04-09-2003, 11:42 PM
Hail Pete,
"Perhaps it is we, the gamers, that have become more jaded."
Perhaps so; I do not see it in myself, but perhaps that is the reason. I do not think I expect too much, and I believe my expectations are the same as they always have been, but I am only one person. The general market expects fancy graphics, and fancy sounds; thinks I care not for. Really, I'm one of them oldies that are living in the past: after all, by the time we reach puberty, we are past our gaming prime. I know I cannot play anything like I could when I was 14 - I just find that exhausting to think about today :P
As to the money out there, you're probably right: I was not really thinking about the average programmer, and how little they get out of it.
At any rate, I find modern gaming very disapointing - perhaps for similar reasons I find many recent films a tad lacking. All CGI, no plot. Man... if my mates were reading this, they'd probably think me twice my age ;)
"Perhaps it is we, the gamers, that have become more jaded."
Perhaps so; I do not see it in myself, but perhaps that is the reason. I do not think I expect too much, and I believe my expectations are the same as they always have been, but I am only one person. The general market expects fancy graphics, and fancy sounds; thinks I care not for. Really, I'm one of them oldies that are living in the past: after all, by the time we reach puberty, we are past our gaming prime. I know I cannot play anything like I could when I was 14 - I just find that exhausting to think about today :P
As to the money out there, you're probably right: I was not really thinking about the average programmer, and how little they get out of it.
At any rate, I find modern gaming very disapointing - perhaps for similar reasons I find many recent films a tad lacking. All CGI, no plot. Man... if my mates were reading this, they'd probably think me twice my age ;)
May the wind pick up your heels and your sword strike true.