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OfflineZeroBoyWD
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Video Games today
    #7789857 - 12/22/07 05:14 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Is it just me or are video games today really really short? I mean sure graphiclly the shit can look amazing, but is it really any harder to paste textures to 3D enviorments then it was back in the day? I remember when I was a kid, it took me a long long time to beat Doom II. 50 levels of demon killing goodness. Doom 3? I mean it was fun, the graphics were amazing, the story line good, but it left something to be desired... Mostly because I payed 39.95 for a game I beat in 15 hours on Hard.
Dont even go back that far. Half Life. That game was huge, with days of gameplay. Half Life 2 I beat in a mere 4 hours. Fear was a little better (15 hours) but it didn't really suck me into the story.
Look at the Hitman games. They've gotten shorter and shorter every time a new one comes out. Blood Money was great but so short.
Why do developers keep skimping out on the content then wonder why I'm not paying 50 bucks on a game that will last me less than a day. I could get 4 days worth of Acid for that price and be left with a fullfilling experience. Games today just cant make the same claim.


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Re: Video Games today [Re: ZeroBoyWD]
    #7789932 - 12/22/07 05:31 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

try beating team fortress 2


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Re: Video Games today [Re: ZeroBoyWD]
    #7789997 - 12/22/07 05:46 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I don't think every game does it for this reason but I'm sure a few shorten their games to make them more accessible to more people. Some people just don't want to sit through 48+ hours of game play. :shrug:

But I have top say as a hardcore gamer it can feel great to make it to the end of a game you've invested that much time into.


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Re: Video Games today [Re: CosmicFool]
    #7790004 - 12/22/07 05:47 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

yeah
I remember pretty much crying while watching the closing cinematics for Zelda: Ocarina of Time


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    #7790021 - 12/22/07 05:50 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: Video Games today [Re: ManInTheCorner]
    #7790039 - 12/22/07 05:55 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

play halo 2 or halo 3 and actually sleep every now and then. Gods sake, it isn't a friggin race.


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Re: Video Games today [Re: SampaJasli]
    #7790043 - 12/22/07 05:55 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Developers are trying to stay with/or ahead of the competition. You cant spend just spend as much time as you want on a game to make it 50 hrs long and still match up to the graphical and gameplay standards of the time. And yes, it is much more time-consuming to make all this new eye candy.

I dont think thats such a bad thing thou. I rather have a shorter, better presented game - then something that drags on to the point of me getting tired of the same repetitive shit and not finishing it. Then again, I don't pay for my games.

And don't race through games. I find alot of people that do that and then bitch how short they are. They really aren't.


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Re: Video Games today [Re: ZeroBoyWD]
    #7790098 - 12/22/07 06:15 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

play less video games?:blush:


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Re: Video Games today [Re: ZeroBoyWD]
    #7790481 - 12/22/07 08:49 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)



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Re: Video Games today [Re: Idiot]
    #7790522 - 12/22/07 09:09 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Oblivion? Metriod Prime? Really good long games.
It's probably not all that easy to fit 50+ hours of gameplay, which probably takes up a lot of space on the disc, and to have good graphics and lots of features at the same time.


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Re: Video Games today [Re: Essen]
    #7790620 - 12/22/07 09:45 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

oblivion is definitely a long ass game
with crap loads of replay value because of the different classes and missions and sidequests, its insane!!!


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Re: Video Games today [Re: ZeroBoyWD]
    #7790698 - 12/22/07 10:10 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

In my opinion all the good video games these days are on the handheld systems, if you get Nintendo DS you won't be disappointed. I'd always rather play a really long 2D game with tons of features, story, and beautiful pixel art than the games they make for higher end systems just to show off the graphic capabilities.


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Re: Video Games today [Re: ZeroBoyWD]
    #7790731 - 12/22/07 10:19 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I, personally, miss the never ending games from the 70s (PacMan for example)



name ONE game from the past thirty years that you could play for six days straight and still be on level one  :smirk:


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Re: Video Games today [Re: Muppet]
    #7790734 - 12/22/07 10:21 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

The "eat half a dose everyday" game?


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    #7791029 - 12/22/07 11:38 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: Video Games today [Re: ManInTheCorner]
    #7791045 - 12/22/07 11:42 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

same here
I rarely play single player games anymore, unless people absolutely rave about them, like portal for example.
online games are so much more challenging and entertaining.. nothing like going head to head against other people. computer opponents are either too easy or too hard, its very difficult to make a computer hard without being impossible to beat.
the best multiplayer FPS out there right now? TEAM FORTRESS 2!!!
cant wait to get it for myself, because i'm always playing on my house mates computer while hes gone..


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Re: Video Games today [Re: SampaJasli]
    #7791267 - 12/23/07 01:03 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

for good retro action

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Re: Video Games today [Re: Compass]
    #7791711 - 12/23/07 07:41 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

think imma invest in gamefly

Why buy a game when you know your gonna beat it quick?


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Re: Video Games today [Re: ManInTheCorner]
    #7793072 - 12/23/07 04:20 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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play final fantasy



They turned that series into a movie with button advanced fight sequences >_< Not a fan. FF2,3,5,7,8 Hell yeah.

And you know its not that I race through the games, its just that its still linear gameplay and you can only explore so much. Thats why I loved FarCry. It was HUGE! I could run through the little huts blowing everyone away or slip around the back, sneak up a guard tower and knife someone then snipe everyone down. It ended pretty early but it was long enough to be rewarding. My system can handle Crysis but I hear its even bigger and the enviorments more responsive. Thats what I like to see. And graphics aren't everything, they really arent. I just fired up System Shock 2 again last month because it was so much fun. Does anyone remember the game Cyberia? You had options to how to play out the story. It lead to the same end result but in different ways. Shit like that is AWESOME. I dont mind waiting for a good game to come out and sacrificing the most cutting edge graphics if its gonna be FUN.


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Re: Video Games today [Re: ZeroBoyWD]
    #7793252 - 12/23/07 05:20 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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ZeroBoyWD said:
Why do developers keep skimping out on the content then wonder why I'm not paying 50 bucks on a game that will last me less than a day.




because they know that other people will pay for it, beat it, then buy another. the quicker a person beats a game, the sooner they'll buy another. it all comes down to cash. and it's probley not even their own choices to do that, it's probley the company they work for.

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SampaJasli said:
oblivion is definitely a long ass game
with crap loads of replay value because of the different classes and missions and sidequests, its insane!!!




personally i didn't really like oblivion. i think im going to like NeverWinter Nights much more.


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