I loved Kings Quest, Heroes Quest, and Space Quest.
I loved (to this day I can play any of these with my eyes closed) the Wing Commander series, Privateer!!
I love Fallout 1&2
I must be getting old, as this list of people actually made me feel a bit sad.
Sigh.
You are right in saying that. I didn't imply that no such games should be made. It's just that the majority of the time, for the majority of the people, these games will not enjoyed.
Do I really want to sit down every day and watch a meaninful deep movie about the serious problems of an Afghan girl growing up in a destroyed country? No. Do I constantly want to watch "The Hot Chick"? No. There is a balance. And if you look at movies, what are the top 10 most grossing movies of all time? I don't see many "serious" movies in there. Just like "I have no mouth and I must scream" will not be on many peoples favorite games lists. It will be on mine, because it was the first game that treated me like an adult, and made me think. Great game, but I wouldn't want to play it the whole time.
I don't know if anyone even remebers this game, but here we go.....
The game "I have no mouth and I must scream" based on the Harlan Ellison short story of the same name, actually addressed several hardcore social issues. The game was played through the eyes of several people, all who lived in different dimensions, and all of them facing their own inner demons. I vividly remeber playing the game as a german camp doctor, who has to decide wether or not to rescue several jews, and not making it into a bland shooter. And there was the misformed monkey man Benny, who although beautiful in real life, was a misformed man in this reality and his only way out was suicide.
The game dealt with religion, alcoholism and several other issues and it did it in a very mature, and levelheaded fashion. No glorifying or blunt statements, the game had several outcomes, based on how "compassionate" you had played the game.
Can games address serious social issues? Hell YES! But is there a big market for this sort of game? Do I really want a game that confronts me with "the real world" when all I want to do is escape that real world by playing a game? I think that is the question that needs to be asked and the answer to that is that games are a form of relaxation (for me anyways) and a way to escape real life for a while. Therefor addressing the real life issues in a virtual environment that I enter for my enjoyment is a concept that is interesting, but ultimately flawed.
Yes I enjoyed "I have no mouth and I must scream" immensely, but I played it once and never again. I can't even count how many times I've played wing commander.
Well if you're really itching for a nice spaceshooter (like myself, sitting here next to my shelf with Wing commander 1-5 and privateer 1&2 on it), what about freelancer. I know it's being released by the evil Microsoft corp. It's still gonna be a GREAT game.
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I loved Kings Quest, Heroes Quest, and Space Quest. I loved (to this day I can play any of these with my eyes closed) the Wing Commander series, Privateer!! I love Fallout 1&2 I must be getting old, as this list of people actually made me feel a bit sad. Sigh.
You are right in saying that. I didn't imply that no such games should be made. It's just that the majority of the time, for the majority of the people, these games will not enjoyed.
Do I really want to sit down every day and watch a meaninful deep movie about the serious problems of an Afghan girl growing up in a destroyed country? No. Do I constantly want to watch "The Hot Chick"? No. There is a balance. And if you look at movies, what are the top 10 most grossing movies of all time? I don't see many "serious" movies in there. Just like "I have no mouth and I must scream" will not be on many peoples favorite games lists. It will be on mine, because it was the first game that treated me like an adult, and made me think. Great game, but I wouldn't want to play it the whole time.
I don't know if anyone even remebers this game, but here we go..... The game "I have no mouth and I must scream" based on the Harlan Ellison short story of the same name, actually addressed several hardcore social issues. The game was played through the eyes of several people, all who lived in different dimensions, and all of them facing their own inner demons. I vividly remeber playing the game as a german camp doctor, who has to decide wether or not to rescue several jews, and not making it into a bland shooter. And there was the misformed monkey man Benny, who although beautiful in real life, was a misformed man in this reality and his only way out was suicide. The game dealt with religion, alcoholism and several other issues and it did it in a very mature, and levelheaded fashion. No glorifying or blunt statements, the game had several outcomes, based on how "compassionate" you had played the game. Can games address serious social issues? Hell YES! But is there a big market for this sort of game? Do I really want a game that confronts me with "the real world" when all I want to do is escape that real world by playing a game? I think that is the question that needs to be asked and the answer to that is that games are a form of relaxation (for me anyways) and a way to escape real life for a while. Therefor addressing the real life issues in a virtual environment that I enter for my enjoyment is a concept that is interesting, but ultimately flawed. Yes I enjoyed "I have no mouth and I must scream" immensely, but I played it once and never again. I can't even count how many times I've played wing commander.
Well if you're really itching for a nice spaceshooter (like myself, sitting here next to my shelf with Wing commander 1-5 and privateer 1&2 on it), what about freelancer. I know it's being released by the evil Microsoft corp. It's still gonna be a GREAT game.
So there's these odd bleeps and hisses, and everybody really likes it? Well then there must be a ton of Aphex Twin fans here.