Hi Richard, Thanks. That pretty much says how I feel about this situation as well. I don't have anything particularly against developing side-scrollers, am in fact interested to see how Perilous Hearts turns out, but I really want to pick up development where the mainstream is today. I can't get that with accessible gaming as it currently stands.
For example, I recently just acquired the new Tomb Raider game. As third-person action adventures goes it is far beyond anything even hinted at in audio. Its chocked full of puzzles, tricky 3d obstacles, and of course the graphics and audio are excellent. The only problem is its not accessible which means I need help with getting around the levels and I can't do the simplest of tasks like look at Lara's health meter or scroll through my inventory to pick out a more powerful weapon. That's exactly the type of game I want to play. For me having been sighted most of my early life I've done Ninja Turtles, Legend of Kage, Mario Brothers, Megaman, Super Castlevania, etc. I've had plenty of time playing side-scrollers in the 80's and 90's, and while I don't mind still playing them I'm personally ready to move on. I'm growing board with them. The full 3d third-person games like Tomb Raider were just coming out when I was going blind so I feel totally left out of that experience and want to personally experience that for myself without having my wife, a friend, or someone pick up the controller and guide my character through an area I simply can't do on my own. In short, its not that I have anything personally against side-scrollers its just I've already been there and done that so to speak. Cheers! On 12/31/11, Richard Claridge <[email protected]> wrote: > I see what you're saying dark. But I still have to disagree to an extent. > The majority of mainstream games these days are first person perspective > games rather than 2-D side Scrollers. > Therefore to say that we're much further behind on 2-D games is like saying > we much further behind on the games from the 80s but closer to the games of > today. Surely we want to be even closer to modern games. So these other > games we should be focusing on. > Also Tom is surely going to create more games in the future. So whatever his > first game is, afterwards he will be able to work on other games like > possibly a good side scroller. > I am not totally against side scrollers at all. I remember playing super > Mario all-stars when I was younger, which was one of the few games > mainstream that is that I could play by myself because of the easy bright > coloured graphics. > I would love a game like this. > As I have said before what I really believe is that Thomas should create a > game that he once, because that way he will be able to put much more of his > heart and imagination into it. > Richard > > Sent from my iPhone > --- 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://mail.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].
