24th June 2005, 9:01 PM
I'm not sure I agree. I've played plenty of games that are just as fun as I remember games being from the past, but then again I've made sure my naustalgia isn't TOO great an influence when reforming old memories...
But anyway yeah, of course new games are derivative. It's called evolution, so long as it does evolve. Nintendo is all about "brand new cutting edge design" these days, but what did we get? Things that already exist but I guess Japan doesn't know it yet so Nintendo feels okay with pretending it's original. By that I mean Nintendogs, dog.
Movies, books, music it's all derivative of previous works. In the end, it's only about making it unique enough that the viewer/reader/listener/player doesn't realize at first glance that this is just an evolution of this or a combination of those or a focus on a single aspect of that.
I'm okay with that though.
But anyway yeah, of course new games are derivative. It's called evolution, so long as it does evolve. Nintendo is all about "brand new cutting edge design" these days, but what did we get? Things that already exist but I guess Japan doesn't know it yet so Nintendo feels okay with pretending it's original. By that I mean Nintendogs, dog.
Movies, books, music it's all derivative of previous works. In the end, it's only about making it unique enough that the viewer/reader/listener/player doesn't realize at first glance that this is just an evolution of this or a combination of those or a focus on a single aspect of that.
I'm okay with that though.
"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)