last week i tried to play half-life. it was an awkward and uncomfortable experience as i had two problems. one is that the visual area did not feel as smooth as my previous experiences. but the most uncomfortable thing was the movements of the character... it was really imprecise as if walking over ice. i was wondering if any of you guys who re-play older games experience similar things.
Ive voted no but I have sometimes felt that older games just werent as impressive second time around. But thats very very rare!
I recently installed DosBOX on my company laptop (not supposed to, naughty naughty) and downloaded shareware versions of DOOM for old times sake. Still managed to suck me in, much to my suprise.
Also I downloaded a shareware (unfortunately!) version of Death Rally. What a game! Unfortunately it only took me about 45minutes to fully upgrade the third car ... which is where the shareware ends. Cant find a full version to buy anywhere :(
Not at all, I play almost exclusively old games these days since modern games just aren't that good imo. Most of them I haven't even played before and yet they still manage to hold my interest.
It depends on what kind of "old games" that you are replaying. Alot of FPS, simulations (like aircraft/space-based) games doesn't age very well. Games that especially rely on "wowing" the players of its "amazing graphics" (for its day) are going to make you feel VERY awkward today. The only games that are evergreen are those that actually rely more on its gameplay and were actually design around that principle (gameplay OVER graphics). games like Starcraft, Diablo and perhaps Quake, games like Civilisation, X-Com (shameless promotion) Baldur's Gate series, even KOTOR 1, etc etc are still very playable. Its dated graphics might stun new and old gamers alike, but once you get the hang of its gameplay, you WILL look past all of that and realise how gameplay is still the most important thing in the end.
If only they'd all work. Anything using the infinity engine glitches on my nvidia 8800GT, System Shock 2 crashes as soon as the game starts, and neither Day of the Tentacle or Sam & Max will even get that far...
At lest there are decent emulators out there, what would I do without a bit of SNES every once in a while?
If only they'd all work. Anything using the infinity engine glitches on my nvidia 8800GT, System Shock 2 crashes as soon as the game starts, and neither Day of the Tentacle or Sam & Max will even get that far...
At lest there are decent emulators out there, what would I do without a bit of SNES every once in a while?
Brendan-Potshot
Have you tried using scummvm for Day of the tentacle and sam and max?
i still play the old Final Fantasy games. i downloaded a SNES rom (my SNES broke) and got a bunch of games that i used to play. Killer Instinct Final Fantasy 3/4 Chrono Trigger Donkey Kong were all great games even today they are still highly commended for being just great games.
If only they'd all work. Anything using the infinity engine glitches on my nvidia 8800GT, System Shock 2 crashes as soon as the game starts, and neither Day of the Tentacle or Sam & Max will even get that far...
At lest there are decent emulators out there, what would I do without a bit of SNES every once in a while?
darkhorse286
Have you tried using scummvm for Day of the tentacle and sam and max?
No I confess I haven't; I've only had the internet at home for the last couple of years and had already kinda given up on those two by then. I shall investigate.
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