To me, the plot and the way a game is played is more important than how it sounds, to a point. For example, and this is strictly a personal opinion, a game can be one of the best games on the market as far as content, but has lousy sounding music. It doesn't matter to me, because I usually play games with no music because I like to concentrate more on the game. Then again, if the sounds of the action or the results of my character manipulation are not good, it would detract from my enjoyment of the game. If Mota's game sounds were sounding as though they were being played through a tiny transistor radio with low batteries or poor reception rather than how they currently do, I would not like the game nearly as much as I do, even though it is a great game as it is, and I know it will be even better when distributed. --- In God we trust! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 6:54 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Future of accessible games
Hi Dark, That's not the first time I've heard that before. I recently read an article somewhere saying pretty much the same thing. It was a reviewer for some major gaming magazine, and he pretty much said games created today are not anywhere as good as they use to be years ago. He also sited the point of over commercialization, too much emphasis on killer graphics, special effects, great music and sounds, but no story content and replay value whatever. The basic point of his article was you really are not getting much of a game for your money any more, and most games you can rent it once, play it, and return it without wishing to play that game again. In his opinion most game companies don't really care if the game is good or not as long as they can put something out there, sell it quickly, and put something else out equally quickly. dark wrote: > True Tom, ---- though I've heard a lot of hard line gamers like my > brother and some of my friends complain that now, games are becoming > so large, cinematic and industry driven, they are losing significant > amounts of playability in the process. > > This even goes for my friends who are fps players and fans of series > like Dune or halflife. > > One comment which recently made me laugh on a forum discussing > turrican compared Halo to Turrican with it's weapons exploration > elements (despite being in 3D), ---- to which someone replied "yes, > but when you finish Turrican you want to play it again. you play Halo > because of the Hype, then your glad it's over" lol! > > I'm not completely certain how true these views are, sinse the point > when main stream game developement and I seriously parted company at > the start of the 32 bit era, ----- games were stil a lot less > extremely industry driven than they are currently. > > I do also have several friends (including my brother), who are World > of warcraft players, and while some of what they say about the > game concerning the publisher's payment initiatives is rather > horrific, ----- some other things I here about the frequency of > updates to the game with individual quests, ---- instances as they're > known, and multiplayer tactical situations against large scale bosses > do sound like great gaming experiences. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
