Games have come a long
way from the original Nintendo where everything started. They’ve added
stunningly realistic gameplay and graphics, but have they lost something along
the way? They definitely have, and I’ll tell you what it is we’re willing to
trade for pretty visuals.
1. They Rip Us Off
If I want to buy a new
video game, I have to pay a full 60 dollars. That’s not counting the newfound
mobile genre, but I’ll get into why that’s crap later. The point is that we
have to pay ludicrous amounts for games, and sometimes developers want us to pay
even more for additional content,
instead of giving it away for free like they should! It’s no wonder that so
many people take the smart option and just pirate games. But it’s not just the
price...
2. They Treat Us like
Babies
When I was growing up, no
one needed to hold my hand like a little baby. I learned how to play a game all
on my own, without any stupid tutorial prompts or help from the game. If you
didn’t learn how to play a confusing game in the old days, well you were shit
out of luck! And it was better that way, because it didn’t turn us all into
whiny casuals. Speaking of which...
3. They’re Way Too
Casual
Angry Birds is literally
one of the worst things to ever happen to video games. One minute everyone is
enjoying actually good games, having fun with real meaningful experiences. Then
next thing you know some asshole makes a cash grab flash game but puts it on
phones where gullible people everywhere are apparently willing to eat up the
slop. Now the entire games industry is being eaten from the inside by these
insufferable casuals. They’re making games way too easy, and demanding that the
true hardcores make way for everyone else. On that note...
4. They Pander to
Everyone
Big companies thrive on
serving mass produced shlock designed to appeal to everyone, instead of just
the real gamers. You’d think the big independent scene lately would help save
the games industry. Some of them have the right idea, releasing retro games
that know what our past history did right. But plenty of others just pander to
crappy fringe genres that aren’t even games, like random walking-around
simulators, dumb teenage drama and more. And this doesn’t even get into games
bending over backwards to appeal to all the PC police to make everything
perfectly inoffensive. Beyond that, there’s also the fact that...
5. There’s Too Much
Talking
Remember the days when
games were about gameplay? Well these
days you can’t take two steps in a game without people vomiting words all over
you. If I wanted to do reading I’d pick up a god damn book! Games were never
meant to do this emotional crap, and I’d kindly ask anyone who disagrees to
take their vaginas elsewhere. Of course, new games journalism is tripping over
themselves to sexually service new games and their constant dialogue. All the
great visceral violence and pure fun you can’t get anywhere else is being
abandoned for this stuff, so stop trying to be movies or books and just look
back to what games were. Because...
6. They Forget The
Good Old Days
People are still talking
about Super Mario Bros, all these years later. That’s because it’s a great
game, and it ushered in the golden era of gaming. Back then all that mattered
was having a good time, and we didn’t have to worry about ‘pushing the media forward’
or any other type of buzzword bull. These games were perfect, and people these
days who debate that just have their heads stuck up their asses in their
efforts to sound smart. Gaming experiences aren’t pure like they were back
then, they don’t have that special magic they used to. I for one will force my
kids to play NES games before I even let them look at other games, so they get
their priorities straight! So ignore the latest $60 turd, plug your old NES
back in and remember the good old days, like real gamers!
If you’re one of the true gamers of the old age, be sure to show your
friends this article to see if they are! While you’re here, you’ll probably get
a laugh out of These Classic Gaming Characters are So High Right Now. You can also see the dark side of these
classic games in The Seedy Underbelly of the Mushroom Kingdom You Never Noticed.
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