Comments on: Five Reasons There’s Never Been A Golden Age of Gaming

By: aefsrdtf

aefsrdtf — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:47:34 +0000

I agree and disagree with this article. First off, I don’t consider the “Golden Age” to be 8-bit or 16-bit personally. I in fact think that we’re at the end of it now. It was only a few years ago that the gaming industry started taking a nose dive from my POV (after the reign of the PS2 ended), and even though there are good games out there still, “casual” games are an issue.
I enjoy playing games like Guitar Hero and so on, but the sheer size of the casual audience is increasing the development of “casual games” at the expense of others, this is blatantly obvious. Focusing on graphics and ease of access is the new trend, and I can’t help but feel that storylines and settings are what’s suffering.

I was going to write more but I’m tired

By: j

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:42:05 +0000

This is awful writing, awful commentary, and meanders so badly that I don’t even know what you’re trying to convey other than 5 random gripes about gaming that don’t really add up to anything new or thought provoking in the least.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:34:02 +0000

Good article, and I’m a shameless “retro gamer.” There were good games back then, but the era suffered from many problems that fans have forgotten about today.

However, I think you missed the big appeal of games from the 1990s. It’s not so much that games were different in the ’90s it’s that WE were different in the 90’s.

Most of us have stress from college, new jobs, social situations, or a lack of any combination of those things. Back when we played these games in our youth life was a lot simpler. Playing old games now is kind of a “time machine” to that mind set in way.

We were also too young to really understand what was wrong with these games and took them at face value – hell, we were just happy to be playing a game in the first place. Now we’re older and can notice the smallest of flaws of today’s games. We have money and resources to play whatever the hell we want. We just don’t appreciate the gaming experience like we did when we were younger, and that’s why that old generation seems so much better.

By: envinyon

envinyon — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:12:17 +0000

Yeah, see, the “Golden Age of Gaming” was not during the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.

The Golden Age of Gaming was from 1997-2002.

All this article proves is that you are a 14 year old kid that knows absolutely nothing about gaming. You probably wrote this article after trying to play some NES and SNES games, but couldn’t do it because you’re such a casual.

By: Cliffracer

Cliffracer — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:22:45 +0000

@R3dfall,
Actually, yes.
Both games are using Animu/Weeaboo art style and both are made in glorious nippon. So yes, they are animu based.

By: R3dfall

R3dfall — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:16:41 +0000

@Cliffracer
AHAHAHAHAHA

No.

By: Lol

Lol — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:38:18 +0000

@Zondac, go back and play Ocarina of Time, you will realize how ridiculously easy it is. It took me hours to sneak into the castle as a kid, and playing it now it only takes 2 minutes.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:29:34 +0000

The casual gaming one :
Yes, video game quality IS decreasing. There is literally no need for developers to make epic storylines, innovative gameplay and generally creative and interesting experience when Peggle makes so much money, and needs near no programming skills or experience, and can be made ever half-hour.

By: peepee

peepee — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:55:38 +0000

you are a moron
if memorization doesn’t count as making a game long, then take out cutscenes of all of your favorite games, and anything where you aren’t in the action, and aren’t being tactical, as apparently they don’t count towards a game’s length. Which really means you must play console shooters.

I know for a fact you sound like a Halo lover. Halo requires no tactics or thought, when you can just run and gun in and win. So Halo actually only has multiplayer, and it requires no tactics or memorization, so basically you love not thinking about how to overcome something. That’s what games nowdays do not have, is trial and error and LEARNING how to overcome obstacles, rather than just using the most powerful weapon.

By: By Azura

By Azura — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:32 +0000

It was a good read and I agree with you.

I enjoyed video games back in the 80s and 90s and I’m enjoying them today and I simply can’t understand why people are constantly wearing their nostalgia goggles.

The golden age of gaming, it’s just something made up by people wearing their nostalgia goggles. Interestingly, this term hasn’t been used much up until this gen of consoles.

With the bitter “hardcore” gamer who rejects anything that’s new the money lies with the “casuals”. Can’t blame any developer making this decision. I’d do it too. There’s no money to be made catering to the demands of a handful of whiney man children when they’re going to pirate it anyway.

Long story short, you’re absolutely right and it’s good to know that there are a few other people out there who are not wearing those nostalgia goggles.