The Evolution of Gaming

[CraeSC111]

You can tell that a lot has changed in gaming over the years. Look at today's games and compare them to old games. What kinda elements do you see that have changed? What have stayed the same? Are the changes good or bad? What do you wish would happen in the future? Include subjects such as story, graphics, and gameplay. Give us your opinion, and vote whether you think gaming has improved or gotten worse as the years have passed.

[Muffincat]

I don't want to say yes or no - I'd rather say both. Some games are worse, and some are better. I think it's generally improved in certain ways, though sometimes things like story get neglected. However, there were a lot of terrible games back then, just like now.

There are a ton of awesome games now, and graphics have certainly improved, no contest. I think there were things about the limitations back then that made people be more creative than they sometimes are now, but it's not always true. There are also a lot of very impressive indie games now that blow a lot of stuff out of the water.

I don't think I can really say that they are better or worse, really. There are old games that I think are absolutely amazing, but also new games that I love... Often, nostalgia keeps us saying that the older ones were better, but there are definitely talented people working on stuff now!

[paecmaker]

I say like muffin here, they have both gotten better and worse.


And for the future I hope that the advantages of the medium will be used even more to tell a story and that both the buyers and developers take more risks instead of pumping out OMG COD 33.

[Synge]

Muffin summed up my thoughts as well, quality has both improved and degraded.

I just wish Final Fantasy hadn't gone downhill :[

[Valkyr]

I picked IDK, because, like Muffin said and like everyone else is saying.. some games are worse and some are better and some are even borderline to the point where they should just stay the way they are. Does the make any sense? Ha.
Anyways, I personally like newer type games, but I do like me some old school games too every now and then. It just all depends.

[Slay]

I can't really say story is any better. But graphics are, so better.

[CraeSC111]

Well graphics have definitely improved, but I'd say that stories aren't as in depth. There's lots of cool stuff in new games thanks to fewer limitations. But I'm sure that if some old games had the sane limitations as new ones they would be better. Overall I'd say idk because while some things are better some things have also gotten worse.

[Slay]

Well graphics have definitely improved, but I'd say that stories aren't as in depth. There's lots of cool stuff in new games thanks to fewer limitations. But I'm sure that if some old games had the sane limitations as new ones they would be better. Overall I'd say idk because while some things are better some things have also gotten worse.

Story will never change. Some game producers care, some don't. It has always been that way. And ofcourse story increased, I went Pong to Mass Effect 2. xD

[hidekipooj]

I don't know about better or worse. I mean, strictly speaking how do you define ''better'' or ''worse'' when it comes to a form of entertainment that has many many varieties and genres.

The older generations would probably say that video games have gotten better because now there are games that require physical action and movement, whereas the more ''hardcore'' gamers would say this is worse since those are primarily shovelware titles and deviate from the more typical video game styles of the last 2 decades.

Some people might say that video games have gotten worse because they are getting friendlier and less engaging. For example a checkpoint system every 2 minutes, or the fact that you can save in the middle of a boss fight (Deus Ex: HR). And because of video games getting easier, they are less challenging and becoming ''worse''.

Personally. I think games have gotten better. The old school classics aren't going anywhere and they can still be played. And with newer rendering/processing technologies comes better ways to make a game. When you sit side by side something like Fallout 3 compared to missile command. Which one looks, plays, feels, and pulls at you emotionally better?

[Mordry]

Well, I misclicked (I wanted to click on IDK) but I'm pretty sure: If gaming continues to evolve straight to that, what it seems to become (permanently online, online programs like Steam or Origin and many bad console imports for PC) then I'm sure it will be much worse. Even if I like Steam, if every game requires something like "only with activation with this program possible to play" then I'll give a sh*t of it and stick with Nintendos Consoles. Lan is slowly disappearing in the games and you can't really trust the public anymore which games are good or not.

The singleplayer Games themselves are getting better, Multiplayer worse and Online Activation is very annoying. That's my opinion.