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Don't Go Down Memory Lane?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rose-colored-hindsight dept.

fieldsofclover writes "Gamers With Jobs is running a piece today about the darker side of gaming nostalgia. From the article: 'Here's an example. Konami's Castlevania had interesting monsters, catchy music, and a great gimmick: a guy with a whip. But if you went back and played it today, chances are you wouldn't bother playing past the second level. Why are the newest games in the series so drastically different from the original? The answer is because gamers demand more from their hobby now, and there's just not a lot of meat on those old bones. But when the fully 3D, story-driven sequel fails, they point at the original on its lofty pedestal and demand an experience that lives up to their memories. It's a double standard that's next to impossible to satisfy.' Are we shooting ourselves in the foot by staying obsessed with the old classics?"

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  1. It just goes to show by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can lead a gift horse to water, but you can't shoot it in the foot.

  2. Nothing beats today's games by krell · · Score: 5, Funny

    ....where everything is a hi-res shade of brown, and the boss is always a giant bug.

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    1. Re:Nothing beats today's games by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

      Because a supervillain's ultimate weakness is always their arrogance. "Ha ha ha! There is no way a puny mortal like you could defeat me, even with all the nuke-blaster ammo in the world! Here, have a truck load! And I'll heal you to maximum health first! And I'll stand above pits of the only substance that can harm me, with levers that drop the floor into the substance! Ha ha ha-- What? Impossible!!!! I cannot be defea---"

      Okay, so their ultimate weakness is that they are stupid.

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  3. Oregon Trail by andrewman327 · · Score: 5, Funny
    If they made a 3D version of Oregon Trail using the Doom or Quake engine and the old storyline, I would buy it. I would expect significantly improved hunting. The ability to shoot in towns wouldn't hurt either.


    Of course, I would not want interactive 3D dysentary.

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    1. Re:Oregon Trail by krell · · Score: 5, Funny

      "If they made a 3D version of Oregon Trail using the Doom or Quake engine and the old storyline, I would buy it. I would expect significantly improved hunting. The ability to shoot in towns wouldn't hurt either."

      And, along the way, you pick up enough shoot 'n' strafe kills to be able to kill the giant bug boss you find at the end in the Portland level.

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    2. Re:Oregon Trail by generic-man · · Score: 5, Funny

      Computer: u pwned 2149 lbs of food but u can only take 200 lbs back to ur wagon
      Bison: rofl noob

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