Does the internet is spoiling the fun out of every game ?

robberer

robberer
Disclaimer: I'm not english by native so forgive any grammar or spelling issues within my question posting.

Does the internet is spoiling the fun out of every game (or in this case, ED) ?

Back in my days of youth I read about a game in a magazin or it was recommend by a friend. So I decided to buy (or to pirate copy the game from a friend (yes, that was the usual way to distribute games in the old GDR back in the 90's(for Amiga, we had the hardware but there was no market for the software))) and then, I or we, had a lot of fun just due the fact that only our clique was able to distribute any hints we discovered. That was a lot of fun and I played games to death despite their silliness.

Nowadays, you can read/view many previews (the more "advanced" magazin), you discover a forum for the game where every single bit is discussed until death and everyone knows about all the tricks you can use. You do not even need a Trainer/Cheat/HexEditor to beat games nowadays, just read two pages of topics and you are set up.

Even if you resist to join the games forum you realize that the games mechanic is changing all the time and I have to do a lookup what happened to the game I bought and even if I bought a plain singleplayer game it is changing it's mechanic all the time. Why ? Because of Forums ?

Can anyone feel the same or asks himself the same questions ?
 
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OrLoK

OrLoK
Hello there

Im glad the internet is here.

Its stopped me buying so many expensive but flawed games unlike the old days where you had to guess most of the time.

You dont have to read forums if you dont want to :)

Gaming *has* changed over the years and not always for the better but id rather be gaming now than back then.

I *do* miss the chunky manuals though!

Rdgs

LoK
 

Hurricane Moon

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i miss the good old days of the 80s and 90s gaming...magazines with free demos...no online multiplayer..meaning games actually were fleshed out.
and yes borrowing a mates speccy,commodore,amstrad,atari,acorn game and copying it was the norm.....a time when the games industry was about the love of gaming..
and not the love of fat cat money men in suits...(alan sugar excluded lol)

the magic has long gone from gaming,even though i still love gaming,its not progressed as far as i imagined it would have ...

id love to go back to the golden age of home computing...there was none of these online forums back then to whine at the devs.

the only thing the internet has changed is this......its stopped me borrowing my mates game and copying it.....now i borrow the internets.
 
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Katkon

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Agreed. The key, though, is that you can avoid the forum and/or ignore hints/tips if you want to. For example, I was aware of rares trading early on, but didn't participate as I want to take my time and not take advantage of what I considered to be exploits or easy money making schemes.
 

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Katkon said:
Agreed. The key, though, is that you can avoid the forum and/or ignore hints/tips if you want to. For example, I was aware of rares trading early on, but didn't participate as I want to take my time and not take advantage of what I considered to be exploits or easy money making schemes.
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Completely agree, I have avoided the easy money glitches that were later adjusted, although every now and then I kick myself for it ... doh.
 

robberer

robberer
OrLoK said:
Hello there

Im glad the internet is here.

Its stopped me buying so many expensive but flawed games unlike the old days where you had to guess most of the time.

You dont have to read forums if you dont want to :)

Gaming *has* changed over the years and not always for the better but id rather be gaming now than back then.

I *do* miss the chunky manuals though!

Rdgs

LoK
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When I thought about your reply I was thinking, YES the manuals, even if they were plain copies. Everything stated in the manual was true. Why ? Because the game didn't changed his mind. (I liked the copy protection of Pizza Connection). The developers gave me a game. I've played their game. That was the challenge, back in my days, under my hood.

I have bought a hardcover version of the "DCS Blackshark" manual, but guess, it's outdated in some parts nowadays.
 

Stigbob

Stigbob
It's like pretty much everything some good, some bad depends on the individual.

Nowadays it's easier to identify and avoid the heavily marketed generic rubbish thanks to multiple reviews and youtube. But you do have to watch out for spoilers and you can ruin your own game by finding then having to resist easy exploits.

Personally I prefer it now, patch's are easier to find (although this has resulted in a massive drop in quality at the point of release for all games). But the real winner for me is mod's. I've spent more time on modded games than vanilla.

I do miss PC Zone magazine though especially when Charlie Brooker was writing for them.
 

Olmis Aremja

Olmis Aremja
I do miss the good old days when I'd usually buy a game based on a magazine review only, such as Powermonger. Then get the game home excitedly, read the manual, then play without ever having seen anything but a few still pictures of the gameplay. That magic has somewhat been taken away by the internet as you can basically watch whole play-throughs, or even if you just watch a video review it still takes away some of that initial magic we used to feel when having seen nothing. Saying that, it was seeing some beta gameplay of Elite Dangerous on Youtube that made my mind up to get the Prem Beta, and I'm glad I did. I now try not to watch too much footage of games, hell I don't even watch movie trailers anymore cause of spoilers. It's all about discipline really, but some people can't resist. As for forums, I think again, they are great if used correctly.
 

V3teran

V3teran
Hurricane Moon said:
id love to go back to the golden age of home computing...there was none of these online forums back then to whine at the devs.
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True but there was whining and moaning in the letters section of magazines if you remember, especially in the PBM (play by mail) section of Zzap 64. What devs did back then and got away with would not be allowed to get away with today.
 
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V3teran

V3teran
Hurricane Moon said:
Zzap 64...lol fond memories...i was more a your sinclair and sinclair user guy...followed by Crash.....anyone remember Kamikaze Bear?
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I had a Speccy before C64 so yes i has those magazines and Still have them to this day. Yeah i remember kamikaze bear, game was a clone of Pengo from Arcade, i actually hacked the game way back and was able to change levels on the fly by using Break and then editing the randomize line in basic code (T), then just set your level. Pretty impressive in-front of my younger brothers considering i was like 11 years old :)

From what i remember kamakaze bear was given away free on YS magazine. (yeah i have the memory of an elephant) I still have the magazine and tape somewhere in the attic from around 1987.
 
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