First off, I feel that it is necessary to state that I love Game Grumps, both the EgoJon series and the EgoDanny series (and before you ask, yes, I have watch a few episodes of Steam Train and some episodes of Steam Rolled).
I watch it cardinally and the humor and wit produced by the group of talented individuals is both fun and enlightening. I love how they can both derive entertainment from the content that they are playing and completely digress from content and develop unique and hilarious material.
With that said, I feel that they have been lacking one key element that, I believe, is essential for every gamer to have/retain or have for some reason have been unable to conjure up: the sense of child-like wonder.
Furthermore, the sense of playing a new game, regardless of it's content and being excited about it while later making assumptions about the gameplay and the level of fun derived from it, are completely absent. Many of you might attribute this to 'they are playing an uninteresting, broken, joyless title; what do you expect?' I get that, and there have been plenty of games where that was the case. What I mean is that they tend to derive their sense of enjoyment and focus to a game based solely on whether they are interested in playing the game or not.
Imagine if Game Grumps played Vector Man: a gem in the Sega Genesis library about a polygon robot compose of balls, hands, and feet that shoots stars, can upgrade to other forms of shots, can shape shift, and has various endearing catchphrases and comical effects.
Arin, being a huge Megaman X fan, might write this game off as being slightly better than the Classic Megaman series, no where near as memorable or endearing as the Megaman X series, and solely a precursor for the Mighty No. 9 title that will be released in the future.
I hope that I'm wrong and that they get to both play and enjoy Vector Man in a future Game Grumps episode, but I really don't see it happening.
So Escapists, what do you think?
1.) Do you believe that Game Grumps has lost their sense of child-like wonder towards new and unknown titles that directly effects them enjoying new titles?
2.) Have you lost your sense of child-like wonder and it has caused you to ignore certain titles because you don't find them interesting, engaging, or within your particular sensibilities?
I watch it cardinally and the humor and wit produced by the group of talented individuals is both fun and enlightening. I love how they can both derive entertainment from the content that they are playing and completely digress from content and develop unique and hilarious material.
With that said, I feel that they have been lacking one key element that, I believe, is essential for every gamer to have/retain or have for some reason have been unable to conjure up: the sense of child-like wonder.
Furthermore, the sense of playing a new game, regardless of it's content and being excited about it while later making assumptions about the gameplay and the level of fun derived from it, are completely absent. Many of you might attribute this to 'they are playing an uninteresting, broken, joyless title; what do you expect?' I get that, and there have been plenty of games where that was the case. What I mean is that they tend to derive their sense of enjoyment and focus to a game based solely on whether they are interested in playing the game or not.
Imagine if Game Grumps played Vector Man: a gem in the Sega Genesis library about a polygon robot compose of balls, hands, and feet that shoots stars, can upgrade to other forms of shots, can shape shift, and has various endearing catchphrases and comical effects.
Arin, being a huge Megaman X fan, might write this game off as being slightly better than the Classic Megaman series, no where near as memorable or endearing as the Megaman X series, and solely a precursor for the Mighty No. 9 title that will be released in the future.
I hope that I'm wrong and that they get to both play and enjoy Vector Man in a future Game Grumps episode, but I really don't see it happening.
So Escapists, what do you think?
1.) Do you believe that Game Grumps has lost their sense of child-like wonder towards new and unknown titles that directly effects them enjoying new titles?
2.) Have you lost your sense of child-like wonder and it has caused you to ignore certain titles because you don't find them interesting, engaging, or within your particular sensibilities?
