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Hey do you know about those poor graphic 2d commando war games. Why do people play those? I mean the advanced 3d ones are better in many respects.

because the old school games are sentimental?

that could be it... I think it has something more to do with advertizing. If it wasn't for advertizing games like runescape would be out of business. What is it that old games have on their covers that make people want to play them?

Voodoo.

i think it's sentimentality and the fact that they're simple, cheap, throwaway fun. like doom is awesome fun for a quick game if your just kicking your heels between other things you've got to do. or that one that preceded doom with the nazis in the castle - something like 'steppenwolff castle' but not.

i think it's sentimentality and the fact that they're simple, cheap, throwaway fun. like doom is awesome fun for a quick game if your just kicking your heels between other things you've got to do. or that one that preceded doom with the nazis in the castle - something like 'steppenwolff castle' but not.

Castle Wolfenstein?

Steppenwolf was a band- they did 'Wild thing' :p

Castle Wolfenstein?

:D i still play that...

Steppenwolf was a band- they did 'Wild thing' :p

Uh? Steppenwolf did Born To Be Wild. The Troggs did Wild Thing.

Voodoo.

3dfx in da house!

Hey do you know about those poor graphic 2d commando war games. Why do people play those?

Possibly because better graphics do not always equate to better content and gameplay. Heck, the game I play most these days is a roguelike called ADOM which has a purely ASCII display.

'Cause theres lots of old games that simply pwn. Fallout games, for instance. Those commando games you mention. War Inc.

What about games like the first Command and Conquer Red Alert? They're advanced yet the graphics are terrible and the unit dialogue is really cheezy.

The commando games were AWSOME!!! I used to spent hours just figuring out how to get past difficult areas.

Yeah, Wolfenstein, I played a again a few weeks ago. Doom I, red alert, etc etc.

I play games to get away from life. Life sucks. Virtual life rules.

Castle Wolfenstein?

Steppenwolf was a band- they did 'Wild thing' :p

that's the one. and steppenwolf did born to be wild :p;)

Either nostalgia or sentimentality. Or they're one of those jerks that say they like the Rolling Stones and Greenday(but they think American Idiot is their fisrst album) and nostalgia but really don't. I don't know why I like them but I think...

No... don't know....

Uh? Steppenwolf did Born To Be Wild. The Troggs did Wild Thing.

Huh. Still manage to get them mixed up.

*goes to rearrange music liberry*

Edit: I know what it was now.. the 'wild' in both threw me off. Meh, at least I didn't confuse it with 'Wild wild West'

'Cause retro is in...

The new Red Alert is good and so is Generals :p
No one beat me on internet play so far.;)

that could be it... I think it has something more to do with advertizing. If it wasn't for advertizing games like runescape would be out of business. What is it that old games have on their covers that make people want to play them?

brainwashing and subliminal messages

Edit: I know what it was now.. the 'wild' in both threw me off. Meh, at least I didn't confuse it with 'Wild wild West'

cuz then we'd have to bash your ears in :p ;)

Mary Jane makes people play video games! :)

Hey do you know about those poor graphic 2d commando war games. Why do people play those? I mean the advanced 3d ones are better in many respects.

Like?

It makes me feel like a hero.:)

A video game is the only place I can kill a person and get away with it.

What about games like the first Command and Conquer Red Alert? They're advanced yet the graphics are terrible and the unit dialogue is really cheezy.
Graphics in games are generally of secondary importance to their playability. Red Alert is good fun to play in both the range and simplicity of how you can do it.

Where more recent, advanced games fall slack is they tend to make things excessively complex that on one level allows for more to do, but on another detracts from the ability to just sit down and play for a while. Older games still provide that level of straightforward fun that isn't matched by the current trend in production.

Graphics in games are generally of secondary importance to their playability. Red Alert is good fun to play in both the range and simplicity of how you can do it.

Where more recent, advanced games fall slack is they tend to make things excessively complex that on one level allows for more to do, but on another detracts from the ability to just sit down and play for a while. Older games still provide that level of straightforward fun that isn't matched by the current trend in production.

Mmmhm. :) Although complexity is good when done well.

In other news, the best game ever:

http://www.jbc.edu/~josh/adom-sage/sage2.png

Red Alert kicks ass indeed.

Some of the older games are simply more fun. A lot of new games lack ingenuity, are overly complex, or just rehashes of old stuff.

'Cause theres lots of old games that simply pwn. Fallout games, for instance. Those commando games you mention. War Inc.


War Inc. was awesome.


But I FINALLY got it figured out and then a HUGE scratch appeared on the CD :eek:

needless to say, I figured it out and then couldn't play it. and no one seems to have it in the stores I go to. not surprising, considering I picked it up at the dollar store or something o_O

Mmmhm. :) Although complexity is good when done well.

In other news, the best game ever:

http://www.jbc.edu/~josh/adom-sage/sage2.png

I hate that freakin room! End up being level drained to death or lose so much strength you can't carry squat.

I hate that freakin room! End up being level drained to death or lose so much strength you can't carry squat.

That's what magic + coward tactics is for. :p