What in gaming just disappeared or died over the years that you didn't like?

It could be anything. You don't like the fact that there aren't as many point and click adventures anymore. You don't like the fact that games are shorter nowadays. You don't like the fact that Nintendo is no longer dominating the handheld market.

Personally, I don't like how FPSs don't have health meters anymore. They just sort of... disappeared. Now you can just sit in a corner for five seconds, and BOOM! You are fully healed. In games like Red Steel, this made things extremely easy, especially when you have games with dumb AI.

Is Project Origin taking this path, or will it have what FEAR had with its health meter?

Anyway, what say you?

Nintendo is sort of dominating the handheld market.yellowandmushy

Pwning Sony, but this is the first time in history, I think, that another handheld that isn't created by Nintendo, has done well. PSP is getting owned by the DS, but there's still some competition.

I really dont miss anything. I think everything is better now. We have more originality, more complexity, and I think... more fun.

But I guess I do miss the first time I played Metroid Prime for the GC. In my opinion, the greatest game ever made.

good platformers.Haziqonfire

good platformers died?

Super Mario Galaxy says hi. :D

Split-screen.

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]good platformers.x_SuperMario_x

good platformers died?

Super Mario Galaxy says hi. :D

I miss when a thing called hype didn't dictate how good a game was and also how the gaming media didn't play such a ridiculous role in it. Fanboys didn't bicker over scores just to prove to the other that their purchase was justified.

I also miss having no load times, thats a big one for me. I also miss split-screen/local multiplayer which I believe is far superior than online is.

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[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]good platformers.Haziqonfire

good platformers died?

Super Mario Galaxy says hi. :D

yeah, i agree. good platformers are few and far between. but as long as Mario is around, platformers will never die. ;)

There hasnt been a single WRPG to hook me as much as Diablo II. I still play on the PC because I can go back to the old days, and meanwhile, play some of the new stuff. But I havent found a game to hook me on the PC as much as Diablo II did. I find many JRPGs in the consoles that hook me for hours, but I just can find WRPGs that do that on the PC. Most of the time, I finish them in less than 20 hours, and I feel almost no need to start with either a new class and character.

BTW, I still play Diablo II :D

PS3 or hopefully Sony as a whole. -GhostMLD-

You don't like Sony disappearing?

Adventure games of any sort, space sims, and excellent online twitch shooters the likes of which id software used to bust out.Zeliard9

[QUOTE="-GhostMLD-"]PS3 or hopefully Sony as a whole. Ragnarok1051

You don't like Sony disappearing?

but... i don't understand... sony isn't dissapearing.

in fact they are growing.

[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"]

[QUOTE="-GhostMLD-"]PS3 or hopefully Sony as a whole. Heydanbud92

You don't like Sony disappearing?

but... i don't understand... sony isn't dissapearing.

in fact they are growing.

it was just a fanboys flamebait.

The fact that the industry now mature, and thus innovation is very rare today. All games that I see today is some modification of the previous games (different story-line, different setting, same game mechanics)

There is one noticeable exception - SPORE. But back in 90s, there were lots of genre defining games, each year...

(I also do not count the "casual" games of Wii here, like Wii fit. This is not exactly gaming we are talking about here.)

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[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]good platformers.Haziqonfire

good platformers died?

Super Mario Galaxy says hi. :D

What about J&D?

The fact that the industry now mature, and thus innovation is very rare today. All games that I see today is some modification of the previous games (different story-line, different setting, same game mechanics)

There is one noticeable exception - SPORE. But back in 90s, there were lots of genre defining games, each year...

(I also do not count the "casual" games of Wii here, like Wii fit. This is not exactly gaming we are talking about here.)

MxM

The industry is NOT mature. An industry cannot mature in just twenty years. That we are seeing is the stagnation of a very small, limited niche. For gaming to mature, "casual" gaming will have to take over, because the "hardcore" market is too limited in scope to really explode.

Tactical shooters have completely disappeared. :(mjarantilla

Oh, but how can you say that when we have ultra tactical games like R6: Vegas knocking about? :roll:

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"]Tactical shooters have completely disappeared. :(jethrovegas

Oh, but how can you say that when we have ultra tactical games like R6: Vegas knocking about? :roll:

:cry:

Fun games????:?

I miss the hidden secret rumors that people would always make up. With the internet and FAQs, people can actually have a way to check if these secrets exist...but way back when you had to try it out for yourself.

An example would be getting Mew in Pokemon R/B...there were many different rumors about how to actually catch it (walkthroughs killed this).

...Consoles with cartridges (no loading times)

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[QUOTE="mjarantilla"]Tactical shooters have completely disappeared. :(mjarantilla

Oh, but how can you say that when we have ultra tactical games like R6: Vegas knocking about? :roll:

:cry:

Sometimes I think that I'm the only person in the world who remembers actually ****ing planning missions before they began in the original R6.

I imagine such a concept would probably hurt many a gamer's brain were it re-introduced today...

I miss games that are hard to master, you see alot of old shooters etc, easy to play hard to master.

New shooters are more easy less complex, you don't need to learn the recoil, guns, etc. they have become so that anyone can get a kill and own, kinda takes the fun out of it for me.

Bring back complex games.

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="jethrovegas"]

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"]Tactical shooters have completely disappeared. :(jethrovegas

Oh, but how can you say that when we have ultra tactical games like R6: Vegas knocking about? :roll:

:cry:

Sometimes I think that I'm the only person in the world who remembers actually ****ing planning missions before they began in the original R6.

I imagine such a concept would probably hurt many a gamer's brain were it re-introduced today...

My point exactly. Things have a slight "dumb down" feeling.

[QUOTE="MxM"]

The fact that the industry now mature, and thus innovation is very rare today. All games that I see today is some modification of the previous games (different story-line, different setting, same game mechanics)

There is one noticeable exception - SPORE. But back in 90s, there were lots of genre defining games, each year...

(I also do not count the "casual" games of Wii here, like Wii fit. This is not exactly gaming we are talking about here.)

mjarantilla

The industry is NOT mature. An industry cannot mature in just twenty years. That we are seeing is the stagnation of a very small, limited niche. For gaming to mature, "casual" gaming will have to take over, because the "hardcore" market is too limited in scope to really explode.

I consider "casual gaming" as different segment of the market. It may explode or not, it is just irrelevant for this discussion, because it is just not the real gaming that we are talking here (or not hardcore gaming if you will).

Good, strong original games like the Commodore 64 days.

I miss really good 2D games that aren't platformers

I miss 2D graphics where things were 'symbolic'. I love that art style

i miss the rpgs or yesteryear that had where you'd walk around on the world map. Like Final fantasy 4,5,6,,7,8,,9 and others i forgot. man those were the good old days

i also hate the wii and what its trying to do

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="MxM"]

The fact that the industry now mature, and thus innovation is very rare today. All games that I see today is some modification of the previous games (different story-line, different setting, same game mechanics)

There is one noticeable exception - SPORE. But back in 90s, there were lots of genre defining games, each year...

(I also do not count the "casual" games of Wii here, like Wii fit. This is not exactly gaming we are talking about here.)

MxM

The industry is NOT mature. An industry cannot mature in just twenty years. That we are seeing is the stagnation of a very small, limited niche. For gaming to mature, "casual" gaming will have to take over, because the "hardcore" market is too limited in scope to really explode.

I consider "casual gaming" as different segment of the market. It may explode or not, it is just irrelevant for this discussion, because it is just not the real gaming that we are talking here (or not hardcore gaming if you will).

Real games? Oh please. Just because a game is non-traditional doesn't mean it's not a game. Stuff like the touch gen games and wii series are still games. You'd have to have your head pretty far up your arse to not consider casual games "real".

Relevance of fighting games and rpgsEPaul