Damnit now I feel old again!

[ElPolloDiabl]

Retro means in the future the Amiga will see short term revivals in popularity. Even living on after the last original user dies.
I think all this touch screens and 3D is forced upon you and some of us like the classic computer experience.
There are some true classic games that are worth playing year after year. Something like Street Rod has never seen a remake.
Well the Amiga released 25 years ago. It's about the same as your parents listening to 50s songs and talking about how the 'pictures' use to be 25 cents.

[Ilwrath]

But talk to people nowadays who are growing up with Xbox 360 and they just dont have a connection to any of it. They sell off the games when they finnish them for money toward the new game.

There are some true classic games that are worth playing year after year. Something like Street Rod has never seen a remake.

In some ways, I think these two things are related.  For better or worse, games have changed.  You might as well sell your average AAA X360 title after you finish it.  It doesn't have a lot of replay value, and it doesn't have a lot of uniqueness of gameplay.  So if you DO want to play it again a year or two later, it's likely that a newer and better edition of the exact same game will be out by then.  

The mass-market titles don't do a lot of experimenting.  You have to get beyond that, and into niche games like some of the good mobile and independent titles to get the level of uniqueness of gameplay that was found in many of the early titles we enjoyed years ago.

Anyhow, I think my kid was one of the ones who were on your lawn, earlier.  Sorry 'bout that.

[whabang]

Oh, but there are recent games with replay value. I'm still playing the Baldur's gate games (although they probably count as retro nowadays -.-), and I'm quire sure I will be playing out Dragon age and the Mass effect games in the future (yes, I am a Bioware fanboy), not to mention Fallout 3 and a few other modern classics.

Plants vs. Zombies was mentioned in another thread. You can bet your rear region on that that will still be played regularily in ten years.

[runequester]

There's plenty of interesting games out there, but you gotta get indie games rather than mainstream titles

[Einstein]

There's plenty of interesting games out there, but you gotta get indie games rather than mainstream titles

How about a "What are you playing now ?" sticky thread ? I'm curious what people are playing, specifically adventure games (commercial or not). I haven't played anything for over a year. Such a thread wouldn't be too bad, would it ?

[runequester]

How about a "What are you playing now ?" sticky thread ? I'm curious what people are playing, specifically adventure games (commercial or not). I haven't played anything for over a year. Such a thread wouldn't be too bad, would it ?

Go ahead and make it and link us

[motrucker]

F' you all! None of you are that old. I'm turning 50 at the end of the month!

I''M old.*(you're a bunch of kids by comparison).

If you feel old, I pity you. I just turned 64 (remember the Beetle's song?) and I don't feel old.  My hair (what's left) is still down to my waist, and I feel fine (with the meds kicked in). My grand children think I'm old, but that's their problem, not mine.
BTW, for kids on the lawn, I find a 44 better than a shotgun :lol: .

[fishy_fiz]

In some ways, I think these two things are related.  For better or worse, games have changed.  You might as well sell your average AAA X360 title after you finish it.  It doesn't have a lot of replay value, and it doesn't have a lot of uniqueness of gameplay.  So if you DO want to play it again a year or two later, it's likely that a newer and better edition of the exact same game will be out by then.  

The mass-market titles don't do a lot of experimenting.  You have to get beyond that, and into niche games like some of the good mobile and independent titles to get the level of uniqueness of gameplay that was found in many of the early titles we enjoyed years ago.

Anyhow, I think my kid was one of the ones who were on your lawn, earlier.  Sorry 'bout that.

This comes up from time to time and while once upon a time I mightve been making that exact arguement Ive realised in recent years that I was looking through rose tinted glasses a little. Any era of gaming has typcailly been made up of 4 or 5 "generic" and safe games (from a publishers perspective), the main differences being the style of games being done to death. Those games that are exceptions to that rule, or the best of the era are often the ones that people will look back on fondly in another 20 years all the while claiming, "new games are all similar, back when I was a lad ...... blahblahblah"  


edit: I should've read what I was responding to better. Seems I missed your reference to looking beyond the big name titles to find the interesting stuff. Having said that though I do still think that there's a parallel of sorts in regards to most eras of gaming so far as the bigger more mainstream games go.
Thinking about it just now though the intimacy on the development side for smaller development teams may be in part responsible for that elusive "something" that the 8/16 bit eras and indie developers sometimes find... "developed" vs "produced" I guess you could say.

[Einstein]

Go ahead and make it and link us

The bare thought frightens me, I have bad experience with thread creation. But below is the link, forward the link to everyone else you know...

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=55802