The 'take a step back' movement

[Pearwood]

"Oh, you didn't pick up the screwdriver on the third turn of the game? Well, sucks to be you..."

Ah yes, those were the days *chuckle*

I never said they had superior design, just that they have a certain thing about them that I enjoy. I fully realise game design has come a long way, I just like my interactive fiction.

 

[Vegosiux]

"Oh, you didn't pick up the screwdriver on the third turn of the game? Well, sucks to be you..."

Ah yes, those were the days *chuckle*

I never said they had superior design, just that they have a certain thing about them that I enjoy. I fully realise game design has come a long way, I just like my interactive fiction.

Hey, I was not being sarcastic. Those were the days, and every time something like that happened it made me go "...no...HOW!? AAaarrrrghhhrestart..." And then on my next playthrough I didn't notice something else and so on and so forth...got eaten by a grue...etc. Was fun.

 

[LadyTiamat]

i shall be going back to play old ps2 and gamecube games that i have missed because of either no being aware of them, passed them because of bad reviews, never saw a copy in store (i barred buying things off the internet when i was younger), or just more interested in more genres now.

Currently playing through breath of fire 5: Dragon Quarter, i don't know why this game got so much hate. It has an interesting battle system, setting, atmosphere, and interesting (so far) story. Maybe its cause i never played another breath of fire before.

 

[LiquidSolstice]

I just popped in the first Harry Potter game for the GBC on my phone. Great fun I've still got the cartridge even, back when the color games where see-through and you could actually see the RAM chip inside them. Those were the days...

 

[Pearwood]

Hey, I was not being sarcastic. Those were the days, and every time something like that happened it made me go "...no...HOW!? AAaarrrrghhhrestart..." And then on my next playthrough I didn't notice something else and so on and so forth...got eaten by a grue...etc. Was fun.

Yeah they're great, I love how open they are too. With modern games every single line of dialogue has to be voiced, animated and so on, with text adventures you got fun little bonuses now and then when the developers thought of a witty little remark to something you tried to do. I wouldn't want all games to be like that but they still have their charm

 

[Hectix777]

EDIT: And oh, believe me, if there was ANY WAY I could get my hands on either a Dreamcast or an SNES... hooh...

My uncle's SNES still works, but I haven't played it in ages. I saw Secret of Mana at a game traders the other day and almost jizzed. However, the price tag was $275 ;_;
I was talking to the store owner about the game, an explaining to my friends that came with me about how amazing the game is:

Me: "Think of the best RPG you have ever played"
Friend: "Ok, Fi-"
Me: "Secret of Mana is better. I don't know or care what game you had in mind, Secret of Mana is better"
Friend: "Well what abou-"
Me: "No, you don't get it. The game was made for the SNES back when they were still figuring out how to make games challenging without making them impossible, and this game is fucking amazing. You can play it a dozen times and still have new paths to take. The game makes Skyrim with all of it's 'open world-ness' look like a straight hallway"
Friend: "Wow..."

If I had a time machine, I'd go back in time and buy up all the amazing games that I didn't realize were amazing because I was a stupid kid

Y'know that game is on iOS, right?

 

[Torrasque]

EDIT: And oh, believe me, if there was ANY WAY I could get my hands on either a Dreamcast or an SNES... hooh...

My uncle's SNES still works, but I haven't played it in ages. I saw Secret of Mana at a game traders the other day and almost jizzed. However, the price tag was $275 ;_;
I was talking to the store owner about the game, an explaining to my friends that came with me about how amazing the game is:

Me: "Think of the best RPG you have ever played"
Friend: "Ok, Fi-"
Me: "Secret of Mana is better. I don't know or care what game you had in mind, Secret of Mana is better"
Friend: "Well what abou-"
Me: "No, you don't get it. The game was made for the SNES back when they were still figuring out how to make games challenging without making them impossible, and this game is fucking amazing. You can play it a dozen times and still have new paths to take. The game makes Skyrim with all of it's 'open world-ness' look like a straight hallway"
Friend: "Wow..."

If I had a time machine, I'd go back in time and buy up all the amazing games that I didn't realize were amazing because I was a stupid kid

Y'know that game is on iOS, right?

Yeah, but its just not the same =/

 

[Hectix777]

EDIT: And oh, believe me, if there was ANY WAY I could get my hands on either a Dreamcast or an SNES... hooh...

My uncle's SNES still works, but I haven't played it in ages. I saw Secret of Mana at a game traders the other day and almost jizzed. However, the price tag was $275 ;_;
I was talking to the store owner about the game, an explaining to my friends that came with me about how amazing the game is:

Me: "Think of the best RPG you have ever played"
Friend: "Ok, Fi-"
Me: "Secret of Mana is better. I don't know or care what game you had in mind, Secret of Mana is better"
Friend: "Well what abou-"
Me: "No, you don't get it. The game was made for the SNES back when they were still figuring out how to make games challenging without making them impossible, and this game is fucking amazing. You can play it a dozen times and still have new paths to take. The game makes Skyrim with all of it's 'open world-ness' look like a straight hallway"
Friend: "Wow..."

If I had a time machine, I'd go back in time and buy up all the amazing games that I didn't realize were amazing because I was a stupid kid

Y'know that game is on iOS, right?

Yeah, but its just not the same =/

Is it the lack of buttons? Because I miss those things, and I pray to whatever deity that made this universe that buttonless peripherals are not the future of gaming. It's too weird, I can probably live with something like neural control, but I miss buttons.

 

[Torrasque]

EDIT: And oh, believe me, if there was ANY WAY I could get my hands on either a Dreamcast or an SNES... hooh...

My uncle's SNES still works, but I haven't played it in ages. I saw Secret of Mana at a game traders the other day and almost jizzed. However, the price tag was $275 ;_;
I was talking to the store owner about the game, an explaining to my friends that came with me about how amazing the game is:

Me: "Think of the best RPG you have ever played"
Friend: "Ok, Fi-"
Me: "Secret of Mana is better. I don't know or care what game you had in mind, Secret of Mana is better"
Friend: "Well what abou-"
Me: "No, you don't get it. The game was made for the SNES back when they were still figuring out how to make games challenging without making them impossible, and this game is fucking amazing. You can play it a dozen times and still have new paths to take. The game makes Skyrim with all of it's 'open world-ness' look like a straight hallway"
Friend: "Wow..."

If I had a time machine, I'd go back in time and buy up all the amazing games that I didn't realize were amazing because I was a stupid kid

Y'know that game is on iOS, right?

Yeah, but its just not the same =/

Is it the lack of buttons? Because I miss those things, and I pray to whatever deity that made this universe that buttonless peripherals are not the future of gaming. It's too weird, I can probably live with something like neural control, but I miss buttons.

Lack of buttons are definitely a factor. I just really really do not like playing games on my iPhone.