One thing all gamers should know.
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Getting some enjoyment out of a mediocre game is alright, as is not enjoying a game that everyone claims is great.
Also, review scores are meaningless, so read the actual text of the review, and unless your are completely certain you will enjoy the game, never buy it at launch. Even then, exercise caution.
Also, review scores are meaningless, so read the actual text of the review, and unless your are completely certain you will enjoy the game, never buy it at launch. Even then, exercise caution.
"Nothing is true, everything is permitted."
If there's one philosophy that should govern the development, enjoyment, and reception of all games, it's this.
If there's one philosophy that should govern the development, enjoyment, and reception of all games, it's this.
Fun game: Try to post a comment that is so stupid that everyone realizes you must be joking. (Hint: This is impossible.)hazabaza1 said:
The Law of Degrading Quality: No matter how much you like a dev, they will inevitably either embark down a path you don't like, or all their work will feel samey, and you'll never like any of their releases as much as you enjoyed the originals. (Mercilessly cribbed from a music review site I read.)
For examples, see Interplay (Fallout to movie tie-ins), Bungie (Halo series dragging on), Bioware (Baldur's Gate to Mass Effect (smaller populations here, not flaming)), and Bethesda (mixed bag- some feel all the Elder Scrolls are samey, some don't like the simplification).
For examples, see Interplay (Fallout to movie tie-ins), Bungie (Halo series dragging on), Bioware (Baldur's Gate to Mass Effect (smaller populations here, not flaming)), and Bethesda (mixed bag- some feel all the Elder Scrolls are samey, some don't like the simplification).
That is actually not as silly as you make it sound. It is a legitimate risk-avoidance tactic. No joke, they actually told us about that idea in a Software Engineering class I took.Lucem712 said:They're not bugs, they're features!
OT; There are many people out there who hate something you like, and if given the opportunity, will talk about it quite loudly. Luckily, there are also those who like that thing too and will take the opportunity to talk about it quite loudly, so keep you chins up.
Only in Bethesda Land. Everywhere else, they're just bugs.Lucem712 said:They're not bugs, they're features!
OT: Call of Duty is going to die down in a few years, to be replaced by another mediocre (in my eyes, anyway) franchise, which will in turn die down a few years later, and so on. This will continue until the end of time. This also applies to all other "popular" franchises out there. The existence of these games will not signal the stagnation of a genre, because we will always have our Valves, our Bethesdas, our BioWares, and our indie devs out there creating original ideas and revolutionizing their respective genres. That is all.
That Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2011) was in fact the 3rd Need for Speed tile with "Hot Pursuit" in it. The first one was Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit (1998) and they tried to use the first one as ground work for the physics in the newest one. (And I think they failed)
Of all the things I could have said, that is literally the most important thing I could ever say.
Of all the things I could have said, that is literally the most important thing I could ever say.
You're playing with a toy. If you're having fun then you're doing it right but if you can't stop bitching about your toys online then you're doing it wrong (especially if you're bitching about other people not liking the ones you like specifically).
If the game your playing is story based and you don't like the story than try another one. Complaining about the story doesn't fix said story and does nothing but waste time you could be using getting into another pick-your-own-adventure game.
If the game your playing is story based and you don't like the story than try another one. Complaining about the story doesn't fix said story and does nothing but waste time you could be using getting into another pick-your-own-adventure game.
That Pac-Man was Namco, not Atari.
It was insane how many people got that wrong in a thread a while back. It was even more insane that the Atari port for Pac-Man was absolutely terrible, and one of the worst ports ever made.
Also, video/Computer gaming is actually a lot older, than most people think. Most Gamers think that the 1972 game pong was the first digital game, it wasn't. The first modern digital game Space War was created in 1962 on the PDP-1 machine, which only one is in existence today. Gaming history can been traced even further back than that, with tennis for two, a simple pong like game, and OXO that was created in the 50's using a cathode ray tube.
This is a picture of the machine used for such a monstrous task.
The first game console came out in 1972 called the Magnavox odyssey, it had hardly any graphics to speak of, so it had overlays to compensate.
Space age technology for a space age time.
It was insane how many people got that wrong in a thread a while back. It was even more insane that the Atari port for Pac-Man was absolutely terrible, and one of the worst ports ever made.
Also, video/Computer gaming is actually a lot older, than most people think. Most Gamers think that the 1972 game pong was the first digital game, it wasn't. The first modern digital game Space War was created in 1962 on the PDP-1 machine, which only one is in existence today. Gaming history can been traced even further back than that, with tennis for two, a simple pong like game, and OXO that was created in the 50's using a cathode ray tube.
This is a picture of the machine used for such a monstrous task.
The first game console came out in 1972 called the Magnavox odyssey, it had hardly any graphics to speak of, so it had overlays to compensate.
Space age technology for a space age time.
My version:DanteLives said:
More then likely the higher the games age rating is, the lower the average age of the gamer playing it.
Example: DOA Beach Volleyball.
Follow names not brands.
Never believe the hype until otherwise known
Just because everyone says its shit does not mean it is for you
Never dismis a game due to the box
Never dismis a game cause of the gaura
Never beleive the minimum system requirments on the box, use recommened as a baseline and make sure you are running something more...a lot more depending on the game.
...and I know the post says 1 thing but i am tired and feeling rebelious
So the last thing I think all gamers should know is that all came consols need POWER and a Montor or TV to play (I am saying that cause I am thinking and feeling sorry for the sod that bought an ipod without knowing it needed a PC to use it.)
Never believe the hype until otherwise known
Just because everyone says its shit does not mean it is for you
Never dismis a game due to the box
Never dismis a game cause of the gaura
Never beleive the minimum system requirments on the box, use recommened as a baseline and make sure you are running something more...a lot more depending on the game.
...and I know the post says 1 thing but i am tired and feeling rebelious
So the last thing I think all gamers should know is that all came consols need POWER and a Montor or TV to play (I am saying that cause I am thinking and feeling sorry for the sod that bought an ipod without knowing it needed a PC to use it.)
And to add onto this: The higher up the age ratings you go, the more likely you'll be to run into juvenile boob and gore fests that would only be cool if you were ten.Angelblaze said:
There are no games out there that are must buys. If you disagree with a developer/publisher's business practices, it is perfectly acceptable to not purchase the game, and you will be no less happier as a result.
Also, we don't need fifteen threads about Mass Effect 3 going at once.
Also, we don't need fifteen threads about Mass Effect 3 going at once.
Kirby shall live on forever.
The last place you go is where the game tells you to go.
Your webcam is not your friend. Cover it's probing gaze.
The last place you go is where the game tells you to go.
Your webcam is not your friend. Cover it's probing gaze.