The Importance of Being Old School

I take pride on being a bit of an old-school gamer, having grown up from the 8-bit era of video games. These days when story and graphics matter more than gameplay it's scary to think how video game have envolved. A close friend often lament to me how he will never play a game without any story and it's exactly these guys why games like Heavy Rain came about. I will probably never buy Heavy Rain because the game is lacking the one most defining aspect of a game; the gameplay and I refused to campaign such a game.

As I await for my copy of Vanquish I begin to wonder how much punishment is in-store. It's going to be one of the those games which I hopelessly can't master but yet can't resist coming back for more. Somehow it's always the most frustrating game which you will eventually find the greatest satisfaction in, wouldn't you agree?

Right in The Middle

Being at my age, i have been gaming for a long time you know though i like to think of myself as not quite an old school gamer neither a new age one for that matter. Somewhere in the middle is where i stand that is while i appreciate what the evolution of gaming has brought to this generation, i still firmly believe that gameplay is the purest and most important aspect of a quality game. Now i have friends were grew up around the same time as i did but they certainly don't share the same sentiments as i do. These are what i would termed as new age gamers who sometime think that gaming only began in the 32-bit era with the first Playstation and 'would never play a game without any story'.

I guess you can probably guess i was talking about Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain, a game that is not quite a game neither is it a movie. Let me just made it clear that i liked Fahrenheit a lot though it could probably do without all that supernatural nonsense at the end. Some of my new age gamer friends are really looking forward to Heavy Rain and while i do share some of that enthusiasm, will playing and ultimately liking it betray my old school roots?

Well i guess none of that matters when there are naked flesh and french love scenes on the menu.