Posted By: mszv
Problems playing older games - not for technical reasons! - 11/16/02 08:03 PM
Hi all,
Well, it's finally happened. I just got done playing an older game, Mopheus. I liked the game a lot. I even enjoyed the interface, and how you could zip along from place to place. I realize this was due to older limitations, but I enjoyed not having to walk over every inch of my territory (like Kate Walker in Syberia) because I needed to look at something.
One thing started to bug me, and it's never happened before. Morpheus was described as a beautiful game, when it first came out. Many of the scenes still have a mysterious, evocative quality, particularly the ship scenes. The game is nicely drawn. However, I found myself noticing that there wasn't enough detail in those images. I kept hoping for the game company to re-release the game, using new technology (I know, no market, and the company is out of business anyway). This has never happened to me before, even though I am overly aware of how a game looks, it's supremely important to me. I'am also in the middle of Sanitarium; I play it when I travel. Sanitarium is an older game, and how it looks doesn't bother me. I still love how Myst looks. Maybe it's because I played Morpheus with the full screen option on my laptop. When I played it "small screen" it was so small I couldn't see anything!
Has this happened to anyone else? Are elements of older games starting to bother you. I'm not talking about technology, getting the games to play. I'm talking about playing the games.
I know that some of you may laugh when I describe Morpheus as an "older game". I've newish (4 or 5 years) to adventure games.
What do you think?
Well, it's finally happened. I just got done playing an older game, Mopheus. I liked the game a lot. I even enjoyed the interface, and how you could zip along from place to place. I realize this was due to older limitations, but I enjoyed not having to walk over every inch of my territory (like Kate Walker in Syberia) because I needed to look at something.
One thing started to bug me, and it's never happened before. Morpheus was described as a beautiful game, when it first came out. Many of the scenes still have a mysterious, evocative quality, particularly the ship scenes. The game is nicely drawn. However, I found myself noticing that there wasn't enough detail in those images. I kept hoping for the game company to re-release the game, using new technology (I know, no market, and the company is out of business anyway). This has never happened to me before, even though I am overly aware of how a game looks, it's supremely important to me. I'am also in the middle of Sanitarium; I play it when I travel. Sanitarium is an older game, and how it looks doesn't bother me. I still love how Myst looks. Maybe it's because I played Morpheus with the full screen option on my laptop. When I played it "small screen" it was so small I couldn't see anything!
Has this happened to anyone else? Are elements of older games starting to bother you. I'm not talking about technology, getting the games to play. I'm talking about playing the games.
I know that some of you may laugh when I describe Morpheus as an "older game". I've newish (4 or 5 years) to adventure games.
What do you think?