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Null · Local time: Dec 28, 2007, 12:29 AM

Agreed. Game developers have probably gone mad for complex graphics, as the current pieces of hardware are hungry and need to be fully exploited. This wouldn't be much of a problem for younger gamers and newcomers, who wouldn't have forcibly witnessed some absolutely gorgeous games. For those who actually did, the gaming field at its current state and evolution rate will never rollback to what it used to be.

For the gameplay part, I think people are tending to play for pleasure rather than to accomplish tough, and most likely annoying, challenges. I might be wrong, but this is the way new games look like to me anyways.

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Null · Local time: Dec 28, 2007, 01:37 AM

Originally Posted by Bernard Black

Bear in mind though, amazing graphics doesn't necessarily = shitty gameplay.

As for gameplay, even amazing graphics should be considered at a somehow "chronological" context. FF7's pixelated sprites would look crappy as hell compared to some new stuff, say FFX-2. However, FF7's graphics were among the most sophisticated when it was released, probably around 1997. My point is that old "rich" games were quite well-balanced, and therefore the graphics part was never that neglected.

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Null · Local time: Jan 1, 2008, 02:07 AM

Originally Posted by speculative

I didn't appreciate SotN because I didn't see the challenge in encountering enemies in hallways/corridors that were all basically the same.

I don't know if you've really beaten the game (by beating the game you should have cleared around 180%-226% of the map). I hope you didn't, it's better for you to be mistaken rather than to have such low considerations on such a masterpiece. Enemies aren't the same at all, and some bosses are damn challenging. Additionaly, CSotN has probably one of the most powerful melodies as being either a RPG or a simple game. Even if I had the same opinion, i would have -willingly- played the game for that unique reason.

Maybe you should have a look at this, it shall bring you to a less speculative conclusion.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.