I mean, PS3 and Xbox 360 is just starting to feel, ... NOT FUN! I just started playing my dreamcast again and it never fails to entertain. BEST CONSOLE EVER. :D
aquila
Pffft. Commodore CD32 is where it's at.
Adam420
I wish. I have like 60 burned games for it and none of them work anymore for some reason :(
I have so many great Japanese games for it...
Anxieties
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Originally posted by lentej
I mean, PS3 and Xbox 360 is just starting to feel, ... NOT FUN! I just started playing my dreamcast again and it never fails to entertain. BEST CONSOLE EVER. :D
Constraint breeds creativity and innovation. If all games want to give you complete freedom in a virtual environment, why call them games? If so many of them are clones, you're bound to get bored.
When the technology wasn't as advanced, they had to create interesting, fun challenges to make a good game. Aiming for realism and massive worlds is missing the point. I'm no Luddite, I think it's a good thing for us to improve our ability at emulating reality, but I feel that many companies have forgotten what it means to make a fun, challenging game.
I think there's a point where the amount of things you're allowed to do causes it to stop being a fun game. There has to be some kind of interesting constraint or method of playing. Too many rules or too little rules = no fun.
Portal is a great example, of how creative games can be with contemporary technology and how unoriginal the rest of the industry is (ideas like that shouldn't be so rare).
lentej
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Originally posted by aquila
Pffft. Commodore CD32 is where it's at.
haha, Classic much?
lentej
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Originally posted by Anxieties
Constraint breeds creativity and innovation. If all games want to give you complete freedom in a virtual environment, why call them games? If so many of them are clones, you're bound to get bored.
When the technology wasn't as advanced, they had to create interesting, fun challenges to make a good game. Aiming for realism and massive worlds is missing the point. I'm no Luddite, I think it's a good thing for us to improve our ability at emulating reality, but I feel that many companies have forgotten what it means to make a fun, challenging game.
I think there's a point where the amount of things you're allowed to do causes it to stop being a fun game. There has to be some kind of interesting constraint or method of playing. Too many rules or too little rules = no fun.
Portal is a great example, of how creative games can be with contemporary technology and how unoriginal the rest of the industry is (ideas like that shouldn't be so rare).
Hmm..
ziptnf
I have a Wii but I only play Super Smash Brothers and NBA Jam on it. A majority of the time I play my SNES and N64. I live for the classics.
Lira
Shenmue is pretty much the only RPG I've ever genuinely enjoyed.
It's been years since I last played it though.
Joss Weatherby
I loved the dreamcast.
I hear there is still a pretty strong homebrew community for it.
lentej
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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
I loved the dreamcast.
I hear there is still a pretty strong homebrew community for it.
Yup! Believe it or not the last Dreamcast game was released in 2011! :D
aquila
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Originally posted by lentej
haha, Classic much?
Atari 2600 is more classic.
pkcRAISTLIN
i have the dreamcast rom version of ikaruga installed on PC. such a great game.
always worth a repost. my fave gamer ever. ridiculous.
