Hi Charles, Well, part of the problem here in the blind audio games market is there isn't enough developers to provide for every single platform and genre of game imaginable. For some people they are into retro remakes of old Atari and Nintendo games. Others are into remakes of modern FPS and RPG games they have heard about or tried playing for XBox, Play Station, and so on. As a result a game developer may wind up specializing in one style or another. I have seen a number of posts saying side-scrollers are boring. I don't believe it is the side-scroller format itself that is boring, but the game itself. I personally find SL sort of boring, but that is just because the game doesn't apeal to me. I can name several side-scrollers I really loved because they were challenging like Megaman, Double Dragon, and Castlevania. However, in recent years like my sighted peers I too have been drawn to the more modern full 3D thing. Games like Tomb Raider, Jedi Knight, Doom III, and so on have a lot more to offer in terms of game play and realism. For example, one game I play a lot, or try to, Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness is like playing a part in a movie. There are lots of full motion vidios, cut scenes, between the levels were characters interact and set up the plot for the level you are about to play. For example, the first two cut scenes in Angel of Darkness sets up the plot for the game where the monstroms murder Von Croy and then frame Lara Croft for the murder. It then shifts to Lara's escape from Von Croy's apartment, and ends with her standing in a back alley of Paris. Open level 1 where you, as Lara, must escape from the police, and get into a near by apartment building. Unless you have played these newer 3D style games complete with full motion vidio etc you will never know how much game technology has changed since the 1982 game of Pitfall or the 1984 game of Montezuma's Revenge. Personally, new games blow them away in every sense of the word imaginable.
Charles Wrote: > As to why some people want to move ahead to the 3D games and some people > want side scrollers, the answer is very simple. Let me ask you, do you want > only 1 type of game?, or would you be willing to have different types of > games on your PC. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
