18th May 2003, 11:01 PM
I'm very shallow, as are many here, and it seems I pick games on name recognition and it being "the talk of the town" more than any other aspect. I can't think of the last time I just perused the isles of a rental store (for when it comes to perusing, it's always a rental at first) looking for something interesting.
In fact, even as a kid I was starting to recognize companies. Once I found out how much Megaman rocked, I started renting all sorts of Capcom games like Little Nemo The Dream Master.
EM has a point. When that failed me during those days, I would just look for the games that looked the best, and of course only a catchy name and box art would be that which determined that. If I had the time, I might have read the back of each and every game in it's turn, but of course I was a kid, not the person who drove me there, so I didn't have the time. This also means that a good description on the back is also very important.
My mom used to get me as holiday gifts some random games, since at the time I never did really know what was "coming". It was hit or miss, but I don't think I ever would have played the amazing Crystalis if it wasn't for that random picking of games.
With such a massive number of games, the only way to pick them is in fact in very shallow manners. We as fans have stagnated, complaining about companies giving us MORE games (like those interesting looking new Capcom Zelda games) from genres we are obsessed with. We ought to do more. I think I may start up the old naustalgic thing where I just look through isles, like my first rental at a game store, and pick a game to play based purely on what looks cool. Nah... Actually, my littlest bro and sis are constantly renting games, constantly, using the same old methods. I've seen many of their rentals, and to be honest, it seems that we are the generation who did the weening out already. The best are already put in the glory spot. The only problem is the number of great games we may never play just because we don't rent any more...
In fact, even as a kid I was starting to recognize companies. Once I found out how much Megaman rocked, I started renting all sorts of Capcom games like Little Nemo The Dream Master.
EM has a point. When that failed me during those days, I would just look for the games that looked the best, and of course only a catchy name and box art would be that which determined that. If I had the time, I might have read the back of each and every game in it's turn, but of course I was a kid, not the person who drove me there, so I didn't have the time. This also means that a good description on the back is also very important.
My mom used to get me as holiday gifts some random games, since at the time I never did really know what was "coming". It was hit or miss, but I don't think I ever would have played the amazing Crystalis if it wasn't for that random picking of games.
With such a massive number of games, the only way to pick them is in fact in very shallow manners. We as fans have stagnated, complaining about companies giving us MORE games (like those interesting looking new Capcom Zelda games) from genres we are obsessed with. We ought to do more. I think I may start up the old naustalgic thing where I just look through isles, like my first rental at a game store, and pick a game to play based purely on what looks cool. Nah... Actually, my littlest bro and sis are constantly renting games, constantly, using the same old methods. I've seen many of their rentals, and to be honest, it seems that we are the generation who did the weening out already. The best are already put in the glory spot. The only problem is the number of great games we may never play just because we don't rent any more...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)