Showing posts with label Graphics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Graphics. Show all posts

Friday, January 21, 2011

Evolution of Gaming : Graphics vs Gameplay

If you are old enough to remember the early days of computer gaming you know there were a lot of great games that were fun because of the exceptional gameplay and not just the graphics. Gaming started to become a little more popular in the 90s once people started buying computers. In the early 90s games like Maniac Mansion, X-com 1, and Civilization were extremely hot because of their addictive unique gameplay. Today gaming is mainstream and marketed towards a mass audience. In order to market to everyone, many games these days focus on the graphics and special effects rather than unique gameplay. You see many games that seem to be carbon copies of each other with slightly different twists.

These days, a lot of games try to be as realistic as possible and have the most textures and polygons jammed in to wow your eyes. In order to market to everyone, many games these days focus on the graphics and special effects rather than unique gameplay. Although there is nothing wrong with a game with beautiful graphics, once the novelty of the graphics runs out, the gameplay is what keeps you playing. You see many games that seem to be carbon copies of each other with slightly different twists. There are a few games like Halo 2 where the developers obviously spent a lot of time fine tuning to make sure the gameplay was as enjoyable as possible. With Halo 2, the two things that give it an edge in my opinion is the fact that the movement of players is slower than most games and the weapons are highly balanced. Also, rather than throwing tons of multiplayer maps at the player, the developers focused on making a limited number of quality maps.

Freeware games are an option for people on a small budget who value gameplay over graphics. A freeware game is simply a game that is completely free with no fees attached. Freeware developers usually do not have the million dollar 3d engines, racing games to their retail games, the games more fun without all the bells and whistles. These developers make games simply for the love that makes them, sometimes they come with some high quality games and unique that is worth a look. Especially because these games are completely free. These games cover all categories of retail gamesfrom Massively Multiplayer to 3d First Person Shooter. Some companies also release production quality games as freeware because they decide not to put the game into production or as promotion.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Evolution of the game: Graphics vs Gameplay

If you know you are old enough to remember the early days of computer games has a lot of great games not fun because of the exceptional gameplay and graphics simple. Gaming started running a little 'buy most popular in the 90s once the computer people. In the early 90s games like Maniac Mansion, X-COM 1 and Civilization were extremely hot because of its unique gameplay addiction. Today, traditional games and marketing to a mass marketAudience. The market for everyone, many games these days focus on graphics and special effects rather than unique gameplay. You see many games that seems to be different turns carbon copies of each other easily.

These days, many games try to be as realistic as possible and eyes have the most textures and polygons jammed wow your order. The market for everyone, many games these days focus on graphics and special effectsrather than unique gameplay. While there is nothing wrong in a game with beautiful graphics, once the novelty runs the graphics, the gameplay is what keeps you playing. You see many games that seems to be different turns carbon copies of each other easily. There are some games like Halo 2, where developers obviously spent a lot of time fine-tuning to make sure that the gameplay was as pleasant as possible. With Halo 2, the two things that givethere is an advantage, in my view, is the fact that the movement of weapons player is slower than many games and are very balanced. Furthermore, instead of throwing tons of multiplayer maps for players that the developers concentrated on a limited number of quality paper.

freeware games are a chance for the people on a budget, the value of gameplay over graphics. A freeware game is simply a game that is fixed for free, no fees. Freeware developersusually do not have the millions of dollars as 3D games, their engines running so that the games are as much fun as retail games without all the bells and whistles. These developers make games only love that makes them sometimes come with some high quality games and unique that is worth a look. Especially considering that these games are completely free. These games cover all categories of retail gamesof massively multiplayer first-person shooter in 3D. Some companies have also announced production quality games as freeware because they decide not to imperil the production or promotion.