ask Lord of the Mark - about games

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
For more peaceful interests, actually relating more directly to faith, theres an indy adventure game called shiva, that sounds interesting, but I havent played it.

That does indeed sound interesting

[bipolarbear]

1: Warez da ROMZ at?

2: Why did you like Psychonauts?

3: Do you think sports games will evolve to being more based on downloading updated rosters via XBOX Live and related services, instead of releasing the same game every year with minor changes?

4: How do you think Microsoft's "Surface" might effect gaming?

5: Why isn't there enough interest to generate games which offer a multi player mix in which one or two player takes on the role of an RTS god, and everyone else assumes an F or TPS role?

6: Why do people make, and buy, Game Video Games (i.e. Monopoly, MtG, Jew Gi Ooh, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune etc.)

7: Is Rez really as good as it's supposed to be?

8: Was AOE 3 any significant improvement over AOE 2? B/c AOE 2 had LOTS of replay value.

9: What are some 360 must haves?

10: Are there any good non-fantasy non-sci fi MMORPGs?

[Cyclotron]

Talk to me about the Myst series. Which was your favorite, and why? What do you think about the evolution of puzzles from Myst to Riven, and the interface changes after Riven (full 360 degree vision, primarily)? Is there a future for the photorealistic, non-combat, puzzle-solving exploration game? What about games that added some action to that basic genre (I'm thinking Journeyman Project here)? How do you see the genre developing - or dying off? Or is it dead already?

[Nikolai]

What adventure game is your favourite?

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Cyclotron
Talk to me about the Myst series. Which was your favorite, and why? What do you think about the evolution of puzzles from Myst to Riven, and the interface changes after Riven (full 360 degree vision, primarily)? Is there a future for the photorealistic, non-combat, puzzle-solving exploration game? What about games that added some action to that basic genre (I'm thinking Journeyman Project here)? How do you see the genre developing - or dying off? Or is it dead already?

Only Myst type game i played was the original myst, and I dropped it without getting very far. Something about it just didnt click with me.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Nikolai
What adventure game is your favourite?

Not, Myst. Other than that Ive started MI4, and played two text adventures, one of the Zorks, and Colossal Cave.

I'll say Monkey Island.

[LordShiva]

What about Shiva?

[Asher]

Which game is most jewish?

[Gamecube64]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Adventures

Though made by Christians, it has a high content of Jewry.

[Asher]

The correct answer is Jewish Fact Attack.

[bipolarbear]

I'm sure someone has made a dreidel video game.

[Zero]

Originally posted by bipolarbear
1: Warez da ROMZ at?

2: Why did you like Psychonauts?

3: Do you think sports games will evolve to being more based on downloading updated rosters via XBOX Live and related services, instead of releasing the same game every year with minor changes?

4: How do you think Microsoft's "Surface" might effect gaming?

5: Why isn't there enough interest to generate games which offer a multi player mix in which one or two player takes on the role of an RTS god, and everyone else assumes an F or TPS role?

6: Why do people make, and buy, Game Video Games (i.e. Monopoly, MtG, Jew Gi Ooh, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune etc.)

7: Is Rez really as good as it's supposed to be?

8: Was AOE 3 any significant improvement over AOE 2? B/c AOE 2 had LOTS of replay value.

9: What are some 360 must haves?

10: Are there any good non-fantasy non-sci fi MMORPGs?

1. hit the eject button to open up ur dvd/cd romz

3. I think those re-releases with updates will be in style again with episodic games like half life 2. Making games much cheaper but releasing contents and tweaks little by little.

But yes, as of now, i think patching will be the key here. Thats the biggest reason why fighting games suffered.... lack of patching...

5. actually theres a FPS game coming out (forgot name) thats doing that. And also the new MP FPSes like Battlefield series are much like that with commander in a sense being the RTS player. Its still quite new, but developers will get to that point...

6. Lot less arguing. When we played monopoly games with real money... we used to have fist fights over technicalities of the rules...

10. There are some. But I cant recall on top of my head. and i dont play MMORPGs.

[El_Cid]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
ask anything, as long as its relevant to games and gaming.

1)Why are most console games unable to maintain a longterm interest?

2)Why do i feel dumb after playing most console games?

3)Why has console gaming started to dumb down PC gaming?

4)Will we ever see the likes of Xcom, Planetscape, Elite, Fallout, Pirates, EU2, Masters of Magic, Betrayal at Krondor, Darklands again? Or has the "consolification" of gaming doomed us to a future of turgid but sexy looking games?

[Ecthy]

A bit outdated, but what is Imperialism 2 like?

[Zero]

Originally posted by El_Cid


1)Why are most console games unable to maintain a longterm interest?

2)Why do i feel dumb after playing most console games?

3)Why has console gaming started to dumb down PC gaming?

1-3) Theres more dumb console games because console has been the larger part of the gaming industry. More people know who mario is over what zerg or a night elf rogue is... despite the rediculously huge popularity of those PC games.

PC and console have dumbed down on its won in their own way IMO. As number of gamers grow, theres been dumbing down of learning curve and challenges. PC games generally accomplish this by playing down competition over coop, and focusing on the mindlessly numbing repetitive play for accumculating stuff.

Consoles on the other hand, have traditionally been having not so good online play, so the focus shifted to single player with story plots. Since even the best "story plot ever!!!" has limits to how replayable the game can be, they focus on mass releasing more. which is also to blame for more dumb consoles.