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Modder Builds Portable Version of Super Nintendo Entertainment System {Switched.com}
Apr 4th 2008 7:17PM I'd buy it.
Video Games Are Too Boring, Says EA {Switched.com}
Jul 10th 2007 3:02PM Hear hear, Adrian!
I'm twenty now, and I've been playing games since I was five or six. And I remember Ye Olde Days.
Allow this old-timer to reminisce.
There was a game for the Sega Genesis.
It was called Mutant League Football.
It was football, but the teams were monsters, you could bribe or attack the ref, and the football field had hazards such as land mines.
The point of this? You used to find a lot more...well, creative games. Developers didn't worry about realism, because the graphics wouldn't allow for it, so they focused on charm and the Fun Factor.
Now, however, people hold 'real' to be equivalent to 'good'. Look at the backlash the Wind Waker suffered for have cartoony cell-shaded graphics. Some people object to turn-based RPG combat because it's not realistic.
A lot of gamers don't want to play a game that's seen as 'kiddy'. And a kiddy game is apparently one below an M rating.
I will say this. Some games manage to have their cool moments that make them fun--like a few of the boss fights in the Metroid Prime games, or allowing the player to kick serious tail in a very eye-catching and fun manner.
I just wish the gamedevs would realize that with the graphics now, they could create some truly fantastic settings and games if they ignored realism and focus on fun. I mean, there's practically a whole genre of WWII first-person shooters, and they all look much the same. Sports games look--and play--alike.
And people buy this games. Oh, yes, they buy them. So games haven't had much innovation because the developers have found formulas that rake in the cash.
Admittedly, you still get some creative stuff--like Rayman Raving Rabbids, or the visor system on the Metroid Prime games, but they're all too rare these days...
And if I keep this up, I swear I'll write an emo poem about how video game developers make me sad these days.
Video Games Are Too Boring, Says EA {Switched.com}
Jul 9th 2007 7:23PM That's really something coming from the head of a company whose biggest franchise is the Madden games, aka "NFL Roster Update Whatever-The-Year-Is." Oh, and the company went for exclusive contracts with ESPN and other sports organizations, so they have no competition and therefore no reason to be innovative. They've got it made.
Come to think of it, does EA actually make anything other than sports games these days? I make a passing effort to keep up with game news but I can't think of any that you really hear about.
*sigh*
If he wants to be innovative, next time they make a Madden game, put the Cowboys on horses and have the shotgun pass involve a twelve-guage. If the Dolphins play a home game, the other team should be wearing scuba gear. The Giants should be a real terror to play against.
