Short attention with video games. Anyone?

[Daymoe]

Unfortunately, we're all getting old.. haha.

[GS608]

gees im only 18 and i barely play games these days, there nothing out that grabs you, playing mario kart on 64 was the best, kept you entertained for hours, even those lame lego games on pc, these days its all about how it looks and not how it plays..i miss the old days

[Daymoe]

Originally Posted by XR-CHIEF

gees im only 18 and i barely play games these days, there nothing out that grabs you, playing mario kart on 64 was the best, kept you entertained for hours, even those lame lego games on pc, these days its all about how it looks and not how it plays..i miss the old days

17 here, Perfect Dark really did it for me on the 64.

[XRSIKS]

My girlfriend states: Boys with toys.... at first its video games... then the money is just not worth spending on them....

So they buy fords

[Iggypoppin']

S&BXR6!!!! Aaargh!!! 28 days later is an incredible post apocalyptic film! You must watch it all, it's well worth it. Games are boring. Seriously who wouldn't rather cruise in they're ford? Hehe

[mik]

i`m a bit of a fan of multiplayer type games, day of defeat in particular, half life, team fortress, grow up!......never!

[GT69]

I personally find PC games more immersive than console, I've had PS3's and 360's (all went the way of the ebay) and i just couldnt get into them, I played GTA IV from start to finish when it was released, then sold the PS3 lol. I like my gaming online, anti-social and just pub it up, head-set, Teamspeak, Icebreak, pack of smokes and a good game like BF2 or COH, im set for the day/night/weekend.

Until i bought an FG XR6T ute, now i'd prefer to be somewhere doing something

[XRSIKS]

Originally Posted by GT69

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Until i bought an FG XR6T ute, now i'd prefer to be somewhere doing something

BBQ weekend when i come to Brisbane to pick up my GT...... that's doing something

I am a social player, and a social drinker...... 4 people sitting round in a projector room playing Halo 2 v 2, or online... with a case of some kind of booze lol

[Stattic]

i used to be so addicted to wow... now im addicted to spending money on the car, its the same principle, you take something and make it your own and mod it not always for the sake of using it but for the sake of simply having it... man i could spend so long playing that game... i tried to sell my account and long story short i got scammed and owed paypal $1400 =(

[Iggypoppin']

sell an account? eh?

[XRSIKS]

Lmao, i keep my warcraft account, my girlfriend still plays it, i work nights , so she plays it while im at work lmao, or sleeping during the day.

[Fev]

How do you "sell an account" just wondering as i've got an 4/5 T7.5 geared Ele shaman and i just dont have the time to play it anymore now that im living with the girlfriend(she loathes wow with a passion lol) and its taken about 37 days in played time all up from my life into it lol..

[JMO]

The reason the old NES/SNES/SEGA games are so much better is because they were all manufactured/licensed by the console manufacturer (Because the cartrudge was a patent). By the time PS1 came out, anyone could make a crappy game, stick it on a CD and away they went. That's my take on it anyway.

The same can be said of PC games in that there are a lot more independant developers. Take the WW2 genre for example. When it is done well eg COD2, MOHAA it is FANTASTIC, but when all these cheap generic games are released it saturates the market and all you see is the crap. NFS is a good example of over saturation. They release them far too often with little to no difference in gameplay or features. You just get sick of it.

The other problem is previously, when there was a change in console generation, the games vastly improved. 8bit -> 16bit -> 32bit. Examples would be NES, SNES, PS1 respectively (64bit would be N64). From the NES to SNES, the gameplay vastly improved. Graphics, sound etc. From SNES to PS1 you finally went into a 3D world. It was something completely different! Now days the only improvement seems to be to make things 'more shiny'. I still can't get over watching the E3 videos for NFS Prostreet and the developer selling the game by going on about how 'realistic' the smoke was while doing donuts! His reasoning was that people like to stop racing and start doing donuts. It was like that was the whole goal of making the game! We all know how well that game went down.

Like I said previously, The only reason I'll play a game these days is if the story grabs me (just finished Bioshock recently and the story was fantastic!) or the game challenges me in a fun way.

[azaxr8]

I've loved games most of my life. Mainly FPS GAMES! was hardcore into quakeworld, quake 1,2, Action quake, then onto Half-life and Counterstrike then quit and played Natural Selection(BEST GAME !!! combined skill with brains) then once WoW came out i got into that hardcore. But since i got my licence i can barely even look at a game for more then 20 minutes. I miss being able to sit at my computer playing Natural Selection 12 hours straight lol!

[azaxr8]

Originally Posted by Fev

its taken about 37 days in played time all up from my life into it lol..

37 days geez! i had 150 days on my account haha and that was before wotlk

[azaxr8]

Originally Posted by S&BXR6

BBQ weekend when i come to Brisbane to pick up my GT...... that's doing something

I am a social player, and a social drinker...... 4 people sitting round in a projector room playing Halo 2 v 2, or online... with a case of some kind of booze lol

This is my kinda of style. Followed up by a nice late night swim once the babes come around haha.

[XRSIKS]

Originally Posted by azaxr8

This is my kinda of style. Followed up by a nice late night swim once the babes come around haha.

Or a cold shower, what ever works for you :P

[XR6-VCT-2000]

My hand is up on this topic !.

I just can't seem to get into gaming for the last few years.
To me, for starers, I've spent way to many hours/days/years playing every game under the sun since I was around 9 years old with my old Vic20 computer.
These days I start a game, it gets me all worked up and excited etc etc but within a few hours I'm bored with it.

Imo there has realy been no 'real' change in game themes for years, just the gfx have got better, it's always the same old shoot this / or kill that / drive / or steal this or that / or trade this and that or whatever. Personaly I think San Andreas combined just about everygame in one and I haven't been able to enjoy a game since that (and something like SA was way overdue back then anyway.

Personaly Im ready for futuristic Holographic 3D displays and so forth before something game wise will interest me again.

On a note though - My Wii sports probably still gets the most/only use out of all my gaming consoles/pc etc etc , as it is at least a bit more interactive and more fun with multiplayers too imo. Cheers

[balthazarr]

Originally Posted by XR6-VCT-2000

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On a note though - My Wii sports probably still gets the most/only use out of all my gaming consoles/pc etc etc , as it is at least a bit more interactive and more fun with multiplayers too imo. Cheers

For me, the jury is still out with the Wii - but IMHO, Nintendo have always had the best local multiplayer experience.

[JADED6]

Definitely don't buy to many games now.
Had way to many PS2 games, some were probably great. I just never had the time or desire to play them. Only bought a few PS3 games.
Uncharted - spent 30hours on it.
GTA4 - played for 100odd hours including online stuff arounds.
Saints Row 2 - 26hrs so far. Half way through the missions. Spend a lot of time stuffing around on this game.

Next game I buy will probably be I AM ALIVE due out in 2010.

[xurbanx]

It'll be fun for a few minutes, till I grab some cheats. Then it'll be good for another hour or so before I get bored.

[Fev]

thats because you're cheating - games are no fun with cheats..

[Gobes32]

Originally Posted by Fev

thats because you're cheating - games are no fun with cheats..

And if you are a bit slow like me...... Then some games are impossible without cheating. LOL.

[XRSIKS]

Actually i just finished up a full 12 hours of online halo play with a mate of mine who's just got his copy of Halo 3 and Xbox live lol


The Force Unleashed on PS3 was a freekin good game :P that's the last one i completed, couple months ago.