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Is Next Gen Gaming shit?

Post by Trolldor » Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:37 pm

Or am I just too old?
Seems to me that none of the next-gen games (bar Oblivion and Fallout 3) have held my attention for more than a couple of days (Well, usually less than a day's if we count play-time only).
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Post by Animavore » Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:38 pm

Next what what?
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Post by Trolldor » Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:39 pm

Xbox 360, ps3 and Wii are "next generation consoles". Games released on these platforms, or for similar technology on PCs, are next generation games.
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Post by Animavore » Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:41 pm

Oh. So it's not a genre. You just mean "are games nowadays shit"?

I get bored of them anyway. That's why I only rent.
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Post by Trolldor » Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:43 pm

There was an old game I played when I was about eight called Monster Mash, entertained me for months on end.
Nothing's been able to do the same these days. It's all 'reflective water' and 'achievements', not much substance.
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Post by Animavore » Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:46 pm

Is this it?

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Post by Trolldor » Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:51 pm

Not even close. It was an old platformer.
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Post by Animavore » Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:53 pm

That's all I get when I Google :think:
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Post by Trolldor » Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:54 pm

That's how old it is, can't even find it anywhere.
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Post by AshtonBlack » Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:05 pm

born-again-atheist wrote:That's how old it is, can't even find it anywhere.
What platform?, I know a few good retro/emu sites.

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Post by Trolldor » Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:25 am

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Post by pcCoder » Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:16 am

There may be no paradise or anything after we puny humans expire, but it is the Truth that after the death of those games determined to be worthy, there is a paradise where they live again, even those that were abandoned in their previous life. I have done some research and learned that the Game Gods decided that a game called Monster Bash by Apogee Software, episodes 1 through 3, was worthy to live again in this paradise.

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Re: Is Next Gen Gaming shit?

Post by JimC » Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:04 am

born-again-atheist wrote:There was an old game I played when I was about eight called Monster Mash, entertained me for months on end.
Nothing's been able to do the same these days. It's all 'reflective water' and 'achievements', not much substance.
It's not the games, it's you. You are slowly maturing (like a good wine...), and the trivial pastimes of your youth are holding less and less appeal...

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Post by Trolldor » Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:50 am

pcCoder wrote:There may be no paradise or anything after we puny humans expire, but it is the Truth that after the death of those games determined to be worthy, there is a paradise where they live again, even those that were abandoned in their previous life. I have done some research and learned that the Game Gods decided that a game called Monster Bash by Apogee Software, episodes 1 through 3, was worthy to live again in this paradise.
...*tear*

Monster Bash, that's what it was...

Ah man, one of the greatest games ever.
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Post by Animavore » Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:53 am

This one?

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