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 don