is eyecandy ruining playability?

[raaaid]

im playing poker with my mobil phone in a 600 k game

my niece is playing an ipod game

the pc is empty

only anticpating the coming ot section on 2-8

edit:

all these last years ive been thinking i had grown too much since i dint like playing games not anymore

it was not my faul, modern games are sith

all eye candy and not fun

like marrying a hot blonde thats gonna torture you the rest of your life

im having such a blast playing for days morning evening and night a poker 600 k game that i realize im still a child

where are the games where you tested your time reaction

where you had to think to win

where you didnt murder your brohters but destroy aliens and monsters

has batman started killing the baddies nowadays

wheres the old style of have fun instead of looking good

why i cant run skipping to take the bus if it takes less efort if we all do as childs (you see theyre taking our fun away

hell make cold fun not looking good

[Damixu]

WW2 Online: Battleground Europe is your cup of tea definately then. Ugly as hell but the depth of play, man...

http://www.battlegroundeurope.com/

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by Damixu

WW2 Online: Battleground Europe is your cup of tea definately then. Ugly as hell but the depth of play, man...

http://www.battlegroundeurope.com/

Yep thats where i started my Online flying career, but i actually started the game playing as Infantry..used to love that game

i could never work out though why it looks ugly given the amount they rake in every month from players/members?

[philip.ed]

Raaaid, you should be a comedian pal.
I've never heard someone refer to something they don't like as 'sith' lol

I have to say though, I can't see what's wrong with CloD (in terms of violence). It's a simulation of real life. You're not playing a renegade batman; you're just put into the shoes of a pilot who served either side in 1940.
(Note; the renegade pilot mission is omitted from this statement )

[retrojet]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Raaaid, you should be a comedian pal.
I've never heard someone refer to something they don't like as 'sith' lol

I have to say though, I can't see what's wrong with CloD (in terms of violence). It's a simulation of real life. You're not playing a renegade batman; you're just put into the shoes of a pilot who served either side in 1940.
(Note; the renegade pilot mission is omitted from this statement )

Haha! He's just following rule#13... Works for me

As to I-Candy... It's like expecting the hardware guys to stop getting faster and smarter... And if I could afford to best hardware (big if), then I want toys and loads of candy ( ...sweets doesn't really work here, does it?)

Anyway, it's a catch 22 thing... And I don't see myself growing up anytime soon!

[jojovtx]

Originally Posted by raaaid

i realize im still a child

yup

[baronWastelan]

I've read a review of LA Noire that said it is visually stunning and also is very engrossing.

[Ekar]

I think John Carmack had a sensible answer for this question. From memory it goes something like...

'A good game is a good game, but the same game with better graphics is a better game'.


Of course, 'better' here is debatable. I've seen plenty of remakes that fell short of the charm of the original, for example. But I think Carmack's being pragmatic.

Games are a visual medium.. If I want something with an amazing plot- I will probably turn to a good novel, rather than next week's first person shooter.