What do you miss in games?

[OLIAX]

I miss chiptunes those little beeps and bloops were music to my ears I still get goosebumps when I hear them they should bring them back

[aooga12]

The overall things that make the game...

gameplay
graphics
sound
controls
online multiplayer

its like today with games, you can only pick a couple, you can't have all of those asepcts... and if you come across a game with all of that, buy it.

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=pslounge&thread.id=411023&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

discussion on it.^^^

[ZeroTigerX]

SNES music.

[DarkTalon]

headcrabs.

[Rambler]

Originality.

[midevilwarrior]

Live action.
(Phantasmagoria FTW!)

[kirtar000]

Fun

10funs.

[bukowski]

Eric Chahi

:(

[SwyfT]

Fun

10funs.

Hit the nail on the head. Most of the games today are missing that little spark of fun. It's why i go back to the classics so often.

[Upperdecker]

Whatever made Turok for 64 so fun is what I miss.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ux4L3v9J_CI

[OLIAX]

Hit the nail on the head. Most of the games today are missing that little spark of fun. It's why i go back to the classics so often.

he certainly did.

what is with games nowadays just being about graphics?

[burningcow422]

not judging a game by graphics

gameplay!

[IGneois]

Anyone read the gameinformer mag with tiberium on the front? The creator of space invaders tells how sad he is that gameplay is being sacrifice for complex graphics.


so ill agree and say i miss that.

[JesusTheJedi]

I miss being able to start playing ANY game, no matter what it was, and feeling that odd joy well up within me.

I also miss discovering online FPS games and being able to take one single game and play the fuck out of it for years. I don't feel that way with any game anymore, I don't know if it's me maturing or if games just aren't that good anymore.

[IGneois]

I miss being able to start playing ANY game, no matter what it was, and feeling that odd joy well up within me.

I also miss discovering online FPS games and being able to take one single game and play the fuck out of it for years. I don't feel that way with any game anymore, I don't know if it's me maturing or if games just aren't that good anymore.

i find as im able to buy more games now..that i dont replay all the same ones over and over making them great, ive been meaning to play through twilight princess again..but i keep buying more games so i cant enjoy how awesome it is enough to put it on my fav games list.

[Lividum]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. Games are continuously getting better. All you have are nostalgic feelings. Find me a game as innovative and interesting, gameplay-, graphics-, story-, music-wise as, let's say, Okami from 15 years ago.

Dragon Quest VIII exceeded most older RPG's by a long shot. It stuck to the formula but performed at a current level. If you're longing for a classic type RPG and saying, "Woe is me, games suck today," you kind of need to play this.

God of War gave you shitloads more gameplay than the most gameplay-filled game in the 80's and 90's.

Grand Theft Auto introduced you to a fully 3-D version of its older counterpart, which is definitely inferior in all aspects.

Racing games keep improving gameplay through gradually better physics and realism (or unrealism in special cases). If you're telling me GT1 was better than GT4 and Forza, gtfo.

The problem is, your expectations of games have grown as the industry has evolved (besides that, most of you have grown up). Gaming as a whole continues to get better. Nostalgia just gets the best of you all.

[Well Me]

TLDR

I agree with you entirely that gaming is getting better, but this thread is about what we "miss" in gaming. Just because I miss SNES music doesn't mean I like the SNES better than the Wii.

The only thing I miss is the lack of plot lines and cut scenes. I hate them in modern video games. Stupid and annoying as hell, not to mention pointless. I just get so happy booting up a game like Super Mario Galaxy or Halo 3 where it throws you into the action right away, without taking time to set anything up. All old games used to be like that, but it seems with every new game theres 30 minutes of cut scenes for 15 minutes of gameplay. Weak to the sauce.

[Mr.SelfDestruct]

\Dragon Quest VIII exceeded most older RPG's by a long shot. It stuck to the formula but performed at a current level. If you're longing for a classic type RPG and saying, "Woe is me, games suck today," you kind of need to play this.

Best RPG I've played in recent years was Tales of Symphonia. The old turn based formula is simply too outdated for me now. Time to move on. When I want an old turn based game, I play an old turn based game. There's plenty of those out there already.

God of War gave you shitloads more gameplay than the most gameplay-filled game in the 80's and 90's.

I nailed the 100% mark on God of War within two weeks. Beat it on God mode, unlocked all the extras, etc. It took me several months with Donkey Kong 64, and almost a year with Goldeneye.

Grand Theft Auto introduced you to a fully 3-D version of its older counterpart, which is definitely inferior in all aspects

Racing games keep improving gameplay through gradually better physics and realism (or unrealism in special cases). If you're telling me GT1 was better than GT4 and Forza, gtfo.

Well, sure. The new IP isn't as great as the old though. Of course, maybe it's just me. I read so many great things about Jade Empire and KotOR, tried them both, and was horribly disappointed with both. Gimme Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy IV and VI, and Breath of Fire any day.

Also, Zelda:TP was a huge letdown. Wind Waker is vastly superior, but hated so much because of it's amazing graphical style.

The problem is, your expectations of games have grown as the industry has evolved (besides that, most of you have grown up). Gaming as a whole continues to get better. Nostalgia just gets the best of you all.

Maybe... But at the same time, some of the newer games that emulate the older games are my favorites. Ikaruga was fantastic, Grid Wars (or the commercial Geometry Wars) is addictive as hell, and tile-based and ASCII-based Rogue-likes still blow away any modern day RPG in their complexity.

[BraineateR]

i find as im able to buy more games now..that i dont replay all the same ones over and over making them great, ive been meaning to play through twilight princess again..but i keep buying more games so i cant enjoy how awesome it is enough to put it on my fav games list.

I feel the same way, when I was a lot younger and poor, I played my playstation 1 games like weeks when I bought a new one. Now with my ps3
I tend to neglect my games a bit, like assasins creed. I still havent reached the final part yet but im already hooked on cod4 so much that forget about all my other games.

[DavyJon3s]

Bomb beeper from CS


oh and skill in general.

[Winterberry]

I miss sprites.

2D>3D

[IGneois]

I miss sprites.

2D>3D

10 agrees

Contra 4tw

[OrangeC]

Boss battles with life bars. makes it more thrilling when the boss is down about haflway through his life and your there with little life also and your just button mashing your way through,