very little.
I was making some wallpapers from some pics that caught my eye and a lot of them happened to be from classic video games: Mario, Zelda, etc. I just got to thinking that while a lot of today's games are widely-played, they just don't have that lasting value that the games of the past had, the games that appealed to everyone.
I know there are a few like Little Big Planet and what-not that still do something for everyone, but it's titles like Dead Space and Mass Effect are what move units now. In the "What are you playing thread" Skyrim and BF3 are tops. Halo inspired some cool things like Red vs Blue, but are any of us going to look back a in years to come and really feel like any of today's games are anything more than hours of well-designed time killing? Even one of my favorites in Ninja Gaiden Sigma makes me wonder if I'll see it as great down the road. I don't think Ocarina of Time will ever be a let down, or Mario Kart, or the old Metroid games.
I know this is a little disjointed but I just wanted to get it out. What do you guys think?
I see a field of fps & mmorpg. Not any that draw you into them. None like the classics. You're right.
Casual gamers are into graphics, real gamers play Gran turismo 1 into the night
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now day offline game= fast finish
online competitve game= many noob, stat farmer, leaver etc
mmorpg= need $$$$$$ to fun.
There'll never be another Road Rash 2....
Or Harrier Strike, remember that beauty?
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Manic Miner had me occupied for probably a couple of years.
Ooooh... BoulderDash and Head Over Heels....
Nothing quite like trying to reunite two lovestruck puppies with ridiculously large heads whilst avoiding all manner of fiendish traps...
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Bugaboo the flea really did it for me too. I lost many nights' sleep over that game.
Also, pretty much anything by Ultimate - Jet Pac, Trans Am, Cookie etc.. They were all classics.
Most games today get played till completed then put back in the box until they're sold a year later. I do revisit portal and the most recent Assassin's Creed that I have at the time. Some modern games still have plenty of staying power, but I don't know if they'll be remembered in 30 years.
Yeah...definitely true OP. It seems as technology gets better, we only get better with eye candy (with some exceptions of course) But now a days kids think a game is good because it looks good.
I mean, i get it. I get caught in the whole graphics as well, but the content needs to be there also.
That or maybe i'm just getting older and thinking back on simpler times just seems like it's more fun.
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now day offline game= fast finish
online competitve game= many noob, stat farmer, leaver etc
mmorpg= need $$$$$$ to fun.
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Precisely, I don't like playing online with a bunch of people, just give me a good game I play at my leisure and have fun.
Excitebike, R.C. Pro Am, Maniac Mansion. So simple yet they felt worth the time.
Contra III, Golden Eye, the good old days.
The best games are always going to be the ones you played when you were around 10.
Twenty years from now there will be a holographic thread about how awesome Cut the Rope was, and BF25 is nothing in comparison.
It's not age, it's content. Maybe the whole thing with the games that feel that way is that they "take you somewhere else." It's fun to play BF3, but when you play Mario 64, or the Final Fantasy series they are their own experiences. Maybe it's just that I feel like I get enough death and mayhem on the news and I feel better when playing games that are just games, nothing too heavy.
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It's not age, it's content. Maybe the whole thing with the games that feel that way is that they "take you somewhere else." It's fun to play BF3, but when you play Mario 64, or the Final Fantasy series they are their own experiences. Maybe it's just that I feel like I get enough death and mayhem on the news and I feel better when playing games that are just games, nothing too heavy.
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Dude, I remember some of the old 007 fps games and they had killing, but they were great because of the stories or multiplayer action, in your home.
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Dude, I remember some of the old 007 fps games and they had killing, but they were great because of the stories or multiplayer action, in your home.
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007 in it's early days re-invented FPS
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I do have to say I think I will always remember the Metal Gear Solid series favorably.
missing the "epicness" in today`s games. baldur´s gate 1 & 2 for example was sooo awesome. with more than 120hrs of epic rpg experience (if u fance the genre of course), proper characters and brilliant dialogue wrapped in beautiful visual art. imho there are but a few games on the market nowadays to rival games from the 90´s, such as bg1&2, where more quality games have been produced.
just my 2 cents
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Anybody know a good offline rpg for the pc?
Diablo lll will soon make the world a better place.
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50 of the best Android games so far.. Ready, set, go!
Well I thought you had me fooled but I guess there are actually 50 decent games for Android out there. haha
ha nice vid
btw I lke how you have the "smackdown" between the two devs haha. I was reading that as it was going on haha nice!
Too much focus on mediocre 3d games.
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Too much focus on mediocre 3d games.
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Are you joking? Only about half of them were "3D". Most of them were even decent. Sure they aren't Modern Warfare 2 or whatever is popular these days, but IT'S ON A CELL PHONE.
Nice vid, gave me some more games to buy.
I wish Android would crank out some awesome RPG/2d platform games and make retro gaming huge again.
I emailed Hexage and they said they're looking into making a new game like that BUT NO OFFICIAL WORD YET
so Don't go off sayin' and spreadin'
RPG for Android
Baldur's Gate or any BioWare Infinity Engine games would be awesome. Or a remake of Fallout 1 or 2. Both projects have a open source following, aka Pocket Fallout and GemRB but none have pushed anything into the Android market.
great list, might just want to downgrade from my 10mb ram hack to play some of these 3d games =)
thanks you! i didnt know half of these games existed.
where I can find these games for free?
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Great video!
like those are the best games..
RPG vs Runner games
Since most of users of this forums are development related people, and are at least a bit nerdy, no wonder that they would like some more RPG games, but real money are made not on guys like me and you but on housewifes, which want easy games with cute graphics like.
What are some of your must have games for Captivate?
I currently have the angry bird series and beat on my phone
Pocket racing and wild west sheriff
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Hexdefense
Honestly fruit ninja. Sickest game. Just tried it the other day for the first time & I can't stay away from it
Guns n Bros
You guys should check out Cordy - I get a bit of lag at some parts but otherwise runs beautifully on the Captivate. The game itself is very impressive, although there aren't many levels at the moment. Totally free!
Pew pew. And pew pew 2 good stuff.
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Angry Birds Rio, N4S Shift.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.polarbit.RecklessRacing
https://market.android.com/details?id=us.konami.pes2011
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.eamobile.nfsshift_na_wf
Speedx 3D is the best.
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Cordy is really good! Impressive graphics.
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Spectral Souls - As far as I know the ONLY Strategy JRPG type on the market and IIRC it's a PSP port, but it's very well done and looks and plays amazing.
Game Dev Story - It's very simple but incredibly addicting. I don't know what genre you'd throw this in besides casual, but you take a game company from nothing and turn it to greatness.
Wordsmith - This is my favorite Scrabble clone, I prefer this over Words With Friends and Wordfeud. It just looks better to me and the on the fly score preview is great for those like me who don't care for manual counting.
3 Kingdoms TD - This is an odd game, but amazingly well done and my favorite Tower Defense game at the moment. It gets constantly updated with enough content that you would thing would be charged for, but it's all free (outside the purchase of the game of course). The graphics are great, it has a mildly bizarre storyline and it's very addicting.
Zenonia 2 is a great old school rpg game, Demon Hunter is pretty decent as well.
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Spectral Souls - As far as I know the ONLY Strategy JRPG type on the market and IIRC it's a PSP port, but it's very well done and looks and plays amazing.
Game Dev Story - It's very simple but incredibly addicting. I don't know what genre you'd throw this in besides casual, but you take a game company from nothing and turn it to greatness.
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I concur regarding these two.
Also would have to add:
Radiant HD - Nostalgia at it's finest, harkening back to the days of Space Invaders, with a corny storyline, and relaxing music to go along with it.
Gailardia - Also brings back memories, this time of NES RPG's [namely Dragon Warrior], and has a painful difficulty curve [going from area to area requires several level ups before it's even survivable]. I'd only recommend for the hardcore RPG gamer.
Illusia - Originally an iOS game [had it on my iPod Touch.. don't shoot me for owning one ], and is quite good for a sidescroller RPG. Faintly reminiscent of Maple Story.
Definitely Cordy, Angry Birds, and Words with Friends. I did see that Adult Swim did release Robot Unicorn Attack finally for Android. It is a bit laggy, but still really fun to play.
Mini squadron is alot of fun!
Tap Tap Revenge 4!!
Backbreaker.
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Backbreaker Paid
Tap Tap Revenge 4 Free
Mini squadron Paid and "lite"
alot of fun!
Cordy Free
a bit of lag at some parts but otherwise runs beautifully on the Captivate. The game itself is very impressive, although there aren't many levels at the moment. Totally free
Angry Birds Free
Words with Friends Free
Robot Unicorn Attack Paid
a bit laggy, but still really fun to play
Spectral Souls Paid
As far as I know the ONLY Strategy JRPG type on the market and IIRC it's a PSP port, but it's very well done and looks and plays amazing.
Game Dev Story Paid and "lite"
It's very simple but incredibly addicting.
Radiant HD Paid
Nostalgia at it's finest, harkening back to the days of Space Invaders, with a corny storyline, and relaxing music to go along with it.
Gailardia Free
Also brings back memories, this time of NES RPG's [namely Dragon Warrior], and has a painful difficulty curve [going from area to area requires several level ups before it's even survivable]. I'd only recommend for the hardcore RPG gamer
Illusia Paid
Originally an iOS game [had it on my iPod Touch.. don't shoot me for owning one ], and is quite good for a sidescroller RPG. Faintly reminiscent of Maple Story
Zenonia 2 Paid
a great old school rpg game
Demon Hunter Free
pretty decent as well.
Wordsmith Paid and Free
favorite Scrabble clone, I prefer this over Words With Friends and Wordfeud. It just looks better to me and the on the fly score preview is great for those like me who don't care for manual counting.
3 Kingdoms TD Paid and "Lite"
This is an odd game, but amazingly well done and my favorite Tower Defense game at the moment. It gets constantly updated with enough content that you would thing would be charged for, but it's all free (outside the purchase of the game of course). The graphics are great, it has a mildly bizarre storyline and it's very addicting.
Speedx 3D Paid
A tunnel racer
Reckless Racing Paid
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 Paid
Soccer/Football game
NEED FOR SPEED™ Shift Paid
POV Racing
Pocket racing Paid
Top down Racing
Hexdefense Paid and Free
Geometry wars meets tower defense.
fruit ninja Paid
Sickest game. Just tried it the other day for the first time & I can't stay away from it
GUN BROS Free
PewPew Free
Geometry wars style
PewPew 2 Paid
Geometry wars style
Don't get me wrong I think Android is great but I think it lacks a lot compared to the games for Iphone.
Why havn't the Devs come along and built the same type of QUALITY games for android that they have done for Iphone?
I have just sat for about an hour and hunted in the Android market for games similar to games ive just searched for on the itunes store, and all I can really find is cheap nasty replicas with bad graphics,shocking reviews and even scamming copies of certain games Zombies WAW is one thats on the market now.
Does anyone think/know if the gaming quality will be ever be as good as the Iphone, becasue I hate Iphones and it would kill me to get one to just play decent games.
Hmm, doubt it.
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Why searching the same games? If I want to play iphone like games no doubt the best choice is....iPhone.
Android is the first operating system on phones in the world, and if you want good games you can have plenty... Android is not ios so don't think you'll find the same apps.
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Why searching the same games? If I want to play iphone like games no doubt the best choice is....iPhone.
Android is the first operating system on phones in the world, and if you want good games you can have plenty... Android is not ios so don't think you'll find the same apps.
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+1 for that. Android has many great games. for examples, games made by gameloft have nice graphics. Or from Pocket Legends. Cut the Rope (similar to iOS) also nice, angry birds, etc. Or my other favorite puzzle/mystery games such as mystery of the crystal portal, paranormal agency, etc. Many great games. Maybe it's because there are many more free games in android, many developers just upload crappy games. But if u want to search games that may (or may not) resemble iphone, u'll be pleasantly surprised at the results. Some android phones have better hardware than iphone. So, I guess there'll be many games that u'll love as long as u can find them.
The iphone is the most popular phone in the world.
Game companies want to make the most money possible.
They choose Apple over Android.
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mega profit?
That is the only reason. That, and the fact that they only have to make one version of said game that will work on pretty much ALL apple devices, whereas, a decent looking Android game wont work on phones without GPU's, which is probably around 40-odd% of all Android phones on the Market.
Eventually, android will catch up with games and apps, and the gap is getting smaller and smaller all the time. It wont take long.
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Eventually, android will catch up with games and apps, and the gap is getting smaller and smaller all the time. It wont take long.
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I really do hope they catch up, this is my list of PAID apps which are great but i'm a little disapointed at the THD games there are so few to choose from, I thought that the Nvidia Tegra Zone would be packed with great games, and at the moment there are only appox 15 games avaliable and it's been out quite a while now.
Sentinel 3: Homeworld
Samurai II: Vengeance THD
Airport Mania 2: Wild Trips
Sprinkle
Reckless Getaway
Cut the Rope
Fieldrunners HD
Guns'n'Glory
Bang Bang Racing THD
Fruit Ninja THD
Moto X Mayhem
Trial Xtreme
Pinball HD for Tegra
Guerrilla Bob THD
Reckless Racing PLAY
Death Worm
Agent (Shooter)
Gt free+ HD is a great game for Android
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also you should get tegra zone... you would get some nice apps there as well.
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Gt free+ HD is a great game for Android
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I never had much luck with the Free version. the on screen controls were terrible compared to the paid for version
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also you should get tegra zone... you would get some nice apps there as well.
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I was Disappointed with Tegra Zone. Most of the decent looking games on there were for Tablets only
Download rainbow six shadow vanguard... or modern combat and modern combat 2...don't think u ll consider them cheap graphics..
Also see fifa 11 or something..i think its there for android
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I just wonder if I'm the only one who likes old games even though graphics are bad , I mean very simple.
They are made in gigantic amounts by indie devs.
I miss late 90s - 00s games much more. Like Half-Life, GTA III (Vice City), Gothic, Silent Hill, Max Payne, etc, lots of cult game series, actually. And their time really seems to be gone.
Playing these games was like reading an interesting book. Or like watching Twin Peaks, idk
Playing modern AAA games is like watching The Avengers.
Old legends
I miss the PS1 and Gameboy/GBA days.
Favs include Final Fantasy, Suikoden, Pokemon, Harvest Moon, Vandal Hearts, Streets Of Rage, etc...
Probably because I'm getting older, but I enjoyed old games much more than I enjoy new games.
Nostalgia is a very dangerous thing. I miss the older gens of Pokémon and older versions of Tekken. But I don't really miss older versions of GTA except San Andreas and IV.
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'Old is gold' I also prefer to play old games. lol
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games nowadays are much better, because GRAPHIC!!!!
When I do play, I still enjoy Golden Axe 3.
I love the new generation games but as I'm getting older I honestly think I enjoyed the older games more and was able to 100% complete each game since I didn't have as much money and not afford every game I wanted to play back then. Castlevania SOTN anyone!?
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Let's not forget the fact that you buy the game fully and not just in parts which you need to buy and download later
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They are made in gigantic amounts by indie devs.
I miss late 90s - 00s games much more. Like Half-Life, GTA III (Vice City), Gothic, Silent Hill, Max Payne, etc, lots of cult game series, actually. And their time really seems to be gone.
Playing these games was like reading an interesting book. Or like watching Twin Peaks, idk
Playing modern AAA games is like watching The Avengers.
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Don't forget.. RESIDENT EVIL NEMESIS. MARVEL VS CAPCOM. BLOODY ROAR. DUKE NUKEM. CRASH BANDICOOT. TENCHU. LEGEND OF LIGAYA. HAHA
I like both and comes back to the old time to time because of game plot or jus sentimental.
old game! AoE, GTA 3, Sacred... and other
Might I suggest you continue this discussion in the dedicated Off-topic gaming thread?
90, of course. Hardest and funnier
me too
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I miss the PS1 and Gameboy/GBA days.
Favs include Final Fantasy, Suikoden, Pokemon, Harvest Moon, Vandal Hearts, Streets Of Rage, etc...
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me too
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Might I suggest you continue this discussion in the dedicated Off-topic gaming thread?
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Well if the mods haven't closed the thread then I guess its okay.
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ann2016a said:
I just wonder if I'm the only one who likes old games even though graphics are bad , I mean very simple.
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some of the old RPGs aged wery well and I have no problems playing them on modern PCs thanks to GOG
WHO WANTS SOME!
Duke Nukem 1995 ! :silly:
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So I finished Doom Eternal recently and loved it. I started playing Rage 2 and while the shooting feels great I don't have it in me to play a open-world game, and just feel like a lot of companies are making "open-world" games to artificially pad a game with extra "play time." I am playing Gears 5 currently and feel kind of "meh" about it since it just feels like every other Gears of War game.
Anyway, I wanted to get some suggestions for any fairly-recent (last 8 years or so) FPS games that you particularly liked... maybe even lesser-known games or something.
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You can try MaxPayne Trilogy while 1st and 2nd versions are way better in terms of story, don't afraid about its age and oldness, it's pretty great to play them... you can also play Hitman 3
Keena and Immortals Fenyx Rising. Not shooter's but they are fantastic 3rd person action.