You're right in that the three examples I gave were done on trailing edge technology...but I must have miscommunicated my first point. What I meant to convey was that *all* games are done on the latest technology, which is quickly outmoded. Sorry for the miscommunication. I think we actually agree pretty well.
I don't think that the Myst series will be a "highbrow game"--I think that such things can't exist in a world where two things happen:
1) Machine power increases so rapidly that the state-of-the-art makes three year old games look horrible.
2) Things are great because they're not only enjoyable once, but enjoyable over and over again. Critics love reading Pride and Prejudice over and over, it's stood the test of time; the movie The Maltese Falcon is nearly as amazing the third time as the first. Heck, every time I watch the Back to the Future series, I catch new nuances in the writing.
Once you've played Myst, you've played Myst. One can only play so much Doom before one gets bored, or, if you're really into it and don't get tired of it, the Doom II or Duke Nukem or something else comes out.
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You're right in that the three examples I gave were done on trailing edge technology...but I must have miscommunicated my first point. What I meant to convey was that *all* games are done on the latest technology, which is quickly outmoded. Sorry for the miscommunication. I think we actually agree pretty well.
I don't think that the Myst series will be a "highbrow game"--I think that such things can't exist in a world where two things happen:
1) Machine power increases so rapidly that the state-of-the-art makes three year old games look horrible.
2) Things are great because they're not only enjoyable once, but enjoyable over and over again. Critics love reading Pride and Prejudice over and over, it's stood the test of time; the movie The Maltese Falcon is nearly as amazing the third time as the first. Heck, every time I watch the Back to the Future series, I catch new nuances in the writing.
Once you've played Myst, you've played Myst. One can only play so much Doom before one gets bored, or, if you're really into it and don't get tired of it, the Doom II or Duke Nukem or something else comes out.