I mainly enjoy playing older stuff personally ... I can't get into most modern games. I prefer games like Defender, Tempest, and others that were more skill based (yeah, I'm old ... so what! :-P). They're a great way to unwind too. As for newer games, I kinda dig that Lego series of games ... my kid gets a kick out of them ... they have some pretty good problem solving aspects too.
Outside of that, nothing has really impressed me enough to get me sucked into playing it for more than an hour at a time. I think the last "new" game I really enjoyed was "Warhawk" on the PS3 ... but that was only fun if the teams were playing seriously and communicating with one another.
I have to admit to some bias when it comes to video games ... they are what led me to my current career ... they're an awesome programming exercise ... when designed properly, you tend to learn a LOT about computer hardware in addition to "good" software design. On top of that, you learn a lot about probability (if you want to make good AI), physics (adds realism), and music :-). While I don't design games for a living, teaching myself how to make them was invaluable.
Of course, spending every waking hour of the day playing video games is no different than pissing your life away watching shows on TV. There are some exceptions ... I've seen teams of people playing casually on shooters like Call of Duty interact well ... they almost play it like a team sport. That's good ... it keeps you active mentally working with others to achieve a goal. However, those are the exception ... most seem to sit in front of a game like a zombie and just aimlessly wander around shooting people completely unaware that a particular game may have a goal.
Sounds like we are identical :-) ... though I do not have a switch yet. I loved the first Zelda ... I never got into any of the subsequent ones. The only RPGs I liked were SciFi ones on the PC. SSI had an outstanding Buck Rogers RPG ... there was one by EA that came out around 1988 I want to say ... loved that as well though the name of it is eluding me right now.
I remember when I first saw Doom ... disbelief was putting it lightly. I had my brain wrapped around how they pulled off Castle Wolfenstein 3D (still wasn't an easy feat ... that game ran great on an older 286) ... Doom was a work of art though. Everything from the game's design to the engineering they pulled off was incredible.
My friend had a 486DX with a VLB graphics card ... it ran perfectly on that machine (I think it was a 66MHz machine). I had a 486SX when it came out ... the demo ran OK, but the graphics didn't look as good. I didn't have all of the fancy floating point hardware nor did I have the VLB graphics :-) ... plus my machine only ran at 25MHz :-). Still, it's amazing to think that a game like that could run on that kind of hardware. It's a testament to those engineers that brought that game to life.
I just thought of another game I was insanely addicted to ... Pirates! :-) ... I played the shit out of that on my Commodore 64 when I was a kid. I bought the 'remastered' version that came out ~ 2005. I played it for 48 hours straight ... I had to uninstall it since I was a contractor at the time and didn't need that kind of distraction :-) .
I mainly enjoy playing older stuff personally ... I can't get into most modern games. I prefer games like Defender, Tempest, and others that were more skill based (yeah, I'm old ... so what! :-P). They're a great way to unwind too. As for newer games, I kinda dig that Lego series of games ... my kid gets a kick out of them ... they have some pretty good problem solving aspects too.
Outside of that, nothing has really impressed me enough to get me sucked into playing it for more than an hour at a time. I think the last "new" game I really enjoyed was "Warhawk" on the PS3 ... but that was only fun if the teams were playing seriously and communicating with one another.
I have to admit to some bias when it comes to video games ... they are what led me to my current career ... they're an awesome programming exercise ... when designed properly, you tend to learn a LOT about computer hardware in addition to "good" software design. On top of that, you learn a lot about probability (if you want to make good AI), physics (adds realism), and music :-). While I don't design games for a living, teaching myself how to make them was invaluable.
Of course, spending every waking hour of the day playing video games is no different than pissing your life away watching shows on TV. There are some exceptions ... I've seen teams of people playing casually on shooters like Call of Duty interact well ... they almost play it like a team sport. That's good ... it keeps you active mentally working with others to achieve a goal. However, those are the exception ... most seem to sit in front of a game like a zombie and just aimlessly wander around shooting people completely unaware that a particular game may have a goal.
Moderation is always the key! :-)
Sounds like we are identical :-) ... though I do not have a switch yet. I loved the first Zelda ... I never got into any of the subsequent ones. The only RPGs I liked were SciFi ones on the PC. SSI had an outstanding Buck Rogers RPG ... there was one by EA that came out around 1988 I want to say ... loved that as well though the name of it is eluding me right now.
I remember when I first saw Doom ... disbelief was putting it lightly. I had my brain wrapped around how they pulled off Castle Wolfenstein 3D (still wasn't an easy feat ... that game ran great on an older 286) ... Doom was a work of art though. Everything from the game's design to the engineering they pulled off was incredible.
My friend had a 486DX with a VLB graphics card ... it ran perfectly on that machine (I think it was a 66MHz machine). I had a 486SX when it came out ... the demo ran OK, but the graphics didn't look as good. I didn't have all of the fancy floating point hardware nor did I have the VLB graphics :-) ... plus my machine only ran at 25MHz :-). Still, it's amazing to think that a game like that could run on that kind of hardware. It's a testament to those engineers that brought that game to life.
I just thought of another game I was insanely addicted to ... Pirates! :-) ... I played the shit out of that on my Commodore 64 when I was a kid. I bought the 'remastered' version that came out ~ 2005. I played it for 48 hours straight ... I had to uninstall it since I was a contractor at the time and didn't need that kind of distraction :-) .
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Sounds like all 3 of us are identical. 🙂