I am not RTS genre fan, i don't dislike genre but never was a fan, probably because i am console gamer even if some games are better on PC. One of the games/genre that should be only played on PC are RTS games and oddly in last week a began playing Starcraft...for first time! Even if i was a gamer 10 years ago...probably bigger than now, that game never caught my interest even if there were always stories how awesome it is/was. So after watching some videos at gametrailers about StarCraft 2 i decided to go back and try this game, my PC can handle it(sarcasm) so why not?! Didn't expect much i thought "It is 10 year old game, i will try it for 5 minutes and uninstall it" . Well i was wrong! By todays standards not a looker of a game(lol) but man it is so fun (at least for me). I completed Terran single player mode, ending was little lame a little let down at how simple it was, but you know 10 years is a lot and probably back than it was cool. I am now starting with Zerg and one thing i have noticed about StarCraft is that it seems gameplay mechanics of all 3 races (still yet to try Prottos but i assume it same case with them) is very different. When i began with Zerg all that mutation "crap" confused me, you have to think in another way than you did with Terrans and i guess that is good, it gives variety to a game.
Anyways just wanted to let you guys know that yes it us possible to have hours of fan with 10 year old game....something i doubted not so long ago. But that is just my opinion.
With Microsoft’s long list of poor messaging and poor decisions this week, combined with rumors of behind-the-scenes problems with some of its top games, one frequent point that keeps coming up is how much weight has been thrown behind Xbox/PC/Ultimate Game Pass.
Well fancy that. A Forbes article with common sense.
Microsoft's only shot to get more gamers, being the devils advocate, is to go Mobile and free to play with ads to grow their fan base. With maybe a subscription to games like cod on Mobile to get more to buy in what they are offering.
But mobile isn't like consoles or PC at all. You can't charge huge amounts for games because that platform is used to cheap or free content. Can't go to Nintendo and Sony with game pass because they'(competitors) aren't stupid to destroy their own platforms with Microsoft's rental service. And PC gamers dabble with it but they're fine with Steam and other, similar offerings. Casuals are their target but do casuals really care because up to this point, they haven't.
They put themselves in a bind and I'm not sorry for them in the least. When you kill your own sales of hardware and software, you groom your base to not buy but to rent, and do everything you can but do what works for Nintendo and Sony in creating games that grow the industry, this is the results. Dead last.
Why was/is it so hard to just make great games and from that, EARN respect that would lead to an increase in consumers? Never made sense how stupid they are when they had the finances to compete and pretty much outdo Nintendo and Sony combined. They just chose greed and annual fees and lack of effort instead.
The gaming world is still reeling from the announcement that Microsoft is shuttering Tango Gameworks, the studio behind last year’s big Xbox hit, Hi-Fi Rush.
There's no logical or good reason to give for closing Tango Gameworks. They make great games consistently and Hi-Fi Rush was the highest rated Xbox game in literal YEARS. Closing the studio was just plain stupid and nonsensical.
EA has come under fire for making unexpected changes to its FC 24 Team of the Season unlocks.
Heck don't just limit it to ten
who still has fun with pacman? Elite?
great games are timeless games and always are worth playing
A great game is a great game and Starcraft, for me anyways, is the pinnacle of timeless classics. I did play the game when I was younger and it was awesome from what I could grasp about it. Time came and went and about two years ago when I was bored, I decide to have a flash back and WOW!!!. The game was still great and even more so for the simple fact that all the little gameplay differences that were over my head 10 years ago actually made the game better the second time around since I had a better understanding what I was doing.
So in short yes it is possible to have fun with a ten year old game, as long as the game is great. If you want to go for a more old school type of greatness Ms.Pac-Man is always a treat.
Great games last forever.
How many times I take out my SNES for a game of Super Mario RPG or even Topgear!!
Street fighter 2 is still good