| Kyuu said: The internet news and all the hype absolutely have negative effects on my gaming experience. Not sure what is it that keeps pulling me into checking news and reviews before buying a new game these days.. Perhaps because I don't want to waste much time "discovering" so to speak. As when you grow up, entertainment ceases from being "your world" In my early teenage days I used to go out looking for games without using the internet or gaming magazines at all. Gaming was so rewarding back then. I bought Shadow of the Colossus just because I thought the cover art was cool and it had a Sony Logo on it. I saw Resident Evil 3 right in front of me without knowing it was even announced! Good times! |
Those were the days, walking into a store, browsing the shelves and a new NFS is out, great! I've bought plenty of games on box art alone too, or just because it said cloth map included inside (boxed pc games were always fun) I didn't know anything about Final fantasy or Zelda when I gave FF7 and OOT a try. Baldur's gate, Dungeon keeper cool box.
PS+ now provides that discovery experience. Knytt undergound, never heard of it, total surprise how much fun it was. Indie games are pretty fun like that anyway, usually all I know about them is from scanning half a review, buy it and play it the same day, for example Closure, Anti chamber, Fract OSC. That pleasant surprise is something AAA games can't deliver anymore. At least not when you frequent gaming sites, no matter how careful you are.
