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Posted April 17, '12 4:13am UTC

when people talk of the glory fays they should mean more than a year ago like games with good stories and not just shooting up terorist.

arena games like unreal turnament and quake arena with no story just fun grab the gun and run no ranking just find it on the map

then there are games were they should have a good story or none at all like all the modern warfare games were you just shoot terrorist and pass the c**** cut scenes that just lead to another battle

games with good storys well brothers in arms was a good series
and even dead space had a good story line mixed with good game play

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tunablade

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Nomad

Posted April 17, '12 4:15am UTC

when people talk of the glory days they should mean more than a year ago like games with good stories and not just shooting up terorist.

arena games like unreal turnament and quake arena with no story just fun grab the gun and run no ranking just find it on the map

then there are games were they should have a good story or none at all like all the modern warfare games were you just shoot terrorist and pass the c**** cut scenes that just lead to another battle

games with good storys well brothers in arms was a good series
and even dead space had a good story line mixed with good game play

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Posted April 17, '12 4:43am UTC

and got my first fps (black ops) when i was 13.

Wow, that's kind of late from what I know. CoD4 I got soon after release, when I was 11. Before that, as in, at the age of 6 I played Operation Flashpoint.

but then i moved on to mw2 and found the multiplayer much better.

Have you tried the mods for CoD4? Scratch that - did you get the PC version?

it must have been nice to see that game before everyone took a piss on it.....

You still can if you have PunkBuster and a PC version.

i think i had the fondest memories from the mario era of my video gaming career.

Great days of gaming for me were certainly Dragonball Z Budokai (and Tenkaiichi), Mario, PokÃ©mon and how dare I forget -- Crash Bandicoot.

Now though I am much better understanding of the intricacy in games and I approach them with more realistic approaches -- that end up letting me beat other people.

Also, for tuna. The gameplay is very impressive for Unreal and Quake -- it was at least much more balanced. The game industry worked like this, either you had a great story to introduce with interactive media for interactive story telling (that is actually a step up from hand gestures, by the way). Or you had amazing gameplay to actually interact with. You couldn't necessarily have both -- development time / costs would be inefficient, you can't say "we have everything" for advertisement purposes and you can't overload many people with too much at once.

Dead Space. . . I don't know about the story, it's easier to love because you get pulled in, because, well, it's a horror. Aside from that, I really can't comment.

I'd go with Mass Effect 1 -- pushing the idea of an RPG to the limit. Plenty of choice, horrendous impact on things (that spans games) and they go more all out as an RPG than others with their extreme cinematic + conversation style, as opposed to relying on choice in weapons.

Good story or none at all? A good single player would essentially be a tutorial for the multiplayer, if the story isn't a selling point.

Or have none at all -- but having flat out tutorials can throw too much at you at once and may, for some people, feel more like revision than a game. Thus you learn less effectively.

Brothers in Arms wasn't bad, the narrative was great, the gameplay was unique if bland after a short while.

A lot of people -- yes, I am bringing this up again. A lot of people vouch for the story of Starcraft 1, and quite dislike the story of Starcraft II in comparison. From what I've learnt about Starcraft 1's story, from reading and what was told in Starcraft II, it does seem very good.

I guess it's one of the few that was great at both. Age of Empires II was brilliant for story, you should know.
And one. Heck, just all Age Games (aside from the MMORTS which I'm skeptical on).

- H

[quote]and got my first fps (black ops) when i was 13.[/quote]\r\nWow, that's kind of late from what I know. CoD4 I got soon after release, when I was 11. Before that, as in, at the age of 6 I played Operation Flashpoint.\r\n[quote]\r\nbut then i moved on to mw2 and found the multiplayer much better.[/quote]\r\nHave you tried the mods for CoD4? Scratch that - did you get the PC version?\r\n\r\n[quote]it must have been nice to see that game before everyone took a piss on it.....[/quote]\r\nYou still can if you have PunkBuster and a PC version.\r\n\r\n[quote]i think i had the fondest memories from the mario era of my video gaming career. [/quote]\r\nGreat days of gaming for me were certainly Dragonball Z Budokai (and Tenkaiichi), Mario, PokÃ©mon and how dare I forget -- Crash Bandicoot.\r\n\r\nNow though I am much better understanding of the intricacy in games and I approach them with more realistic approaches -- that end up letting me beat other people.\r\n\r\nAlso, for tuna. The gameplay is very impressive for Unreal and Quake -- it was at least much more balanced. The game industry worked like this, either you had a great story to introduce with interactive media for interactive story telling (that is actually a step up from hand gestures, by the way). Or you had amazing gameplay to actually interact with. You couldn't necessarily have both -- development time / costs would be inefficient, you can't say "we have everything" for advertisement purposes and you can't overload many people with too much at once.\r\n\r\nDead Space. . . I don't know about the story, it's easier to love because you get pulled in, because, well, it's a horror. Aside from that, I really can't comment.\r\n\r\nI'd go with Mass Effect 1 -- pushing the idea of an RPG to the limit. Plenty of choice, horrendous impact on things (that spans games) and they go more all out as an RPG than others with their extreme cinematic + conversation style, as opposed to relying on choice in weapons.\r\n\r\nGood story or none at all? A good single player would essentially be a tutorial for the multiplayer, if the story isn't a selling point.\r\n\r\nOr have none at all -- but having flat out tutorials can throw too much at you at once and may, for some people, feel more like revision than a game. Thus you learn less effectively.\r\n\r\nBrothers in Arms wasn't bad, the narrative was great, the gameplay was unique if bland after a short while. \r\n\r\nA lot of people -- yes, I am bringing this up again. A lot of people vouch for the story of Starcraft 1, and quite dislike the story of Starcraft II in comparison. From what I've learnt about Starcraft 1's story, from reading and what was told in Starcraft II, it does seem very good.\r\n\r\nI guess it's one of the few that was great at both. Age of Empires II was brilliant for story, you should know.\r\nAnd one. Heck, just all Age Games (aside from the MMORTS which I'm skeptical on).\r\n\r\n - H

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Posted April 17, '12 5:10am UTC

i love RTS games like stronghold and age of empires especally warcrat2 and 3 with the command and conquer series in there of course

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Rapyion

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Posted April 17, '12 8:30am UTC

Man, I missed the old days where the companies actually don't care about money, making gameplay so much better before like Sonic and Mario. Devil May Cry 3 was my hardest and most favourite game. Action games were hard and puzzle games were as confusing as f*ck. Now, the gaming industry just sucks.

Yes, as other people said, Black Ops, MW1 to MW3 is alike. They just added new weapons and changed maps. But some games still rock the industry like Skyrim or Battlefield 3 (DICE doesn't patch glitches, though).

Games today are still great. Some of them only. I just wish gaming would go back to before. Fun than money.

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SSTG

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Posted April 17, '12 8:45am UTC

Wow, wanna hear about the good old days of videogames?
How about the 80's when I would spend the entire days at the stores playing Atari games. Anyone remember Asteroids on the Vectrex?
Then came the NES.
I spent entire weekends with my kid brother and his friends playing Ice Hockey tournaments. Then I spent nights building impossible levels on Wrecking Crew with my buddy, played hours with Spy Hunter, Double Dragon. Entire week ends (18 hours in a row) with Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Metroids, Megaman, Bionic Commando, Castlevania, Uncharted Waters, Shingen the Ruler, Commando!

Then came the SNES with Super Metroid, RTK 2,3, and 4, Blades of Steel, Uncharted Waters New Horizon,etc. We still had parties at my house, full of kids playing with one SNES in the family room, and one in my brother's room, another one in my room, a Turbographics in the kitchen.
Later we had Mario Kart races on the N64.
Spent more weekends playing Ridge Racer, Die Hard on the PlayStation.
Advance Wars, Knight of Lodis, Lord of the Rings, Zelda on the GBA.
AOE, AOE Rome expansion, AOE 2 + all the expansion packs, Sierra games...

That was the good old days for me.
Now when I don't play on AG, I play with my NES,SNES,and GBA emulators.

I still play but it's not as fun as it used to be back then.
I'll probably still play on my dead bed! xD

Wow, wanna hear about the good old days of videogames?\r\nHow about the 80's when I would spend the entire days at the stores playing Atari games. Anyone remember Asteroids on the Vectrex?\r\nThen came the NES. \r\nI spent entire weekends with my kid brother and his friends playing Ice Hockey tournaments. Then I spent nights building impossible levels on Wrecking Crew with my buddy, played hours with Spy Hunter, Double Dragon. Entire week ends (18 hours in a row) with Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Metroids, Megaman, Bionic Commando, Castlevania, Uncharted Waters, Shingen the Ruler, Commando!\r\n\r\nThen came the SNES with Super Metroid, RTK 2,3, and 4, Blades of Steel, Uncharted Waters New Horizon,etc. We still had parties at my house, full of kids playing with one SNES in the family room, and one in my brother's room, another one in my room, a Turbographics in the kitchen. \r\nLater we had Mario Kart races on the N64. \r\nSpent more weekends playing Ridge Racer, Die Hard on the PlayStation. \r\nAdvance Wars, Knight of Lodis, Lord of the Rings, Zelda on the GBA.\r\nAOE, AOE Rome expansion, AOE 2 + all the expansion packs, Sierra games...\r\n\r\nThat was the good old days for me.\r\nNow when I don't play on AG, I play with my NES,SNES,and GBA emulators.\r\n\r\nI still play but it's not as fun as it used to be back then.\r\nI'll probably still play on my dead bed! xD

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SSTG

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Posted April 17, '12 8:47am UTC

Oh yea, I forgot Stronghold. I used to crank up the volume when the enemies fell into my oil traps so I could hear them scream while they were burning to death! xD

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Posted April 17, '12 8:59am UTC

Wow, wanna hear about the good old days of videogames?
How about the 80's when I would spend the entire days at the stores playing Atari games. Anyone remember Asteroids on the Vectrex?
Then came the NES.
I spent entire weekends with my kid brother and his friends playing Ice Hockey tournaments. Then I spent nights building impossible levels on Wrecking Crew with my buddy, played hours with Spy Hunter, Double Dragon. Entire week ends (18 hours in a row) with Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Metroids, Megaman, Bionic Commando, Castlevania, Uncharted Waters, Shingen the Ruler, Commando!

Then came the SNES with Super Metroid, RTK 2,3, and 4, Blades of Steel, Uncharted Waters New Horizon,etc. We still had parties at my house, full of kids playing with one SNES in the family room, and one in my brother's room, another one in my room, a Turbographics in the kitchen.
Later we had Mario Kart races on the N64.
Spent more weekends playing Ridge Racer, Die Hard on the PlayStation.
Advance Wars, Knight of Lodis, Lord of the Rings, Zelda on the GBA.
AOE, AOE Rome expansion, AOE 2 + all the expansion packs, Sierra games...

I point i tried making earlier but never came across. These were the glory days of video gaming. This was the life. When everyone came over and everyone played on the same console or multiple of the same console. All night parties trying to beat games. When profiles didn't matter because Achievements weren't involved. Buying Pizza and 2 24 pack of soda and chilling all night long playing video games.

Days like sneaking around avoiding your parents and playing when you were supposed to be in bed but the game was just too awesome to stop. Days when all your buddies knew what game you played and they brought their own console or memory card over and you checked out their stuff. The days when you are your friend would try to beat co-op and you actually knew your buddy in real life and he was sitting next to you screaming cuss words because the game was so hard. Days when everyone wasn't playing online multiplayers
That was the true epic glory days

[quote]Wow, wanna hear about the good old days of videogames?\r\nHow about the 80's when I would spend the entire days at the stores playing Atari games. Anyone remember Asteroids on the Vectrex?\r\nThen came the NES.\r\nI spent entire weekends with my kid brother and his friends playing Ice Hockey tournaments. Then I spent nights building impossible levels on Wrecking Crew with my buddy, played hours with Spy Hunter, Double Dragon. Entire week ends (18 hours in a row) with Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Metroids, Megaman, Bionic Commando, Castlevania, Uncharted Waters, Shingen the Ruler, Commando!\r\n\r\nThen came the SNES with Super Metroid, RTK 2,3, and 4, Blades of Steel, Uncharted Waters New Horizon,etc. We still had parties at my house, full of kids playing with one SNES in the family room, and one in my brother's room, another one in my room, a Turbographics in the kitchen.\r\nLater we had Mario Kart races on the N64.\r\nSpent more weekends playing Ridge Racer, Die Hard on the PlayStation.\r\nAdvance Wars, Knight of Lodis, Lord of the Rings, Zelda on the GBA.\r\nAOE, AOE Rome expansion, AOE 2 + all the expansion packs, Sierra games...[/quote]\r\n\r\nI point i tried making earlier but never came across. These were the glory days of video gaming. This was the life. When everyone came over and everyone played on the same console or multiple of the same console. All night parties trying to beat games. When profiles didn't matter because Achievements weren't involved. Buying Pizza and 2 24 pack of soda and chilling all night long playing video games. \r\n\r\nDays like sneaking around avoiding your parents and playing when you were supposed to be in bed but the game was just too awesome to stop. Days when all your buddies knew what game you played and they brought their own console or memory card over and you checked out their stuff. The days when you are your friend would try to beat co-op and you actually knew your buddy in real life and he was sitting next to you screaming cuss words because the game was so hard. Days when everyone wasn't playing online multiplayers\r\nThat was the true epic glory days

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SSTG

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Posted April 17, '12 9:11am UTC

Days like sneaking around avoiding your parents and playing when you were supposed to be in bed but the game was just too awesome to stop. Days when all your buddies knew what game you played and they brought their own console or memory card over and you checked out their stuff. The days when you are your friend would try to beat co-op and you actually knew your buddy in real life and he was sitting next to you screaming cuss words because the game was so hard. Days when everyone wasn't playing online multiplayers
That was the true epic glory days

I almost get tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat when I think about that time.
So many bags of chips, sodas, etc. I needed to pee so bad but I didn't want to quit playing and when I was hungry, I would shove everything in my mouth and eat in 5 minutes so I could go back to the game. Hours of tape recordings of my records and game endings.

Ordering pizzas, and eating rice with spaghetti sauce and melted mozzarella cheese. No wonder my stomach is all messed up now.

Whenever I eat that junk now I have to drink Pepto Bismol for dessert. xD

[quote]Days like sneaking around avoiding your parents and playing when you were supposed to be in bed but the game was just too awesome to stop. Days when all your buddies knew what game you played and they brought their own console or memory card over and you checked out their stuff. The days when you are your friend would try to beat co-op and you actually knew your buddy in real life and he was sitting next to you screaming cuss words because the game was so hard. Days when everyone wasn't playing online multiplayers\r\nThat was the true epic glory days[/quote]\r\n\r\nI almost get tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat when I think about that time.\r\nSo many bags of chips, sodas, etc. I needed to pee so bad but I didn't want to quit playing and when I was hungry, I would shove everything in my mouth and eat in 5 minutes so I could go back to the game. Hours of tape recordings of my records and game endings.\r\n\r\nOrdering pizzas, and eating rice with spaghetti sauce and melted mozzarella cheese. No wonder my stomach is all messed up now.\r\n\r\nWhenever I eat that junk now I have to drink Pepto Bismol for dessert. xD

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Posted April 17, '12 9:44am UTC

I almost get tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat when I think about that time.
So many bags of chips, sodas, etc. I needed to pee so bad but I didn't want to quit playing and when I was hungry, I would shove everything in my mouth and eat in 5 minutes so I could go back to the game. Hours of tape recordings of my records and game endings

So many pants that were stained and ruined from me wiping my hand on them. Because I couldn't play with a greasy controller. I remember my dad used to yell at me for being awake at 4. Days when I would hear my dad get up and go to work and me my friends would turn off all lights and the TV and just silently wait until we heard that garage door open, That was when we knew it was safe. Ahhhh those were the days, those were the days indeed my friend.

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SSTG

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Posted April 17, '12 8:01pm UTC

Anyone went to the arcade? I used to go all the time, after school, on the week ends. Games back then cost a quarter, then 50 cents. I quit when they were $1 per games. Fortunately, the NES came and I didn't have to go play in the biggest arcade in Chinatown where older Asian
kids wanted to beat me up with my friends because, well I never knew why.

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Posted April 17, '12 8:19pm UTC

Seems the industry was at it's best when it was barely scraping along and clinging to the the words of it's small user-base. Now you got EA that is a black hole of money and hatred that really doesn't care about the quality of it's games or what a smaller minority of it's original players say. Now companies cater to the casual market and try to draw in new customers than cater to the old ones. Also lets not forget how publishers and their stockholders have gotten more efficient and greedy at making money to the point it actually hurts their profit margin but then they blame it on outside factors. </rant>

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Posted April 17, '12 8:32pm UTC

Dead Space. . . I don't know about the story, it's easier to love because you get pulled in, because, well, it's a horror. Aside from that, I really can't comment.

Common... It's a sad excuse for a horror if even slightly considered one because of screaming aliens. I could say that DS2 was a horror game because it had the mysterious and unsettling elements, but DS was less of horror than Doom3 was a horror.
It had very very predictable enimies that really didn't leave anything for the pop up horror thing or phsycological horror, and the blood writing on the walls looked quite halarious with the constant "we're ****ed", I really couldn't see how they aren't ****ed since this IS writing with blood, how much more ****ed can you get?
The story was interesting, miner ship gets invaded because of relic, but there was no horror in it, it was just another alien shooter.

Wow, that's kind of late from what I know. CoD4 I got soon after release, when I was 11. Before that, as in, at the age of 6 I played Operation Flashpoint.

haha you guys are both quite lucky compared to me, I still can't play rated M games and at this point I've found ways to get around the bann in my house, but I've missed so many great games because of that (im glad I never played cod though) and now I'm trying to catch up on all the games but some are almost impossible to get now.

were hard and puzzle games were as confusing as f*ck.

haha now it's like Duke Nukem with the flashing gold items.

Die Hard on the PlayStation.

I have alot of memories paying Die Hard and Soul Caliber at my friends house, both were really good fighting series' and sometimes his dad would play and beat us all.

Lord of the Rings, Zelda on the GBA.

Haha I still play LOTR 2 and 3, Zelda original, and all castlevania games for gba +nintendo ds. Only problem is recently my right button has to be pressed quite hard to actually work so I think I'll ave to soon go to emulators as well.

Days when everyone wasn't playing online multiplayers

I had those too, but now I have new adventures of playing all day on one multiplayer game and making friends, then staying late at night when all the people in your country were asleep and you got to meet people from across the world and play with them.
Have sometimes long talks about the state of your country and compare it to theirs, throw ideas back and forth for random things, it was fun

Seems the industry was at it's best when it was barely scraping along and clinging to the the words of it's small user-base. Now you got EA that is a black hole of money and hatred that really doesn't care about the quality of it's games or what a smaller minority of it's original players say. Now companies cater to the casual market and try to draw in new customers than cater to the old ones.

That's really the one reason why I started playing indie games and mods of games alot, because here it was made by people who cared about the videogame and put their own thought into it to make it just so, and if the community was small enought you were able to even get in touch with them and talk to the creators.

[quote]Dead Space. . . I don't know about the story, it's easier to love because you get pulled in, because, well, it's a horror. Aside from that, I really can't comment.[/quote]\r\nCommon... It's a sad excuse for a horror if even slightly considered one because of screaming aliens. I could say that DS2 was a horror game because it had the mysterious and unsettling elements, but DS was less of  horror than Doom3 was a horror.\r\nIt had very very predictable enimies that really didn't leave anything for the pop up horror thing or phsycological horror, and the blood writing on the walls looked quite halarious with the constant "we're ****ed", I really couldn't see how they aren't ****ed since this IS writing with blood, how much more ****ed can you get?\r\nThe story was interesting, miner ship gets invaded because of relic, but there was no horror in it, it was just another alien shooter.\r\n\r\n[quote]Wow, that's kind of late from what I know. CoD4 I got soon after release, when I was 11. Before that, as in, at the age of 6 I played Operation Flashpoint. [/quote]\r\nhaha you guys are both quite lucky compared to me, I still can't play rated M games and at this point I've found ways to get around the bann in my house, but I've missed so many great games because of that (im glad I never played cod though) and now I'm trying to catch up on all the games but some are almost impossible to get now.\r\n[quote]were hard and puzzle games were as confusing as f*ck.[/quote]\r\nhaha now it's like Duke Nukem with the flashing gold items.\r\n[quote]Die Hard on the PlayStation.\r\n[/quote]\r\nI have alot of memories paying Die Hard and Soul Caliber at my friends house, both were really good fighting series' and sometimes his dad would play and beat us all.\r\n[quote]Lord of the Rings, Zelda on the GBA.\r\n[/quote]\r\nHaha I still play LOTR 2 and 3, Zelda original, and all castlevania games for gba +nintendo ds. Only problem is recently my right button has to be pressed quite hard to actually work so I think I'll ave to soon go to emulators as well.\r\n[quote]Days when everyone wasn't playing online multiplayers\r\n[/quote]\r\nI had those too, but now I have new adventures of playing all day on one multiplayer game and making friends, then staying late at night when all the people in your country were asleep and you got to meet people from across the world and play with them. \r\nHave sometimes long talks about the state of your country and compare it to theirs, throw ideas back and forth for random things, it was fun\r\n\r\n[quote]Seems the industry was at it's best when it was barely scraping along and clinging to the the words of it's small user-base. Now you got EA that is a black hole of money and hatred that really doesn't care about the quality of it's games or what a smaller minority of it's original players say. Now companies cater to the casual market and try to draw in new customers than cater to the old ones.[/quote]\r\nThat's really the one reason why I started playing indie games and mods of games alot, because here it was made by people who cared about the videogame and put their own thought into it to make it just so, and if the community was small enought you were able to even get in touch with them and talk to the creators.

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Posted April 17, '12 8:48pm UTC

It's a sad excuse for a horror if even slightly considered one because of screaming aliens.

I saw some gameplay of it by MaximusBlack, and it infuriated me how it "got him unsettled". Screaming aliens? I mean really? It's the cheapest way of scaring someone when you turn a corner and something jumps out "Blergh!!!"ing at you.

The best horror I've seen, and played, is by far Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

There are several playthroughs, some complete, some not complete.

All of these are deemd NSFW and not really PG-13. The first one especially, I guess.
You may think the guy in the first one is pathetic. You would be wrong -- play the game, and you'll be witness to your bowels going under the control of the ambient sounds, your legs tremble at the thought of being caught and you mind numb as your 'Fight or Flight' instincts kick in.

I still can't play rated M games

Ouch, guess you can't get Amnesia then :/

Good games that you may be able to get include Starcraft 1 (+ Brood War for only Â£7), Starcraft II, Magicka and League of Legends.

Also, it was about making money in the old days, too. But there was so much room for innovation and people wanted claim to the market in the long run. Even Mario and Sonic have this by having their perpetuated mascots.

The thing is now, at least, no one seems to care about the quality of the games. Starcraft II wants a pro scene, certainly. League of Legends will hopefully get there, but currently they're not working it out properly, and Amnesia was a late embodiment of innovation in how Horrors can work -- brilliantly.

The issue is that people just eat all this up, so there's no much chasing you away from doing these kinds of games.

- H

[quote]It's a sad excuse for a horror if even slightly considered one because of screaming aliens.[/quote]\r\nI saw some gameplay of it by MaximusBlack, and it infuriated me how it "got him unsettled". Screaming aliens? I mean really? It's the cheapest way of scaring someone when you turn a corner and something jumps out "Blergh!!!"ing at you.\r\n\r\nThe best horror I've seen, and played, is by far Amnesia: The Dark Descent.\r\n\r\nThere are [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4w0_n1Yras]several[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5fmpMPnzd8]playthroughs,[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7y_UUyjPCs]some complete,[/url] some [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snnB8C5sDkY]not complete.[/url]\r\n\r\nAll of these are deemd NSFW and not really PG-13. The first one especially, I guess.\r\nYou may think the guy in the first one is pathetic. You would be wrong -- play the game, and you'll be witness to your bowels going under the control of the ambient sounds, your legs tremble at the thought of being caught and you mind numb as your 'Fight or Flight' instincts kick in.\r\n\r\n[quote]I still can't play rated M games[/quote]\r\nOuch, guess you can't get Amnesia then :/\r\n\r\nGood games that you may be able to get include Starcraft 1 (+ Brood War for only Â£7), Starcraft II, Magicka and League of Legends.\r\n\r\nAlso, it was about making money in the old days, too. But there was so much room for innovation and people wanted claim to the market in the long run. Even Mario and Sonic have this by having their perpetuated mascots.\r\n\r\nThe thing is now, at least, no one seems to care about the quality of the games. Starcraft II wants a pro scene, certainly. League of Legends will [i]hopefully[/i] get there, but currently they're not working it out properly, and Amnesia was a late embodiment of innovation in how Horrors can work -- brilliantly.\r\n\r\nThe issue is that people just eat all this up, so there's no much chasing you away from doing these kinds of games.\r\n\r\n - H

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Posted April 17, '12 9:16pm UTC

You may think the guy in the first one is pathetic. You would be wrong -- play the game, and you'll be witness to your bowels going under the control of the ambient sounds, your legs tremble at the thought of being caught and you mind numb as your 'Fight or Flight' instincts kick in.

I've already played it and I wreaked it for myself, I started it for the first time making a "first reaction" video and I started making fun of everything and now the game will never be scary for me because i keep making fun of it or being overly enthusiastic.

Ouch, guess you can't get Amnesia then :/

I already said in the previous post that I found a way around it, that's how I've been able to play DS1 and 2 as well.

and Amnesia was a late embodiment of innovation in how Horrors can work -- brilliantly.

Yea I'm actually trying to make a horror game right now (which is why I know alot about them and playing amnesia was supposed to be part of my reasearch, since people claim its the scariest game ever, but sadly I can't really get into it, Silent Hill though, has been a great help) and amnesia definatley had a great atmosphere and lighting, I also liked the cut back approach they had where in some parts of the map where you will never see except for if you put lights in everyplace, they didn't deatail it at all, which saves them alot of time. But when they were first making the game I wasn't expecting much from it since I got familiar with the creators through Penumbra and Amnesia looked nothing like it.

[quote]You may think the guy in the first one is pathetic. You would be wrong -- play the game, and you'll be witness to your bowels going under the control of the ambient sounds, your legs tremble at the thought of being caught and you mind numb as your 'Fight or Flight' instincts kick in.[/quote]\r\nI've already played it and I wreaked it for myself, I started it for the first time making a "first reaction" video and I started making fun of everything and now the game will never be scary for me because i keep making fun of it or being overly enthusiastic.\r\n\r\n[quote]Ouch, guess you can't get Amnesia then :/[/quote]\r\nI already said in the previous post that I found a way around it, that's how I've been able to play DS1 and 2 as well.\r\n[quote]and Amnesia was a late embodiment of innovation in how Horrors can work -- brilliantly.[/quote]\r\nYea I'm actually trying to make a horror game right now (which is why I know alot about them and playing amnesia was supposed to be part of my reasearch, since people claim its the scariest game ever, but sadly I can't really get into it, Silent Hill though, has been a great help) and amnesia definatley had a great atmosphere and lighting, I also liked the cut back approach they had where in some parts of the map where you will never see except for if you put lights in everyplace, they didn't deatail it at all, which saves them alot of time. But when they were first making the game I wasn't expecting much from it since I got familiar with the creators through Penumbra and Amnesia looked nothing like it.

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