Games today look a million times better than they did back in the day. They control a hell of a lot better. They sound absolutely beautiful. While all these things make games today "better" through deeper immersion, they require no imagination.
There's a reason we all look back at the games of old and have such fond memories. We remember them by how we experienced them then, not how they looked/played compared to today's games. The old games required us to use our imagination to the fullest degree; the graphics sucked. They weren't meant to be realistic, they were meant to merely give us an idea, a place to start.
All the fancy graphics in the world will never immerse me as much as a deep trip into my imagination and that's what games of old gave us.
Slashdot Mirror
Games today look a million times better than they did back in the day. They control a hell of a lot better. They sound absolutely beautiful. While all these things make games today "better" through deeper immersion, they require no imagination.
There's a reason we all look back at the games of old and have such fond memories. We remember them by how we experienced them then, not how they looked/played compared to today's games. The old games required us to use our imagination to the fullest degree; the graphics sucked. They weren't meant to be realistic, they were meant to merely give us an idea, a place to start.
All the fancy graphics in the world will never immerse me as much as a deep trip into my imagination and that's what games of old gave us.