Guys (and gals) when you first mention an acronym for a game (eg- PoP), could you please define what the acronym stands for so that when you abbreviate the name of the game afterwards we'll know what game you're referring to? You only have to tell us what it means ONCE, then you can abbreviate the name of the game when you refer to it thereafter. Thanks.
VP said:
VP, be nice, m'kay? Not all of us know what these abbreviations mean. BTW (you ALL know what THAT means, right?), I have Prince of Persia for Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES), but I've never gone through it all the way.
Finn said:
Another factor that fascinates me in video games is <i>story</i>. Some players find themselves annoyed every time a gaming secquence is cut short by a cutscene, but I'm one of them who enjoys 'em.
I completely agree, Finn. I LOVE a good cutscene. I like the idea of feeling like I'm playing a movie, and I love a good video game story. I mean, sure there's time where you just want to blast the living daylights out of everything in a game, but that's more of an arcade-style setup. I enjoy those, too. But there are times when you want MORE from a game than just a straight shoot-'em-up. You want to feel like you're intimately involved in some great story that you play a key part in. When you finally get a game like that done, it's really satisfying. I personally love the cutscenes in Emperor's Tomb. As a matter of fact, I think the future of gaming will actually BE playing a character IN A MOVIE. Think of the "holodeck" in the Star Trek: Next Generation TV series and that's exactly what I think it'll look like. Heck, one day we'll be able to actually walk into a virtual, 3-D "Raven" and be Indiana Jones, playing out the scene with Marion, Toht and his baddies! There could even be alternate endings. I think people (really RICH people at first) will have a "holoroom" in their house that will do all this. To me, that would be the ULTIMATE.