User:RevelationOrange/generalgaming

Hi.

I've been gaming for a while. I started out on the NES, mostly with Super Mario Bros. 3.

In general, the only games I don't like are racing games, sports games, and fighting games. There are some exceptions to each, but given a random game from those genres, chances are I won't like it. I suck at first person shooters, but they can still be fun for me. I don't think I have a favorite genre anymore, I play quite a bit of different stuff all the time.

Favorite games of all time? Uhh.... no. I think I'll do that by genre.

I think that gaming has become too graphics oriented. And it's hurting the games, which is not good. Games are focusing too much on high resolution graphics, and not enough on graphical design and gameplay, both of which are vastly more important. For example, Halo compared to Metroid Prime. Prime is technically more of an adventure game, but it has a solid fps element to it. Halo is, by pretty much every account, an average fps. It doesn't suck horribly, but it doesn't stand out in any way. It is shiny. That's about it. And incredibly overrated. Metroid Prime on the other hand is very high quality. Great design, excellent gameplay, mediocre graphics, but there are very few games with more awesome scenery and immersive environments. What that game did with very little graphical power was astounding. This proves that you can make fantastic games without focus much on graphical power. Graphic design (i.e. creating environments, monster design, etc.) is still not as important as gameplay, but it can have a more profound effect on a game. I have yet to find a game with better environments than the first Metroid Prime.

Other thoughts will be added as they come along.