Are games getting less entertaining?

[ruffilb]

And boy, have I had fun playing Starfox, Mario 64, and TLOZ:TOOT, among other games. Is it just that the nostalgia makes the games more fun, or is the quality of games simply declining?

I think companies are just so graphics/physics/technology based that they can't possibly have the energy or resources to focus on producing new concepts for games, and that from a cost/benefit/risk standpoint, producing yet another FPS with a slightly updated engine *cougheagamescough* is probably more profitable than taking a risk on a new idea.

I seriously haven't played anything as good as TOOT, Starfox, or even SMB3 (which, imo, is one of the best games of all time) in the past couple of years.

 

[Qwest]

i thought so too until i picked up a ds lite.
New Super Mario is great.

 

[waggy]

i agree. the older games are more fun and story driven. it seems the new ones just try to be pretty and then have the game 2nd.

 

[Beige]

I found myself playing Conkers bad fur day on N64...IThe great mighty poo still makes me laugh..

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: Qwest
i thought so too until i picked up a ds lite.
New Super Mario is great.

Isn't that just based on the old SMB games?

 

[BlacKJesuS]

Originally posted by: ruffilb

Originally posted by: Qwest
i thought so too until i picked up a ds lite.
New Super Mario is great.

Isn't that just based on the old SMB games?

Arent all Mario games based on old Mario games?

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: BlacKJesuS

Originally posted by: ruffilb

Originally posted by: Qwest
i thought so too until i picked up a ds lite.
New Super Mario is great.

Isn't that just based on the old SMB games?

Arent all Mario games based on old Mario games?

True, but I meant that the old ones are directly produced from old level design in the same side-scroller format.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: ruffilb

Originally posted by: BlacKJesuS

Originally posted by: ruffilb

Originally posted by: Qwest
i thought so too until i picked up a ds lite.
New Super Mario is great.

Isn't that just based on the old SMB games?

Arent all Mario games based on old Mario games?

True, but I meant that the old ones are directly produced from old level design in the same side-scroller format.

pretty much yeah.

 

[Beige]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: ruffilb

Originally posted by: BlacKJesuS

Originally posted by: ruffilb

Originally posted by: Qwest
i thought so too until i picked up a ds lite.
New Super Mario is great.

Isn't that just based on the old SMB games?

Arent all Mario games based on old Mario games?

True, but I meant that the old ones are directly produced from old level design in the same side-scroller format.

pretty much yeah.

yeah but does the fact that its pretty much a improved copy of the old game make it any less fun?

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: ruffilb

Originally posted by: BlacKJesuS

Originally posted by: ruffilb

Originally posted by: Qwest
i thought so too until i picked up a ds lite.
New Super Mario is great.

Isn't that just based on the old SMB games?

Arent all Mario games based on old Mario games?

True, but I meant that the old ones are directly produced from old level design in the same side-scroller format.

pretty much yeah.

That's probably why they rock so hard.