Gamespy Finals: Mario Vs. Halflife

[Imran Siddiqui]

IN 30 years, will Half-Life still be considered a great game?

Yes, of course. Is Doom still considered a great game? You don't think it will be in another 20 years?

[GePap]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

Yes, of course. Is Doom still considered a great game? You don't think it will be in another 20 years?

I don't think HL will have the same legs as Doom-and I don;t think Doom will have much legs much longer.

[joncha]

Mario is losing by 1000 votes.

[joncha]

Dang. The link didn't want to work.

[Kuciwalker]

nooooooo!

[Imran Siddiqui]

I don;t think Doom will have much legs much longer.

You are on dope.

[GePap]

Now we see the degrading minds of DOOM supporters.

Sure, people have fond memories of DOOM,. but are there updated versionws of it? The core constituency of DOOM is moving on (to things like HL). SMB3 will truck on further. HL has even less personality. Great engine and great multiplayer, but the game itself?

[Verto]

DOOM was just a shell around the FPS genre; after a year, it was replaced, most recently by the Halo craze.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by GePap
Sure, people have fond memories of DOOM,. but are there updated versionws of it?

Yes. Doom 3 is in the works.

[GePap]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Yes. Doom 3 is in the works.

DOOM 3 will be a new game-when I mean updated version, I mean making it possible to play the very DOOM on new systems-though DOOM being a computer game it is not AS bad as with a console game.

[Solver]

Now we see the degrading minds of DOOM supporters.

Sure, people have fond memories of DOOM,. but are there updated versionws of it? The core constituency of DOOM is moving on (to things like HL). SMB3 will truck on further. HL has even less personality. Great engine and great multiplayer, but the game itself?

Many will agree that no FPS since Doom really has quite the atmosphere and charm, with the possible exception of HL.

SMB definitely has personality, and some cute charm to it. However, the reason I dislike it is the gameplay, which remains the primary thing - and those walk-around-scrolling screen, no-save, eat-mushrooms, stomp-turtles games were never my thing.

[GePap]

I owned both, and FPS are not my thing either, which is why I am partial to SMB3 personally.

But beyond that, SMB3 was the first Megahit for any videogame- I mean, it is the game that made people think that maybe this whole videogame thing was more than child's play, the real money was involved. While I am sure many gamers remeber DOOM! fondly, in terms of significance to the video game world, it is small compared. Plus, I think the FPS format is one in which technology quickly makes old versions lose much of their appeal, while SMB3 is closer to Tetris, the sort of game that is so basic, you can;t in many ways improve....yet not so basic as to be pong.

[General Ludd]

http://mo-mus.com/mario.wmv

[Dr Strangelove]

So Mario beat out Doom? That's strange, yesterday Doom was still in the lead.

Mario did not convince people that video games were more than kids toys. Mario convinced people that the console game industry was here to stay and that appealing to children was the wave of the future.

[joncha]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
So Mario beat out Doom? That's strange, yesterday Doom was still in the lead.

Yes. By 2 votes.