Ari_Gold on 11 January 2009
| rocketpig said: Gaming for 20-21 years? Pussy. I'm nearing 30 years of gaming. While I appreciate your sentiment, not all of us suffer from old man's hands like you apparently do. I definitely don't have the reflexes of my 19 year old drunk spaz self from back in the day, but I can pick up almost any shooter and still hold my own. I don't need to win every round to feel like a man. With age, I've learned that it's more fun to just play the game and do well than it is to be ultra-competitive. I still enjoy a hard-fought match of Gears... Maybe not as much as my 8 hours a day CS marathons from 10 years ago, but I still find it fun in small doses. Frankly, as this generation matures, I find myself less and less interested in Nintendo. I absolutely adore Mario Kart but that's not a casual game. Just play someone who's good... I also love their classic franchises but after watching them turn their back on gamers like me in 2008, Nintendo has abandoned players like me. I love SMG, I love TP, I love MK Wii, but what have they done for me in the past 10 months? NOTHING. I don't care what anyone says, I remain convinced that Myamoto jumped the shark with Wii Music. I hated Wii Fit, but at least I could see potential in that game. Wii Music is an instrument emulator for the mentally challenged. It's terrible. I hate it with every fibre of my being. Even my 8 year old niece thought it was stupid after she came off 2 hours of playing drums in Rock Band. That's a pretty bad indication of where Nintendo is going with this "casual" bullshit. Anyway, to end it, I love the Wii and I love its potential. What I hate is Nintendo and its fascination with removing any sort of challenge from most of their games. That's not fun, that's just stupid. You're catering to a group of individuals who never liked gaming, view it as a fad, and might stop playing at any moment. While I think it's important to nurture these people and keep them gaming, dropping virtually all support for your core base in favor of these people is a bad idea. It may benefit Ninty in the short run but in the long run, they're really pissing off old gamers such as myself. |
I feel the same way, good thing we still have the HD consoles to feed us some games. Just don't forget Madworld, it should be good.
