Will Good Games Still Be Remembered In Years To Come?

[SomeBritishDude]

Probably not, the game is'nt well known

Neither was Van Gogh.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

No. No it won't.

The problem with video games is that they have a very narrow period in which they will be enjoyed, and a such the idea that a particular game will be remembered and pointed too for hundreds of years is almost laughable.

 

[toadking07]

No. No it won't.

The problem with video games is that they have a very narrow period in which they will be enjoyed, and a such the idea that a particular game will be remembered and pointed too for hundreds of years is almost laughable.

Well people still play Pacman and versions of Tetris, and Mario has been around for a long time and people still suggest new generations to play the original Super Mario Bros games. Quality games are become rather easy to download and play thanks to things like Game tap. You do have a point though as I don't think there are all that many people going out right now to download a list of classic games suggested to them .On the other hand, maybe the future certain games will be remembered, games that featured new tech or started trends.

 

[Jennacide]

Well of course there will be a considerable amount of that, as it already goes on. Will games like Shadow of the Colossus, Okami, or Katamari Damacy ever be forgotten? No. One of the main reasons being that they are ageless games. Some games don't age well, even if they were great at the time it is hard to go back, like the original Monkey Island titles. It also helps that we're finally at a point where there won't be any massive leaps in visual or auditory fidelity like there was when a lot of us were growing up.

No. No it won't.

The problem with video games is that they have a very narrow period in which they will be enjoyed, and a such the idea that a particular game will be remembered and pointed too for hundreds of years is almost laughable.

People still compete for high scores on 30 year old games. Adding another 70 isn't going to stop that. You want better proof? People to this day still play Chess and Backgammon. Those are games older than most history records. Most board games are played and forgotten, but those two and a handful of other classics have been around for longer than any person on this board has lived. Videogames will get the same respect, it's the systems that will die and be forgotten.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

Well of course there will be a considerable amount of that, as it already goes on. Will games like Shadow of the Colossus, Okami, or Katamari Damacy ever be forgotten? No. One of the main reasons being that they are ageless games. Some games don't age well, even if they were great at the time it is hard to go back, like the original Monkey Island titles. It also helps that we're finally at a point where there won't be any massive leaps in visual or auditory fidelity like there was when a lot of us were growing up.

No. No it won't.

The problem with video games is that they have a very narrow period in which they will be enjoyed, and a such the idea that a particular game will be remembered and pointed too for hundreds of years is almost laughable.

People still compete for high scores on 30 year old games. Adding another 70 isn't going to stop that. You want better proof? People to this day still play Chess and Backgammon. Those are games older than most history records. Most board games are played and forgotten, but those two and a handful of other classics have been around for longer than any person on this board has lived. Videogames will get the same respect, it's the systems that will die and be forgotten.

Pac-Man and Tetris represent instances that have been around for 20 - 30 years. Both are respected for their place in establishing video game culture, but the question asked has an inherent time factor involved. The artist in question's career ended several centuries ago yet many of his greatest works live on. His following has only grown since he die. By contrast, games like Pitfall, Pac-Man or tetris have generally waned in influence, with newer generations generally gravitating to newer games. Yes, these classics have a place in the history of video games but my suspicion is they will never be viewed as masterworks or held in the same regard as works of the famous artists.

If nothing else, the short lived nature of any game technology or concept serves to ensure this. Many games have already been lost to the ages, the hardware and software required long since abandoned and left to decay. This is the fate of all video games unless action is taken to preserve the legacy of games past.

 

[lacktheknack]

I wish people would stop with the "games as art" threads, just because some prick said that games will never be art doesn't mean people should take it seriously, like fox news.

I wish people read the first sentence of the OP before posting...

OP: No, I don't think so.

 

[arcticphoenix95]

I wish people would stop with the "games as art" threads, just because some prick said that games will never be art doesn't mean people should take it seriously, like fox news.

I wish people read the first sentence of the OP before posting...

OP: No, I don't think so.

i wished i cared about people on the internet.

 

[CK76]

Most films from early days are lost forever, I think video games will likely have same issue. I think kids in 50 years will have no clue what this "Psychonauts" was. Pong, Pac-Man, Mario and Tetris might be footnotes in social history texts.

 

[toadking07]

Well of course there will be a considerable amount of that, as it already goes on. Will games like Shadow of the Colossus, Okami, or Katamari Damacy ever be forgotten? No. One of the main reasons being that they are ageless games. Some games don't age well, even if they were great at the time it is hard to go back, like the original Monkey Island titles. It also helps that we're finally at a point where there won't be any massive leaps in visual or auditory fidelity like there was when a lot of us were growing up.

Eclectic Dreck Quote

People still compete for high scores on 30 year old games. Adding another 70 isn't going to stop that. You want better proof? People to this day still play Chess and Backgammon. Those are games older than most history records. Most board games are played and forgotten, but those two and a handful of other classics have been around for longer than any person on this board has lived. Videogames will get the same respect, it's the systems that will die and be forgotten.

That's a good point I think some people are overlooking. I've still got my old xbox, though it's on it's last legs, and I've still got a SNS that can play games, of course they won't last forever, but the games from those systems are still being re-released elsewhere. Xbox live arcade allows for a lot of old games to be reborn, like DOOM or whatever.

 

[Sev07]

It's very hard for games to become something as iconic as say a famous piece of art. But i think that as long as there are gammers looking for story, and gameplay experiances older games like Psychonauts will still be played in the future.

 

[toadking07]

It's very hard for games to become something as iconic as say a famous piece of art. But i think that as long as there are gammers looking for story, and gameplay experiances older games like Psychonauts will still be played in the future.

Yeah, although videos games are becoming a bigger and bigger part of life. Almost everyone today is a "gamer" and eventually there may not be such a thing as a "gamer" and "nongamer" as everyone will be playing some sort of video game at all times during their lives.

 

[Dexiro]

It's hard to say since the industry is still quite new in comparison to other things. Maybe Activision will take over and the MW2 loving crowd will overrun.

The internet serves as a pretty good archive though. As long as nothing goes wrong there i can't imagine anything getting forgotten completely.

 

[hazabaza1]

Mass Effect 2 had better damn well be remembered in the future, or I'm going to build a goddamn time machine and annihilate the future world.

 

[toadking07]

Mass Effect 2 had better damn well be remembered in the future, or I'm going to build a goddamn time machine and annihilate the future world.

I'm not sure you need a time machine to get to the future, just wait a while, the future will come to you. But yeah, there are somethings the future generations better do right, or we're going to have to take action!

 

[Kouen]

Well I keep a hold of my games consoles and maintain them so they will last for years and years to come if there are more like me out there then console wise aye theres a good chance!

 

[Trivun]

Well, we still remember Pacman, Space Invaders, Pong, Tetris and whatnot. So yes, I think good games (Hal-Life, Doom, Quake, the first Halo, Mario, Sonic, etc.) will be remembered in years to come...

 

[Catchy Slogan]

No.

Video games just aren't Art, at least not in the traditional sense, you may be able to find Art in games, but video games on a whole, or a certain video game will never be Art.

You... you didn't even read my first sentence did you?

I think you should just resign yourself to the fact that people can't be bothered reading, when they can skim-read.

OT: I think it's likely that people will remeber popular games, I.e. GTA, Halo... but the less mainstream ones will get a little lost along the way, only remembered by the more devoted fans, unless they get pushed up to a cult classic status in the future. Games don't have to be good to be loved/remembered. Even though it's a film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a great example.

 

[Daipire]

Man, I'ma force my kids to OoT that future up