I totally agree. However, a lot of people cite King's Quest and Space Quest as the funniest and just plain best of them, and I think the best of the old sierra games is often overlooked: the original Quest for Glory, or Hero's Quest as it was known before the legal troubles arose over the name. It had action, RPG elements, but most of all, it had quite possibly the MOST ways to die in a single game. My personal favorite being:
"As you fall down the chasm, you see a sign saying 'Beware of Porcupine.' That's funny, you didn't see a...
You do, however, see a group of brigands aiming their arrows at you, and you have a funny feeling you know who the porcupine is going to be."
I want to see the games of MY youth make into the category. Everyone either played old console games or new computer or console games. The category missing that everyone seems to forget is the old computer games, the Apogee and Sierra games. Sure, a few of them get mentioned, but I never EVER see Whacky Wheels or Spear of Destiny on the list. Or the Quest for Glory Series, except QFG II being put on the Gamespy list, even though it was arguably the worst one of them all.
There are a select few exceptions to this rule, but more often than not classics like these are replaced with shitty "classics" like Duck Hunt or the stale and repetitive drug of choice for todays gamer who doesn't play games: team sports games. They haven't changed anything except the graphics and the players. I mean, even the Tony Hawk games at least add new tricks. Madden 8043 or whatever is guaranteed to be Madden 2002 with minor cosmetic differences should the franchise, god forbid, ever survive that long.
Screw Zelda and the Mario Brothers, I WANT COMMANDER KEEN!!
Come to think of it, that is kind of a mouthful...
Well, regardless, everyone cites NWN as the major example of a company not delivering on the promise on a linux-compatible game packaged with a windows one, as if it's going to set a precedent. What about epic and UT2k3? The "promise" for that came kind of close to the release date, but they delivered, didn't they? And in fine style, I might add. Maybe, just maybe, this will be the company to set the precedent. Why not think of things in THOSE terms?
I am starting to get annoyed with people who say they got fed up with constantly upgrading their computers to play the latest game. Of course you have to upgrade the damn computer to play the best games. You also can't run ps2 games on a psx! You would have to actually buy the ps2 to run them.
No one wants to treat a PC like a console, and that's the bloody problem. There are still craploads of games that would run on much lesser hardware, but no one buys them because they feel entitled to have their computer last forever and still be awesome when it comes to new games. I've had my current computer for 2 years now, with no changes in the graphics card, RAM, or processor. Hell, not even the hard drive is changed. And I can play all the games that were designed for those specs perfectly, as well as games preceding it. I can still play any of a million new games, I just can't play the absolute, top-of-the-line brand new games for the highest quality hardware.
The same goes for my ps2. I can play all the games designed for it, but it's not going to run Halo or DOA3. I would have to PAY for an XBOX. But God forbid we think that consoles don't last forever, too. What would the world come to if that were to happen?
Millions of games are spawned for the computer. They come out at a rate that hugely outpaces consoles. So, naturally, they also develop faster. But people just decide to ignore the vast number of games that came out because they're "old news." Meanwhile, they may be missing out on the games because of this stupid-ass attitude.
Bah, screw it. I'm going to go play Diablo II on my computer, which runs it damn fine.
How long does the ring tone last? Does it play continually? After you activate it, does it just override the regular ring tone, or does it play out of a different speaker set on the phone? How much power does it require from the phone to keep activated? Does it....
Damn, the question mark key broke. Anyway, I just felt curious. Mostly because I'm being devoured by insects this summer.
If memory serves, wasn't quick and dirty the kind of solution DOS started out as? I suppose that's food for thought.
I guess if it's a solution to an immediate problem, quick and dirty is not always the best option, it just turns out to be the only option. When you have the time and resources, proper is a better way to go. But it's all circumstantial.
The Secret Cow Level wasn't just some random idea thrown in there for no reason. It was a spoof on an old rumor that there was a secret level in the original Diablo that one could access by casting a town portal between two of the cows in town. This was, obviously, not true, but the rumors were so persistent that it became legend. Thus, Blizzard saw an opportunity to stick some extra gameplay into their sequel, and took it. It was a joke, but it certainly wasn't random. How about lightening up a bit, eh?
I hardly see what this has to do with the situation, but first:
East Coast Super Sound Punk of Today - World/Inferno Friendship Society Instrument Soundtrack - Fugazi The Bends - Radiohead Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers Surfer Rosa - The Pixies Pinkerton - Weezer Last Splash - The Breeders Down On The Upside - Soundgarden Tiny Music: Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop - STP
Those are just a few, and many may disagree, but I digress. I think the problem here is people fail to realize how hard it is to make the next White Album(dammit, I forgot to put that up). A lot of music doesn't even make it onto the main album. One only needs to look to all the b-sides Radiohead has for proof of that. A lot of time and effort goes into this and if this were the RIAA or some major conglomerate complaining, that would be one thing. But the artists want to have their medium displayed in a certain manner and maybe instead of complaining so much about paying a few extra dollars for a CD, we should at least try to respect their wishes a bit more. Or you can write your own damn music. Then you can release it any way you want, and appease all of your loyal fans.
Anyway, while I respect the concept of consumers rights, this isn't modding an XBox, this is breaking off the Statue of David's dick and selling it to whoever is wierd enough to just want that....OK, maybe its a bit overzealous to compare the music to the statue of David, but I feel I've made my point. Be kind to my post, this whole "english language" thing is not my strong suit.
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I totally agree. However, a lot of people cite King's Quest and Space Quest as the funniest and just plain best of them, and I think the best of the old sierra games is often overlooked: the original Quest for Glory, or Hero's Quest as it was known before the legal troubles arose over the name. It had action, RPG elements, but most of all, it had quite possibly the MOST ways to die in a single game. My personal favorite being:
"As you fall down the chasm, you see a sign saying 'Beware of Porcupine.' That's funny, you didn't see a...
You do, however, see a group of brigands aiming their arrows at you, and you have a funny feeling you know who the porcupine is going to be."
I want to see the games of MY youth make into the category. Everyone either played old console games or new computer or console games. The category missing that everyone seems to forget is the old computer games, the Apogee and Sierra games. Sure, a few of them get mentioned, but I never EVER see Whacky Wheels or Spear of Destiny on the list. Or the Quest for Glory Series, except QFG II being put on the Gamespy list, even though it was arguably the worst one of them all. There are a select few exceptions to this rule, but more often than not classics like these are replaced with shitty "classics" like Duck Hunt or the stale and repetitive drug of choice for todays gamer who doesn't play games: team sports games. They haven't changed anything except the graphics and the players. I mean, even the Tony Hawk games at least add new tricks. Madden 8043 or whatever is guaranteed to be Madden 2002 with minor cosmetic differences should the franchise, god forbid, ever survive that long. Screw Zelda and the Mario Brothers, I WANT COMMANDER KEEN!!
We're supposed to have FUSION power by then. Those will be of dire importance for our arcologies! Someone dropped the ball on this one....
Come to think of it, that is kind of a mouthful... Well, regardless, everyone cites NWN as the major example of a company not delivering on the promise on a linux-compatible game packaged with a windows one, as if it's going to set a precedent. What about epic and UT2k3? The "promise" for that came kind of close to the release date, but they delivered, didn't they? And in fine style, I might add. Maybe, just maybe, this will be the company to set the precedent. Why not think of things in THOSE terms?
I am starting to get annoyed with people who say they got fed up with constantly upgrading their computers to play the latest game. Of course you have to upgrade the damn computer to play the best games. You also can't run ps2 games on a psx! You would have to actually buy the ps2 to run them.
No one wants to treat a PC like a console, and that's the bloody problem. There are still craploads of games that would run on much lesser hardware, but no one buys them because they feel entitled to have their computer last forever and still be awesome when it comes to new games. I've had my current computer for 2 years now, with no changes in the graphics card, RAM, or processor. Hell, not even the hard drive is changed. And I can play all the games that were designed for those specs perfectly, as well as games preceding it. I can still play any of a million new games, I just can't play the absolute, top-of-the-line brand new games for the highest quality hardware.
The same goes for my ps2. I can play all the games designed for it, but it's not going to run Halo or DOA3. I would have to PAY for an XBOX. But God forbid we think that consoles don't last forever, too. What would the world come to if that were to happen?
Millions of games are spawned for the computer. They come out at a rate that hugely outpaces consoles. So, naturally, they also develop faster. But people just decide to ignore the vast number of games that came out because they're "old news." Meanwhile, they may be missing out on the games because of this stupid-ass attitude.
Bah, screw it. I'm going to go play Diablo II on my computer, which runs it damn fine.
How long does the ring tone last? Does it play continually? After you activate it, does it just override the regular ring tone, or does it play out of a different speaker set on the phone? How much power does it require from the phone to keep activated? Does it.... Damn, the question mark key broke. Anyway, I just felt curious. Mostly because I'm being devoured by insects this summer.
If memory serves, wasn't quick and dirty the kind of solution DOS started out as? I suppose that's food for thought. I guess if it's a solution to an immediate problem, quick and dirty is not always the best option, it just turns out to be the only option. When you have the time and resources, proper is a better way to go. But it's all circumstantial.
The Secret Cow Level wasn't just some random idea thrown in there for no reason. It was a spoof on an old rumor that there was a secret level in the original Diablo that one could access by casting a town portal between two of the cows in town. This was, obviously, not true, but the rumors were so persistent that it became legend. Thus, Blizzard saw an opportunity to stick some extra gameplay into their sequel, and took it. It was a joke, but it certainly wasn't random. How about lightening up a bit, eh?
I dunno. I'm still waiting for one of The Onion's horoscopes to be accurate..... What do you mean they're not serious?
video game, eh? forces of evil, eh? master sword, eh?
I hardly see what this has to do with the situation, but first:
...OK, maybe its a bit overzealous to compare the music to the statue of David, but I feel I've made my point. Be kind to my post, this whole "english language" thing is not my strong suit.
East Coast Super Sound Punk of Today - World/Inferno Friendship Society
Instrument Soundtrack - Fugazi
The Bends - Radiohead
Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Surfer Rosa - The Pixies
Pinkerton - Weezer
Last Splash - The Breeders
Down On The Upside - Soundgarden
Tiny Music: Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop - STP
Those are just a few, and many may disagree, but I digress. I think the problem here is people fail to realize how hard it is to make the next White Album(dammit, I forgot to put that up). A lot of music doesn't even make it onto the main album. One only needs to look to all the b-sides Radiohead has for proof of that. A lot of time and effort goes into this and if this were the RIAA or some major conglomerate complaining, that would be one thing. But the artists want to have their medium displayed in a certain manner and maybe instead of complaining so much about paying a few extra dollars for a CD, we should at least try to respect their wishes a bit more. Or you can write your own damn music. Then you can release it any way you want, and appease all of your loyal fans.
Anyway, while I respect the concept of consumers rights, this isn't modding an XBox, this is breaking off the Statue of David's dick and selling it to whoever is wierd enough to just want that.