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comment by camarillobrillo
camarillobrillo  ·  3354 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What do you think of video games?

I miss my videogames. I was into PC and Playstation in school but now with a job and a relationship there's just no time or money left to really indulge. I've got GTA on my tablet I like to screw around with but that's about all I can take on.

Plus they really don't make games like they used to. It's nothing but Call of Duty warpigs and online circlejerk stuff these days. Bring me back Thief and Deus Ex. Those were games you could really feel the love and effort the designers put in. Portal was the last game I enjoyed but I gave up on Half-Life 3 a long time ago.





no-cheating  ·  3354 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I agree that old titles on average basis were so much better than the current ones. It seems especially paradoxical when you consider how poorer the computer powers were back then. In many cases even the outward gameplay possibilities were limited by that. Still the whole experience was deeper and more diversified and that's what should really matter. Current games are mostly about audio-visual fireworks, but shallow when you look deeper than that.