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 Posted: Thu, 31st Aug 2006 13:50 Post subject: |
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i voted no but it should be yes i can find the fun
next time ask: can you find the fun instead of something like :cant you not find the fun with answers like, yes i cant not find no fun
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| Posted: Thu, 31st Aug 2006 14:03 Post subject: |
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The amount of games I look forward to dwindles each year. Some games I'll play all the way through and enjoy it (Prey. art of war, FEAR, C&C, etc) while others (Doom 3, for instance) I'll force myself to finish. Some games (quake 4, Rise and Fall of legends (I think) for example) I can't play for more than a few hours and get bored with the whole thing.
Truth is, I've got so many more things happening in my life that I just can't dedicate myself to playing games all the time. I consider myself a gamer and still play when I can, but a game has to really capture my attention from the get-go to hold my interest. I spend so much time on the computer for my job and when I get home sometimes the last thing I want to do is sit down for 3-4 more hours a night and play again.
I've been holding off on a 360 as I'm not a huge console fan anymore. There are some games I'll want to play but I think I'll wait for a price drop on the system. I'll find someone w/ a PS3 and let them foot the bill...
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deelix
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| Posted: Thu, 31st Aug 2006 14:30 Post subject: |
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Things were better when i was a kid - everything just.. sucks now :\
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| Posted: Thu, 31st Aug 2006 14:39 Post subject: |
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Well Im 27 next month and I would say Im in between finding and not finding the fun factor but that wasnt an option on the poll lol. Some things I find fun with and some things that were fun a year or two ago arent fun and I cant be bothered with them. Not going to give examples but I guess its just part of getting older!
May the NFOrce be with you always.
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| Posted: Thu, 31st Aug 2006 14:55 Post subject: |
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| deelix wrote: | | Things were better when i was a kid - everything just.. sucks now :\ |
same problem here.
I hate you.
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deelix
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| Posted: Thu, 31st Aug 2006 15:30 Post subject: |
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I voted wrong was going to say "yes i can fint the fun and i'm above 21"
In games it's hard but else in my life i'm having more fun than ever.
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Thu, 31st Aug 2006 17:29 Post subject: |
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i voted over 21 and can find the fun but t is difficult to find a game that holds my interest. recently i played through HL2 ep 1. now basically between class homework and social obligations the only thing that I even play is flatout 2.
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| Posted: Thu, 31st Aug 2006 18:06 Post subject: |
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im only saying this: dead rising.
this is the game that will bring me back to good ol game play. smashing thousands of zombies in a mall. with simple and adictive gameplay + cool cut scenes and...well zombies ffs, this will be a blast.
and like nouse said sportgames are fun in company. especially football games and yes hockeygames.
just go with the very best of games, that keeps the gameplay as #1 and everything should go fine. every game has to have the adictive factor in it. be it getting ULTRA kills in UT, or scoring a goal to net, or killing swarms of alians, or getting a perfect combo, or yeah and so on. if the game still delivers good feelings to the player then its still a good game. obviously every game wont deliver this and those are the game that kills peoples interest to play.
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| Posted: Fri, 1st Sep 2006 01:56 Post subject: |
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varies for me, on mood & the game. the wii is expected to be shitloads of fun and im having a great time playing starcraft again and mapping for war3, but cannot find the love in mmo's.
mutliplayer is definetly a must, i tend to cycle between games (cs/gw/sc mostly) whenever i feel like it.
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| Posted: Fri, 1st Sep 2006 03:44 Post subject: |
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No I can't and I'm 26. No current games have that special something that I experienced when I was young. Remember Shadow of the Beast, Another World, even spectrum games used to dazzle me. Is it because we used our imaginations more?
I think it's age and the quantity of games available that make us spoilt. All I ever play now is COD2 and sports games. MP is still fun.
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| Posted: Fri, 1st Sep 2006 23:09 Post subject: |
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I'm 22 in a few days. I've been a PC gamer since age 9. I started with Sid Meir's Civilization for Windows (that game was fuggin hard at 9 mind you  ). I never won, but had a fuckin blast and have been a hardcore gamer ever since.
That said, I find that every year I grow more and more discriminating on what I even bother to try, and what holds my intrest. Either its me getting picky or the games are getting shittier. I can count the number of games I've been satisified with in the last 2 years on one hand. The rest, just kinda meh.
Still, its kinda scaring me to be honest. I've been a gamer my entire life. What fuckin happens when the rush isn't there anymore? What the fuck am I supposed to do? Engage in a social life? Fuck that
Developers need to start hiring gamers instead of mathematicians and coders. They may know the tech aspects, but most can't even play their own game.
I can never be free, because the shackles I wear can't be touched or be seen.
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Sep 2006 17:47 Post subject: |
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I love my 360.
Im always playing Ghost recon or nhl or madden etc
There have been some shitty titles as of late but im sure the games will get better and the full capability of the system will be used
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Sep 2006 19:18 Post subject: |
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Gaming was much more fun when i was young. I remember my parents buying me the Atari VCS 2600 system in the early 80s, it was so much fun, even if the games were simple and not good looking. I had a blast playing games like Pirates or the Ultima series on the C64 too.
But with a certain age come other obilgations wich leave less time for gaming, and with the flood of games these days it's just not so much fun anymore. It's like i've played and seen everything, the games from the 80s left room for improvements and innovations, but now it feels like everything has been done before.
In recent years i have only enjoyed playing a few games like the GTA series, Kotor and Mafia to name some.
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deelix
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Sep 2006 19:25 Post subject: |
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Sep 2006 15:03 Post subject: |
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| whoKnows wrote: | Gaming was much more fun when i was young. I remember my parents buying me the Atari VCS 2600 system in the early 80s, it was so much fun, even if the games were simple and not good looking. I had a blast playing games like Pirates or the Ultima series on the C64 too.
But with a certain age come other obilgations wich leave less time for gaming, and with the flood of games these days it's just not so much fun anymore. It's like i've played and seen everything, the games from the 80s left room for improvements and innovations, but now it feels like everything has been done before.
In recent years i have only enjoyed playing a few games like the GTA series, Kotor and Mafia to name some. |
thats so true.
I didnt have an atari but i had a nintendo.
The old mario games and duck hunt used to keep me entertained for hours |
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Sep 2006 15:18 Post subject: |
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Yes I can find a fun factor! Because I'm cool!
My nephew can’t! He’s not cool! He’s 9 and he’s already bored of animal crossing (got it two weeks ago) 
I love that game tho. I can play it all day and all night. Hehe. I have to buy me a DS
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Sep 2006 19:38 Post subject: |
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| whoKnows wrote: | Gaming was much more fun when i was young. I remember my parents buying me the Atari VCS 2600 system in the early 80s, it was so much fun, even if the games were simple and not good looking. I had a blast playing games like Pirates or the Ultima series on the C64 too.
But with a certain age come other obilgations wich leave less time for gaming, and with the flood of games these days it's just not so much fun anymore. It's like i've played and seen everything, the games from the 80s left room for improvements and innovations, but now it feels like everything has been done before.
In recent years i have only enjoyed playing a few games like the GTA series, Kotor and Mafia to name some. |
Atari --- I remember that. Remember that. Asteroids, Breakout, There was that fly game where you shoot that wall in front. I didn’t have Atari but I had Genesis and it played the same games. I think it was called that. Ohh the good old days.
| SycoShaman wrote: | | whoKnows wrote: | Gaming was much more fun when i was young. I remember my parents buying me the Atari VCS 2600 system in the early 80s, it was so much fun, even if the games were simple and not good looking. I had a blast playing games like Pirates or the Ultima series on the C64 too.
But with a certain age come other obilgations wich leave less time for gaming, and with the flood of games these days it's just not so much fun anymore. It's like i've played and seen everything, the games from the 80s left room for improvements and innovations, but now it feels like everything has been done before.
In recent years i have only enjoyed playing a few games like the GTA series, Kotor and Mafia to name some. |
thats so true.
I didnt have an atari but i had a nintendo.
The old mario games and duck hunt used to keep me entertained for hours |
I had nintendo. We used to play Mario brothers for days on end. (Well I was lucky if I got a few turns, my sister wasn’t the sharing kind. Remember that coin room and you could rack up extra turns. I never finished it but she did. I remember duck hunt too. I still have it somewhere. Wonder if it is worth something. I think I had Zelda, ohh I forgot the other ones. I had one cartridge that had over 150 games on it. It was from Japan. My cousin was selling them and got into copyright trouble over it. He had to go to court and was facing jail time too. I think he had to pay a fine.
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WaldoJ
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Sep 2006 20:49 Post subject: |
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I had the 2600  Tossed it few years back.
| Sin317 wrote: | | I win, you lose. Or Go fuck yourself. |
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Sep 2006 20:54 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 12th Sep 2006 05:52 Post subject: |
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No I can't and I'm above 21!
That´s whats happening to me...
I think we miss all the fun of a game by downloading and experiment every single game that comes out. I bought a psp two weeks ago along with ridge racer, and I was getting a great pleasure playing it. Just a few days ago I managed to downgrade to 1.50 firmware allowing me to try all the games that the system have. What is happening now is that everyday I try a different game without really caring about it.
Nowadays, the games are seen as an important entertaining option, very different from the old idea that games are for the kids.
And we all above 21, are "the first generation" of people that experienced that evolution and still cares about videogames, cuz we gave that importance from the very begining and growed using games as one of the best entertaining things to do. When we were young, any grown up would say that with time we would loose the interest in videogames... And maybe that is true, we just don´t want it to be. We still follow all the news and greatest titles but when we play them, it´s just not the same thing has it was...
Of course I like to play HL2 and some other good titles, but when I was younger it was just like was living inside the game. I miss that feeling 
That´s just my opinion... And I want that feeling back 
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| Posted: Tue, 12th Sep 2006 06:50 Post subject: |
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For me, the only type of games that I can truly spend alot of time in are multiplayer games. It feels like if I cant talk to others or interact with others while gaming its just not enjoyable. I've lost the love of single player games, but thats mostly because my only fav genre, narrative deep RPG's, are non-existant lately.
I guess if i cant participate in a moving storyline, I want to create my own with other people around the world. RPG's like oblivion are just too stale story wise, and the last time I tried to play through an RTS singleplayer campaign I got to mission 2 and gave up from boredom.
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| Posted: Tue, 12th Sep 2006 10:23 Post subject: |
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This feeling is the exact same as adults wanting to be kids and having fun again, but it ain't gonna happen 
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| Posted: Tue, 12th Sep 2006 12:52 Post subject: |
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| Parallax_ wrote: | | This feeling is the exact same as adults wanting to be kids and having fun again, but it ain't gonna happen |
Cause we're busy analyzing fun rather than actually enjoying it.  I hate being a grown up!
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