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Maybe you just bought into the hype when the games were new, and you're realizing that they're not actually that great. If a game is truly good than you should be able to play it years down the road and still enjoy it.
"developers focus more on quality of game play rather than on the length of the game"
Obviously you haven't been playing many RPGs.
"developers focus more on quality of game play rather than on the length of the game"
Obviously you haven't been playing many RPGs.
Yes, RPGs are the exception, most are over extended and would be so much better if they were shortened but unfortunately I don't see that happening any time soon. At least there still good value for money.
Could be the hype of GOW I suppose but it was such a dramatic change, I find it hard to beleive hype has that much influence.
Could be the hype of GOW I suppose but it was such a dramatic change, I find it hard to beleive hype has that much influence.
Psychologically, I think you can convince yourself to like anything if you want to enough.
As far as RPGs go, do you think its good value for money if the game is just wasting your time? Should grinding endlessly, or walking across empty swaths of land, or other equally not-fun activities be treated as value for money just because it extends the length you spend with the game in order to advance the story or get to the next segment of fun gameplay?
As far as RPGs go, do you think its good value for money if the game is just wasting your time? Should grinding endlessly, or walking across empty swaths of land, or other equally not-fun activities be treated as value for money just because it extends the length you spend with the game in order to advance the story or get to the next segment of fun gameplay?
I think this logic is applicable to old NES games and the like. I think in your case your taste just changes.
I was gaga for that "one button, almost turn based, almost real time" KOTOR style of RPG gameplay until I played DA:O recently and realized "Hey there's no control. This sucks." The difference is KOTOR was my first real foray into RPGs. It was all I knew. Now I have some experience under my belt and revisiting that I realize I kind of like responsive, almost twitchy, RPGs a little more.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna go listen to Paparazzi.
I was gaga for that "one button, almost turn based, almost real time" KOTOR style of RPG gameplay until I played DA:O recently and realized "Hey there's no control. This sucks." The difference is KOTOR was my first real foray into RPGs. It was all I knew. Now I have some experience under my belt and revisiting that I realize I kind of like responsive, almost twitchy, RPGs a little more.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna go listen to Paparazzi.
@Cadtalfryn
Well I would say it all depends on whether you like grinding or not, I enjoy it as its an activity that doesn't require alot of attention and it is well suited to late night or early mourning game sessions. Its also a good thing to do if your watching telly as well, the two go together like bread and butter.
@Xzyliac
I really hope thats all it is as its made me think twice before playing a game more than once, I've been playing Mass Effect again recently and Im thankful to say thats its even better than I remember it so I guess its just a change in taste like you suggested, I just hope it remains an isolated incident.
Whats with all the hate for Gears of War anyway?
Well I would say it all depends on whether you like grinding or not, I enjoy it as its an activity that doesn't require alot of attention and it is well suited to late night or early mourning game sessions. Its also a good thing to do if your watching telly as well, the two go together like bread and butter.
@Xzyliac
I really hope thats all it is as its made me think twice before playing a game more than once, I've been playing Mass Effect again recently and Im thankful to say thats its even better than I remember it so I guess its just a change in taste like you suggested, I just hope it remains an isolated incident.
Whats with all the hate for Gears of War anyway?
I tried replaying Assassin's Creed... soooo boring and repetitive that I ended up trading it in soon after. Hopefully AC 2 will renew my interest in the series.
Uh, sorry, but I kinda liked Gears of War II. Not the first one, and I still bought GoW2 way after the hype train crashed. Of course, I must not have enough retro goggles to see everything new as total crap. But GoW2 seemed to be the kind of shooter that had everything I was missing from every other shooter. And it sort of reminded me of Star Wars. Don't know how. I'm watching some walkthroughs to see why.
