butterfliesrpretty
2[H]4U
- Joined
- Mar 15, 2002
- Messages
- 2,482
A lot of us here are around the 24-35 age group. We grew up with Atari or NES as our first systems typically. We are used to huge jumps in technology, but that means a lot more than fancy graphics.
Our generation has come to see some of the most significant advances in technology that have ever come to pass period, and this has come hand in hand with entertainment. We've come to experience playing crappy side scrollers that we loved because it was amazing for the time, to 3d games that we can play with thousands of other people at the same time. The problem is the latter has been available for quite some time.
The real issue is not that we are continuing to advance technologically but that we're taking steps backwards in gameplay in every sense. Where has an mmo gotten better since the original ultima online or everquest? Where has an fps gotten better since quake 3, counterstrike, or tribes? They haven't gotten better in any significant way other then making us lose more money by playing the carrot on a stick game and we're damn sick of it.
The point I want to make with this thread is that when someone tells you we as gamers are jaded or that we're living in the past, speak up and tell them why they're wrong. The more we bitch and use our money towards games that deserve it, the more we will see better games.
Our generation has come to see some of the most significant advances in technology that have ever come to pass period, and this has come hand in hand with entertainment. We've come to experience playing crappy side scrollers that we loved because it was amazing for the time, to 3d games that we can play with thousands of other people at the same time. The problem is the latter has been available for quite some time.
The real issue is not that we are continuing to advance technologically but that we're taking steps backwards in gameplay in every sense. Where has an mmo gotten better since the original ultima online or everquest? Where has an fps gotten better since quake 3, counterstrike, or tribes? They haven't gotten better in any significant way other then making us lose more money by playing the carrot on a stick game and we're damn sick of it.
The point I want to make with this thread is that when someone tells you we as gamers are jaded or that we're living in the past, speak up and tell them why they're wrong. The more we bitch and use our money towards games that deserve it, the more we will see better games.