Blackadder
Smash Master
Hey, what’s up guys?
It’s fairly rare these days for me to make a thread, as I tend to just leave that to everyone else, but what the hell. Why not? Also, sorry if any of this is confusing, I wrote much of it in train-of-thought.
Also, I just relised how LONG this thread is. Just go down to the bottom of this post to check the questions, and ignore the filler, if you want.
This is really just an article I’ve written, with a few questions for you guys in it also.
So, without further ado, let me welcome you to:
==Blackadder’s totally whack and awesome and stuff thread== (AKA "Offensive/Deep/Mature gaming verses Kiddy/Simple/Innocent games...which do you play?")
My gaming past:
I’m assuming that many of you lot were raised in the rise of video games. The good ol’ days. You know-when the gaming greats of today were just surfacing into action (Mario and Sonic were at each others throats, FTW) Snake was but a 2D Side scroller, Yoshi’s Island was the bomb of Platform, Mortal Kombat was as brutal and Bloody as it got (Unless you were smacking people only to have them lose “Sweat”), the sounds and tunes were a mix of bleeps, bloops, and pops. And yet I’m sure it’s were many of you started. Hell, some of you may remember Pac-man as your great, though that may be stretching it. We had the good stuff. For any of you that played games with reading involved, you may remember such brilliant lines as “A winner is you!” or “I am Error”.
I, like many of you, started my gaming experience at a very early age. My older Brothers had a SEGA Mega-Drive, and I recall sitting around, watching them play sometimes. One memory I have is of what must have been Sonic the Hedgehogs first outing, in which my brother made him “Roll” through a wall and smash through it in pixilated awesomeness. My mind says this is when my mind said “I want to do that!”.
In another memory, I can see Tazzy Devil being run over by a madman in a car. I think the game was called “Taz-Mania” or similar. My last true short memory is what MAY have been Mortal Kombat 1, watching my brother beat the living shit out of a Ninja in red. (And not because he was initially dressed in Crimson!)
It’s those recollections that make retro gaming such a joy for me. The feelings just rush in…it’s just freakin’ beautiful.
*Wipes tears away*
My first game that I played? I could never say, though top contenders are “Alex Kidd”, Sonic, or maybe even “Road Rash II”. Forgotten classics, to be sure. At least in my world.
Many of you have similar reminiscences, I’m sure. Similar memories, events, and thoughts, with any luck. But aside from Mortal Kombat, much of what much of you played was relatively innocent…right?
And we be here now!
And now it’s 2007, nearly 08 now.
Those days are now a decade old, even 15 years gone. Things are different, games have evolved. Some people now consider the medium an art form on the same level and caliber as a great novel, or a movie. Our once growing and cute pastime is now serious business, and as such, has changed its style a faire bit over time. No longer will characters say “The trucks have moving!”, or will the gore be changed into sweat. Swearing is commonplace among games, and controversial elements are no stranger to gaming.
A lot of us have just gone along with this, now playing a healthy mix of the new Sonic games (Actually…maybe that was a bad example) and God Of War “adult” games.
But I’ve noticed something over the years. I’ve been slowly decreasing my intake of kiddy games, simpler games, or the older stuff I grew up on. Mario games no longer make me jump out of my seat and rush to the store, (Mario Galaxy hardly has me excited) while games such as (Possibly my new found love of the month) like Resident Evil 4 have me totally captivated, and eagerly awaiting Res 5. Of course, there are exceptions, as I am a Nintendo/Sega loyalist, with my buying things such as “Sonic Rush” and “New Super Mario Brothers”. While I was looking forward to playing these games, once passing them, I wound up playing GTA San Andreas for its storyline and violent fun again.
For instance, I bought Poke’mon Diamond. Of course I did. It’s Poke’mon, and Yellow and Gold will forever hold a high place in my heart as classics. (While both games received AMAZING reviews, I still say they’re underrated, dangit!) But I noticed I spent…I think its 14 hours on the game? Then I stopped. The end. Whatever. I beat the League. And got enough Poke’mon for me to be happy. I then went of and Played Metroid Prime for some Shoot ‘em Up fun. For a fair while to, might I add.
Compare this to my 400+ hours on Poke’ Gold, caught ALL Poke’mon (Save for Mew and Celebi…my God I wanted them) and beat the League a bazillion times over, each time loving it, I feel sad.
Partly because I spent so much time looking at a little man walk around semi-aimlessly for so long, but mainly because I loved that experience, and Diamond just couldn’t bring that to me. Yet Resident Evil or GTA can and does. (Granted, Diamond isn’t the strongest installment to the series, but still…)
And so this new found love for violent/story driven/mature games grows stronger for me still, while the latest Kirby game goes unnoticed by me. Hell, I’m only mildly interested in “Sonic RPG” simply because I say the word “RPG” in it!
I still play some of the game styles I would have once considered freakin’ king, but this is becoming rarer and rarer as my age grows. Soldier of Fortune > Spyro anytime for me now.
All this said, Kirby’s Dream Land still holds the title of “best game ever” for me, and Poke’ Yellow is still an epic adventure, and Sonic 2 still gets me hyped, but I leave myself to wonder:
Will I care in another 5 years?
At 20, will I buy “Poke’mon Vomit couler” or “Wario Ware 28561”?
Or will these games just be ignored, or just purchased for my Nephew to play?
Will the next title in the “Super Killer Blood Death Man” series be my attraction, or “Metal Gear Solid: A New Hope” be the centre of my attention and focus?
I have to say, I think I’ll only be buying the bigger titles in these kind of genres. Poke’mon will still very likely be gotten by me, as will any Mario game that looks interesting enough. But for the most part…I think my collection is going to slowly change from “G-grate 4 allz!” to “MA- Keep out of reach of impressionable kids”.
The woe.
Of cause, some people think game should have stayed cute and simple.
===================================
So yeah, what do you guys think? Do you still play simple, cute, and neat games, or do you to now favour a good Intense Action game in its place? Or do you have a mix?
My main question though, is do you guys think you’ll be getting the new Poke’mon games in 10 years, along with the new Mario and Sonic games? Or will these really be totally replaced by a more “mature” collection?
Also, just out of interest, if any of you guys wanna post up your "Gaming Past" I'd love to read 'em.
Also, I assume this thread will close in about 7 more seconds.
Thanks Cashed.
It’s fairly rare these days for me to make a thread, as I tend to just leave that to everyone else, but what the hell. Why not? Also, sorry if any of this is confusing, I wrote much of it in train-of-thought.
Also, I just relised how LONG this thread is. Just go down to the bottom of this post to check the questions, and ignore the filler, if you want.
This is really just an article I’ve written, with a few questions for you guys in it also.
So, without further ado, let me welcome you to:
==Blackadder’s totally whack and awesome and stuff thread== (AKA "Offensive/Deep/Mature gaming verses Kiddy/Simple/Innocent games...which do you play?")
My gaming past:
I’m assuming that many of you lot were raised in the rise of video games. The good ol’ days. You know-when the gaming greats of today were just surfacing into action (Mario and Sonic were at each others throats, FTW) Snake was but a 2D Side scroller, Yoshi’s Island was the bomb of Platform, Mortal Kombat was as brutal and Bloody as it got (Unless you were smacking people only to have them lose “Sweat”), the sounds and tunes were a mix of bleeps, bloops, and pops. And yet I’m sure it’s were many of you started. Hell, some of you may remember Pac-man as your great, though that may be stretching it. We had the good stuff. For any of you that played games with reading involved, you may remember such brilliant lines as “A winner is you!” or “I am Error”.
I, like many of you, started my gaming experience at a very early age. My older Brothers had a SEGA Mega-Drive, and I recall sitting around, watching them play sometimes. One memory I have is of what must have been Sonic the Hedgehogs first outing, in which my brother made him “Roll” through a wall and smash through it in pixilated awesomeness. My mind says this is when my mind said “I want to do that!”.
In another memory, I can see Tazzy Devil being run over by a madman in a car. I think the game was called “Taz-Mania” or similar. My last true short memory is what MAY have been Mortal Kombat 1, watching my brother beat the living shit out of a Ninja in red. (And not because he was initially dressed in Crimson!)
It’s those recollections that make retro gaming such a joy for me. The feelings just rush in…it’s just freakin’ beautiful.
*Wipes tears away*
My first game that I played? I could never say, though top contenders are “Alex Kidd”, Sonic, or maybe even “Road Rash II”. Forgotten classics, to be sure. At least in my world.
Many of you have similar reminiscences, I’m sure. Similar memories, events, and thoughts, with any luck. But aside from Mortal Kombat, much of what much of you played was relatively innocent…right?
And we be here now!
And now it’s 2007, nearly 08 now.
Those days are now a decade old, even 15 years gone. Things are different, games have evolved. Some people now consider the medium an art form on the same level and caliber as a great novel, or a movie. Our once growing and cute pastime is now serious business, and as such, has changed its style a faire bit over time. No longer will characters say “The trucks have moving!”, or will the gore be changed into sweat. Swearing is commonplace among games, and controversial elements are no stranger to gaming.
A lot of us have just gone along with this, now playing a healthy mix of the new Sonic games (Actually…maybe that was a bad example) and God Of War “adult” games.
But I’ve noticed something over the years. I’ve been slowly decreasing my intake of kiddy games, simpler games, or the older stuff I grew up on. Mario games no longer make me jump out of my seat and rush to the store, (Mario Galaxy hardly has me excited) while games such as (Possibly my new found love of the month) like Resident Evil 4 have me totally captivated, and eagerly awaiting Res 5. Of course, there are exceptions, as I am a Nintendo/Sega loyalist, with my buying things such as “Sonic Rush” and “New Super Mario Brothers”. While I was looking forward to playing these games, once passing them, I wound up playing GTA San Andreas for its storyline and violent fun again.
For instance, I bought Poke’mon Diamond. Of course I did. It’s Poke’mon, and Yellow and Gold will forever hold a high place in my heart as classics. (While both games received AMAZING reviews, I still say they’re underrated, dangit!) But I noticed I spent…I think its 14 hours on the game? Then I stopped. The end. Whatever. I beat the League. And got enough Poke’mon for me to be happy. I then went of and Played Metroid Prime for some Shoot ‘em Up fun. For a fair while to, might I add.
Compare this to my 400+ hours on Poke’ Gold, caught ALL Poke’mon (Save for Mew and Celebi…my God I wanted them) and beat the League a bazillion times over, each time loving it, I feel sad.
Partly because I spent so much time looking at a little man walk around semi-aimlessly for so long, but mainly because I loved that experience, and Diamond just couldn’t bring that to me. Yet Resident Evil or GTA can and does. (Granted, Diamond isn’t the strongest installment to the series, but still…)
And so this new found love for violent/story driven/mature games grows stronger for me still, while the latest Kirby game goes unnoticed by me. Hell, I’m only mildly interested in “Sonic RPG” simply because I say the word “RPG” in it!
I still play some of the game styles I would have once considered freakin’ king, but this is becoming rarer and rarer as my age grows. Soldier of Fortune > Spyro anytime for me now.
All this said, Kirby’s Dream Land still holds the title of “best game ever” for me, and Poke’ Yellow is still an epic adventure, and Sonic 2 still gets me hyped, but I leave myself to wonder:
Will I care in another 5 years?
At 20, will I buy “Poke’mon Vomit couler” or “Wario Ware 28561”?
Or will these games just be ignored, or just purchased for my Nephew to play?
Will the next title in the “Super Killer Blood Death Man” series be my attraction, or “Metal Gear Solid: A New Hope” be the centre of my attention and focus?
I have to say, I think I’ll only be buying the bigger titles in these kind of genres. Poke’mon will still very likely be gotten by me, as will any Mario game that looks interesting enough. But for the most part…I think my collection is going to slowly change from “G-grate 4 allz!” to “MA- Keep out of reach of impressionable kids”.
The woe.
Of cause, some people think game should have stayed cute and simple.
===================================
So yeah, what do you guys think? Do you still play simple, cute, and neat games, or do you to now favour a good Intense Action game in its place? Or do you have a mix?
My main question though, is do you guys think you’ll be getting the new Poke’mon games in 10 years, along with the new Mario and Sonic games? Or will these really be totally replaced by a more “mature” collection?
Also, just out of interest, if any of you guys wanna post up your "Gaming Past" I'd love to read 'em.
Also, I assume this thread will close in about 7 more seconds.
Thanks Cashed.
