03-25-2006, 06:41 PM
Hi,
As to best game? I just don't know. I've probably clocked more hours on the original Diablo than any other game. But Falcon 3.0 got to me so much that, between computers, HOTAS controllers, rudder pedals, etc. (I stop (just) short of actually building a cockpit) it was the most expensive outlay ever. And then there are all those board, pnp, card games that have sucked up my time and limited my RL accomplishments (but I have fun ;) ). And I still have a soft spot for Zork 1,2 and 3 :)
And, yes, I think that computer games in the last ten years or so have focused too much on technical (graphics and sound) and too little on game play. Partially because that is what the customers seem to want, partially that with the improvements in hardware, that is the easy path to follow. On the other hand, a number of new concepts (Black and White comes to mind) have flopped and that seems to have made developers reluctant to try anything new. As long as games can be pigeonholed into existing categories (FPS, RPG, flight sims, etc.) there probably will not be much improvement in games. But time will tell.
--Pete
Flymo,Mar 25 2006, 11:20 AM Wrote:No-one has mentioned, possibly because it is so old that few posters got to play it, the first MMORPG (and probably first MORPG), MUD. This was later reincarnated by Compuserve as British Legends and used to be notorious for causing addicts to run up phone bills they couldn't afford. It was text based and only came in hardcore mode - i.e. if the character you spent months levelling got killed it was permanent.Actually, a MUD is a multi user dungeon. It is not one game, but rather a game system that allows people to create their own game environment. Most MUDs that I'm familiar with have all the dull parts (farming, fishing, community building, etc.) and few of the good parts (adventuring, quests, etc.) of the RPG genre. Of course, that varies a lot based on the community, and especially the DM(s) of the individual games.
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As to best game? I just don't know. I've probably clocked more hours on the original Diablo than any other game. But Falcon 3.0 got to me so much that, between computers, HOTAS controllers, rudder pedals, etc. (I stop (just) short of actually building a cockpit) it was the most expensive outlay ever. And then there are all those board, pnp, card games that have sucked up my time and limited my RL accomplishments (but I have fun ;) ). And I still have a soft spot for Zork 1,2 and 3 :)
And, yes, I think that computer games in the last ten years or so have focused too much on technical (graphics and sound) and too little on game play. Partially because that is what the customers seem to want, partially that with the improvements in hardware, that is the easy path to follow. On the other hand, a number of new concepts (Black and White comes to mind) have flopped and that seems to have made developers reluctant to try anything new. As long as games can be pigeonholed into existing categories (FPS, RPG, flight sims, etc.) there probably will not be much improvement in games. But time will tell.
--Pete
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