well I also morn the retro gaming. now my old dos box is dead I can't play most of these. I have a friend that likes old music and that stuff from games i can play and I do play said stuff.
>Hi Dark, >Yeah, I know. The retro gaming movement is certainly an interesting >aspect to PC gaming as it is directed towards old school gamers like >me who basically grew up with the Atari 2600, Colleco Vision, >Nintendo, Super NES, etc. Some of the Megaman games and Castlevania >games didn't have great graphics, but that was made up for in killer >game play and a decent enough story. I just don't see new games that >capture the gaming public the way those games did when they first hit >the market. >Back in 1996 when everyone was trying to cash in on the new Windows 95 >PC market Edos Interactive released their first treasure hunting game >Tomb Raider. At the time it was a smashing success. I loved that game. >However, over the passed few years the series has steadily been going >down hill. Edos new Legends engine has extremely awesome graphics, as >seen in Tomb Raider Underworld, but the game content isn't the same >any more. In my opinion Edos took a very bad turn after the Last >Revelation when they killed Lara Croft off in the game universe, and >then tried to undo their mistake by saying she secretly escaped from >the trapped ruins, and locates Dr. Von Croy in Paris in number 6 where >she ends up framed with his murder. Plot wise the game took a dramatic >turn for the worst. They officially killed Lara Croft in Last >Revelation, Chronicals was a series of short adventures that happened >pproceeding her death in Egypt, Angel of Darkness was more or less a >story to try and bring Lara back from the dead and having her hunt >downsome missing paintings, and Legends was basically about Lara's >search for what happened to her mother and father. Although the later >games did have some treasure hunting in them that really was no longer >the focus or aim of the games. It all got wrapped up in Lara's >personal story, and her eventual showdown with Natla in Underworld. >Someone who Lara had killed clear back in the original Tomb Raider >game, or was suppose to have until the last two games were Natla ends >up resuming her roll as nemesis. >It is hard to put my finger on it, but Edos has clearly lost the magic >that made those games successful in the 1990's. The new games just >aren't the same or as good as they were. The sounds are better, the >graphics are better, but they games are actually flops. Oh, I like >them well enough, better than some stuff that is out there, but I'm >loosing interest in them myself. Unfortunately, I'm finding the same >problem throughout the gaming industry. Games seam to be anywhere from >bla to so so at best. For me there has never been another Tomb Raider, >Castlevania, double Dragon, whatever that just grabs my attention the >way those games did. At least not from the mainstream market. >As far as accessible gaming goes Entombed has put a lot of fresh >content out there, and looks like it is a smashing success. Even I'm >hooked on it although I see where the game could be better. More >traps, several bug fixes, more adventures, etc and I think it would be >a very awesome game. > >Cheers! > > >On 3/7/10, dark <[email protected]> wrote: >> well these days there are games for serious game players, and games for >> casual graphically obsessed people with no imagination, ---- generally the >> serious games enthusiasts hate the trend, and indeed that's a chief reason >> behind the retro gaming movement, ---- games these days are easier, more >> cinematic, more concentrated on gimics and less on gameplay than in the >> past, --- -such is the thinking anyway. >> >> Interestingly enough, i remember reading a topic on the Angband roguelike >> forums from someone who was sick of what they called cliched, unsystematics >> console rpgs, and much preferd roguelikes for that reason, ---- and from a >> sighted point of view, you don't really get more minimalist in terms of >> graffics than aski. >> >> There are of course stil games, ---- such as the Metroid prime, Final >> fantasy, Grandia or Mega man series (not counting battle network), which are >> very much aimed at the old school, serious game playing fraternity, ---- but >> now it's become a minority interest, rather than being the norm as it was in >> the past. >> >> Indeed I've heard that's why Final fantasy 7 is regarded as one of the best >> games of all times, it was cinematic enough to catch the eye of the generic >> kids, but interesting and deep enough in gameplay and plot to keep the die >> hard gamers happy. >> >> Btw, my brother, and various friends of mine are very much die hard gamers, >> hence my knolidge of the subject. >> >> Beware the Grue! >> >> Dark. > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >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]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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