HappySqurriel on 10 August 2008
| horriblebastard said: Brilliance is mirrored in success, not in elitist opinion. There is no such thing as "too brilliant for the common man to grasp", only "too pretentious to admit failure". And true genius is not being able to find answers to the problems, it's being able to express those answers in a way that makes sense to everybody else. This is why games like Pong and Super Mario Bros stand head and shoulders above games like GTA4 and Halo 3. They did not try to tackle all of the problems, they just tried to tackle a few and make the solution accessible to everybody. Games have advanced way beyond the days of Pong, even if somehow you have managed to remain trapped in Pongville. I want more of a challenge than standing there swinging a Wii Remote to hit a tennis ball, especially when the skill level has been dumbed down to the point where I can sit on my sofa flicking my wrist and beat the computer player every time. Great for the kids. Not so good for me. Brilliance is not always mirrored in success and not everything that is successful is brilliant. |
Geometry Wars is not that much different (or advanced) from most mid-80s arcade shooters and yet it still receives scores in the 80s and 90s from most reviewers ... In general, good gameplay is good regardless of the decade you play a game in.
