Comments on: Classic Gaming: A Rant http://pushbuttonb.com/?p=187 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:34:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tyler http://pushbuttonb.com/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-19 Tyler Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:14:53 +0000 http://pushbuttonb.com/?p=187#comment-19 I was merely ranting. I had a lot of assumptions there lacking fact behind it. But I enjoy ranting and I hope you enjoyed finding my inaccuracies, Patrick. I've known people who have put 400 hours into Morrowind. Just saying. Oblivion is fun too though. I was merely ranting. I had a lot of assumptions there lacking fact behind it. But I enjoy ranting and I hope you enjoyed finding my inaccuracies, Patrick. I’ve known people who have put 400 hours into Morrowind. Just saying. Oblivion is fun too though.

]]> By: Will http://pushbuttonb.com/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-15 Will Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:24:22 +0000 http://pushbuttonb.com/?p=187#comment-15 Atari 2600? Psh! The original arcade version was so much better! Atari 2600?

Psh! The original arcade version was so much better!

]]> By: Patrick http://pushbuttonb.com/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-11 Patrick Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:30:24 +0000 http://pushbuttonb.com/?p=187#comment-11 There are a number of faulty assumptions in this rant. First, I've never heard anyone say that they play non-mainstream games, and then mention Oblivion or Fallout 3 as examples. Second, your entire sample size of current gen titles consist of two first person shooters and two first person RPG's. Generic shooters existed on the PSX and the N64 as well. Third, you give no explanation as to why Morrowind is superior to Oblivion or as to why Fallout 1 & 2 are superior to Fallout 3. We are simply asked to take you on faith. Fallout 3 is particularly hard to compare to previous games in the series because there was a complete generation, genre, and developer swap between the installments. Fourth, if you are going to talk about current games that don't deliver a lengthy single player experience, you shouldn't bring up Fallout 3 or Oblivion. These games have extensive single player modes and have huge possibilities for re-playability. I've personally sunk over 100 hours of gameplay into Oblivion itself. Fifth, fun, quirky plots are available in current-gen gaming as well, you just have to know where to look. Games like No More Heroes, Odin Sphere, Braid, Portal, Bayonetta, and Brutal Legend all present interesting characters and new types of gameplay. Sixth, it is impossible to rate older games now without factoring in nostalgia. LOZ: Ocarina of Time is certainly a classic, but it has a number of gameplay flaws that would be unacceptable today. The camera system is borderline unusable, there is an exorbitant amount of time spent wandering around the grassy plains, and the Underwater Temple is considered one of the most frustrating sections of any LOZ game. Finally, it is easy to pick the best game of previous generations because the ones that are excellent are remembered, and the ones that were terrible fade away. I owned both a SNES and a Genesis, and played terrible games for both. Remember that with each new console generation, there will be somebody telling you that the previous one was better. It happened when N64 and PSX came out, it happened with the Gamecube, Xbox, and PS2, and it is happening again. Remember, the best games ever were on the Atari 2600! Frogger for life! There are a number of faulty assumptions in this rant. First, I’ve never heard anyone say that they play non-mainstream games, and then mention Oblivion or Fallout 3 as examples.
Second, your entire sample size of current gen titles consist of two first person shooters and two first person RPG’s. Generic shooters existed on the PSX and the N64 as well.
Third, you give no explanation as to why Morrowind is superior to Oblivion or as to why Fallout 1 & 2 are superior to Fallout 3. We are simply asked to take you on faith. Fallout 3 is particularly hard to compare to previous games in the series because there was a complete generation, genre, and developer swap between the installments.
Fourth, if you are going to talk about current games that don’t deliver a lengthy single player experience, you shouldn’t bring up Fallout 3 or Oblivion. These games have extensive single player modes and have huge possibilities for re-playability. I’ve personally sunk over 100 hours of gameplay into Oblivion itself.
Fifth, fun, quirky plots are available in current-gen gaming as well, you just have to know where to look. Games like No More Heroes, Odin Sphere, Braid, Portal, Bayonetta, and Brutal Legend all present interesting characters and new types of gameplay.
Sixth, it is impossible to rate older games now without factoring in nostalgia. LOZ: Ocarina of Time is certainly a classic, but it has a number of gameplay flaws that would be unacceptable today. The camera system is borderline unusable, there is an exorbitant amount of time spent wandering around the grassy plains, and the Underwater Temple is considered one of the most frustrating sections of any LOZ game.
Finally, it is easy to pick the best game of previous generations because the ones that are excellent are remembered, and the ones that were terrible fade away. I owned both a SNES and a Genesis, and played terrible games for both. Remember that with each new console generation, there will be somebody telling you that the previous one was better. It happened when N64 and PSX came out, it happened with the Gamecube, Xbox, and PS2, and it is happening again. Remember, the best games ever were on the Atari 2600! Frogger for life!

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