I've been playing Ghouls N' Ghosts on my DS and reflecting on what gets me addicted to a game, what makes it feel satisfying, what that feeling of stimulation you get actually is. I'm loving a game that is 17 years old and it's feeling much better than the seven or eight blasts I've had on Halo 3.
I feel happier with a 2D plane, a satisfying sound effect and a short game timespan. I don't want to see the 'real flesh' of my character, how smooth and shiny and hairy it is, how lumpy it looks when I scroll the camera with the right stick. I want to see a pixellated icon that triggers subconscious feelings of good and bad and anger from when I was a tiddling bastard.
I love the immediacy of 2D games and hate floatiness. I've played loads of 3D stuff over the last 10 years, much more than 2D stuff, but it's very rare you get a 3D game you can feel 'in touch with', like you can with 2D games. Resi 4 on Gamecube is the closest it has ever been (to me, at least).
I don't hate modern gaming, I see the thrill my (older) friend gets from XBL and I know it's true, but I don't see anything that thrills me that much anymore, it seems to be all beautiful 3D graphics and the same old ****, but without "system limitations" to make it all feel special. The only draw I have to getting a 360 is for Dead Rising (because of my Dawn Of The Dead fixation) and it's mainly seen as a bit ****e, anyway.
Most people on here seem to be into XBLA etc. in a big way, as they should be, but I'm wondering what the general perception of people who aren't IS??
Just sad bastards????
I love retro, but wouldn't consider myself just a 'retro gamer' as I play loads of stuff, and like loads of stuff. I just prefer a game that feels hard, feels full of texture with each button press. You don't need a DS to do that.
(Yeah...pissed I am...apols. Late nite angst, baby. )
I feel happier with a 2D plane, a satisfying sound effect and a short game timespan. I don't want to see the 'real flesh' of my character, how smooth and shiny and hairy it is, how lumpy it looks when I scroll the camera with the right stick. I want to see a pixellated icon that triggers subconscious feelings of good and bad and anger from when I was a tiddling bastard.
I love the immediacy of 2D games and hate floatiness. I've played loads of 3D stuff over the last 10 years, much more than 2D stuff, but it's very rare you get a 3D game you can feel 'in touch with', like you can with 2D games. Resi 4 on Gamecube is the closest it has ever been (to me, at least).
I don't hate modern gaming, I see the thrill my (older) friend gets from XBL and I know it's true, but I don't see anything that thrills me that much anymore, it seems to be all beautiful 3D graphics and the same old ****, but without "system limitations" to make it all feel special. The only draw I have to getting a 360 is for Dead Rising (because of my Dawn Of The Dead fixation) and it's mainly seen as a bit ****e, anyway.
Most people on here seem to be into XBLA etc. in a big way, as they should be, but I'm wondering what the general perception of people who aren't IS??
Just sad bastards????
I love retro, but wouldn't consider myself just a 'retro gamer' as I play loads of stuff, and like loads of stuff. I just prefer a game that feels hard, feels full of texture with each button press. You don't need a DS to do that.
(Yeah...pissed I am...apols. Late nite angst, baby. )
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