, they still make a good games occasionally, but most of the games coming out nowadays are crap and gamers seem to be happy about it.

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What?  It's always 30FPS... "60FPS" doesn't really exist... it's 60 fields per second, not frames.  It refers to interlaced video, where one half of the picture is drawn at a time.  In the NTSC world, the 60Hz power supply means half of the image is drawn each cycle, resulting in 30 full frames per second.

Now you know... and knowing is half the battle!  Yo Joe!


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