Comments: 0 (Go to Comments)
Categories: Commentary
Tags:
Huh, I just dug up this entry I wrote in my Diaryland journal back in 2002. At the time I was hoping PCs would learn something from consoles, not vice versa.
Aren’t Computer Games supposed to be fun?
I think I found a solution to a game crash some friends of mine have been having, but I still can’t find an online walkthrough for my most recent purchase Myth III: Wolf Age. I love the first two games in the franchise, but this one seems lacking. First off, it’s by a different developer which seems to have alienated the fan base. Secondly, I had to download the patch and update my drivers to get the game to run. Now, I’m getting my ass kicked and am barely into the game. They’ve also decided to replace the hand-drawn animated cutscenes with low quality Quicktime movies. Hopefully, it will improve.
It seems like this is a standard problem in computer gaming. Developers constantly push back release times (weeks become months become years) and then release a buggy game that will crash your system if you attempt to play it before a patch is released.
No wonder people are moving towards platform games. Developers find the standardized systems much easier to program for (versus the myriad combinations of hardware and software on pc’s). Also, you can buy any PlayStation 2 game and know it’ll run on your PlayStation 2. Personally, while I feel that pc gaming is superior to platform gaming, platform gaming will eclipse the pc. Cause, darn it, it ain’t fun anymore.