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Hoopz:

--- Quote from: Le Chuck on August 21, 2012, 01:09:55 am ---They're making new games?

Like newer than the Playstation? 

The devil you say.  I want none of that tomfoolery.

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What's a playstation?  They haven't made anything worth a damn since the Intellivision came out.

DaveMMR:
The reason I tend to favor old games over the newer ones is that, when you boil it down, new games have too much "down time". Games want to be movies so instead of jumping into the action, you have to get backstory, narratives, etc.  Or take, for example, the 3D Super Mario games (64, Sunshine, Galaxy, etc.). You have to meander around some hub world looking for the next level instead of just picking it from a map. Sometimes you just want to "play" and newer games have made it harder to do that in short bursts. They require more time commitment and patience and sometimes I just don't have or want to dedicate an entire block of the day to gaming.

mgb:

--- Quote from: DaveMMR on August 21, 2012, 06:56:32 am ---The reason I tend to favor old games over the newer ones is that, when you boil it down, new games have too much "down time". Games want to be movies so instead of jumping into the action, you have to get backstory, narratives, etc.  Or take, for example, the 3D Super Mario games (64, Sunshine, Galaxy, etc.). You have to meander around some hub world looking for the next level instead of just picking it from a map. Sometimes you just want to "play" and newer games have made it harder to do that in short bursts. They require more time commitment and patience and sometimes I just don't have or want to dedicate an entire block of the day to gaming.

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Exactly!!
  but I do love Super Mario Galaxy.
I think a lot of people are realizing more of a love for simple games and thats why so many of these simple flash games like Angry Birds are so popular.

Ond:
I fall into this category, I'm over 40 and probably older than most of you.  I played through the OPs latest game Batman Arkham Asylum, it was an inner struggle, the old fart resisting learning the button combos vs. the pleasure centre reacting to increasingly slick game play, thankfully the reluctance to learn new tricks is usually still overcome in my case.  I'm going to give the latest Sins of a Solar Empire - Rebellion a go this week, I really want to get my head around at least one good space strategy game which also still has the option to 'blow ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- up'.  I gave up on Eve online when I found myself googling a way to cheat (via a mining bot).

csnow:
I prefer the graphics of the new generation and the simplicity of the older.  That is why I am building a PS3 arcade machine.  There are a lot of "arcade" style games that are available in the PSN or Xbox Live stores.  Many of the classics have been given a facelift and reintroduced.  I still like modern games but I dont like playing online.  All of the newer games have a very short or shallow single player mode because they are geared for online play.  My reflexes are not what they used to be and I just get mauled online.  I can only stomach a 12 year old telling me that I suck or telling me to get on his n#ts for so long.   

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