I miss just looking at the back of the box to decide which game to buy.

[Onyxmeth]

TRios_Zen said:

Onyxmeth said:

This seems like a stupid thing to miss. If you want to relive those days then stop subjecting yourself to the information available on the internet and through magazines. Just go to store, look at the boxes and pick out a game. People don't do this anymore because they care more about wasting money than getting pleasantly surprised once in a blue moon. No one here I think misses it enough to go back to doing it.

I'd disagree; there are plenty of reasons to look at videogame information on the web (upcoming release dates, new game announcements, etc.) that subjects you to reviews, impressions, etc.  I don't think it's reasonable to cut out the community and other features the internet offers just to try to avoid reviews.

That being said I *do* agree with the op...I remember playing games and enjoying them because I liked them, NOT because they had "motion blur", or "vertex shaders" or "emotion engines".  Did I pick some stinkers?  Sure, everyone did, but I'd bet there would be a LOT more fans of Haze and Too Human, if they hadn't been inundated with people telling them how bad those games were before they played them.

You're talking about having your cake and eating it too. However you didn't have online communities and websites updating 24/7 back when everyone was doing this. So cut out the net, and maybe just go back to reading magazines and skipping over the review sections.