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RayB:

--- Quote from: spacegoogie on May 23, 2010, 08:55:05 am ---I was just playing my 360 (have not played it in sometime) and thinking how I enjoyed playing older games allot more (Atari 2600, NES, SNES, Genesis Etc.)
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Maybe you were more bored or easily amused back then?  I was the same way, even trying to beat crappy games like SNES Wayne's World, just because I rented it and wanted to get my dollar's worth.  Now I realize my time is a little more valuable than to sit there and grind through a game just for the sake of it.

There's also some irony in what you said about playing on the 360 and thinking what you did... just 2 days ago I was playing my Robotron on my 360, followed by Geometry Wars 2 (same gameplay, but "better everything"). So, ... what does that make me? Current gen or Retro gen player?  ;)

Vulgar Soul:
I love my classics, and yes I find myself playing more MAME and retro stuff. I turn on my 360 and pretty much just play the simple XBLA titles. I've beaten hardly any of these newer games in years.

I think games now try so hard to be like movies and spectacles that they forget the basic core elements of what makes a video game good. If there isn't a core challenge that gets harder and harder as the game progresses, some kind of points to rack up and constantly challenge me to reach higher, or at least some competitive gameplay, it just doesn't interest me.

Now, you have too many games that have amazing cinematic-like graphics, stories, and sound, but no sense of a core, compelling gameplay. Just going from point A to point B, doing the same thing over and over with no increasing challenge, or motivation, and the game is over. Capcom had a few games that at least kept me interested for a few minutes with Lost Planet and Dead Rising, NBA2K*, and the PGR series was also something I enjoyed, but I can't think of anything else that just had good old school gameplay I enjoyed.

The only thing I like about today's video games for the most part are the online play. At least online gaming stays true to what I love about video games: Challenge, points, and competition. I played the Call of Duty, and Halo series to death online, constantly pushing myself to get the most points every round, increase my level, earn more weapons. On the other hand I never touched the single player.

I'm only 20, but I guess I'm just old fashioned. I can picture when my game room is done, everyone will go rushing to play Call of Duty or whatever generic Xbox game is out, but I'll be at my MAME cab rackin up a new high score in R-Type, Mappy, Ms. Pac-Man, Raiden, and Metal Slug.

2pac said it best, "ain't nothin like the old school."

spacegoogie:

--- Quote from: Mozee on May 23, 2010, 05:40:54 pm ---I love my classics, and yes I find myself playing more MAME and retro stuff. I turn on my 360 and pretty much just play the simple XBLA titles. I've beaten hardly any of these newer games in years.

I think games now try so hard to be like movies and spectacles that they forget the basic core elements of what makes a video game good. If there isn't a core challenge that gets harder and harder as the game progresses, some kind of points to rack up and constantly challenge me to reach higher, or at least some competitive gameplay, it just doesn't interest me.

Now, you have too many games that have amazing cinematic-like graphics, stories, and sound, but no sense of a core, compelling gameplay. Just going from point A to point B, doing the same thing over and over with no increasing challenge, or motivation, and the game is over. Capcom had a few games that at least kept me interested for a few minutes with Lost Planet and Dead Rising, NBA2K*, and the PGR series was also something I enjoyed, but I can't think of anything else that just had good old school gameplay I enjoyed."
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:cheers: to that.  :applaud:

nitz:
I'm younger than most folks on here too - I'm 28 - but I much prefer old school gaming.

I didn't get into arcade games until I was old enough to actually go and play them, so I started out on consoles, namely the NES and later the SNES. Two best consoles ever made IMHO. I still play those games regularly. When we got to the PSX/N64 era, my interest in playing new games started to wane. I owned both those systems and they did have some great games, but they were never as compelling as those old school platformers and RPGs. It got to be all about graphics, and the game play really suffered.

My last foray into consoles was buying a Gamecube and a PS2 (which crapped out on me after like a year unfortunately). I only got a handful of games for them - not sorry I got them, but never played them nearly as much as the older systems. Haven't gotten into the latest stuff at all. Have tried to play a bit at a friend's house, but just can't get into it. Controls are often complicated and I just don't find the games interesting enough to learn. They mostly seem to be, as Mozee mentioned, Point A to Point B, no increase in challenge, game over, no reason to play again. To me it's like watching a movie only more expensive and not as fun. Can't see myself ever buying a console again really.

Never get tired of the classic arcade and console games though! They're beauty is in their simplicity - especially in the case of the arcade games, they had to be fairly easy to understand or people would quickly get frustrated and not play again, and they had to be addictive to keep people pumping quarters and also because they couldn't rely on graphics to keep people interested. Nowadays, I think graphics is what sells games for the most part, so that's what developers concentrate on. Gameplay comes second. Too bad. Saves me money though I guess, and we'll always have all those old great classics to play! :)

Epyx:

--- Quote ---I'm only 20, but I guess I'm just old fashioned. I can picture when my game room is done, everyone will go rushing to play Call of Duty or whatever generic Xbox game is out, but I'll be at my MAME cab rackin up a new high score in R-Type, Mappy, Ms. Pac-Man, Raiden, and Metal Slug.

2pac said it best, "ain't nothin like the old school."
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You have no idea how cool it is for me to read about 20 year olds who are into classic gaming...brings a tear to the ole eye  :cheers:

I just finished playing Raiden, R-Type, Truxton (another great one if you haven't tried this) this morning for many hours...a ton of fun.

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