The development of Game Industry

[xaero]

Let’s look at the best 90s games. The games that layed the foundation of how the video game must look like and what the player must do while playing.

Spoiler: 90s games

Here are the modern games of the same genres.

Spoiler: Modern games

What were changed except graphics? Of course these games have greater scales of action, improved physics, branchy storylines and many more features to attract a gamer. But nothing changed in the root, in the meaning of the gaming. As the society evolves games should be developed too but we have only games with the same aims to pursue as we had twenty years ago. To kill all the enemies, to drive faster, to be №1. Then after playing you shut down your computer and return to daily life. Beautiful picture watched but no useful knowledge received.

Prove me wrong or call me a middle aged grizzler who likes only games that were released in the days my youth, but I just want to dispute about the possibility of making real edutainment games today. Thoughts?

 

[Craig]

Let’s look at the best 90s games. The games that layed the foundation of how the video game must look like and what the player must do while playing.

Spoiler: 90s games

Here are the modern games of the same genres.

Spoiler: Modern games

What were changed except graphics? Of course these games have greater scales of action, improved physics, branchy storylines and many more features to attract a gamer. But nothing changed in the root, in the meaning of the gaming. As the society evolves games should be developed too but we have only games with the same aims to pursue as we had twenty years ago. To kill all the enemies, to drive faster, to be №1. Then after playing you shut down your computer and return to daily life. Beautiful picture watched but no useful knowledge received.

Prove me wrong or call me a middle aged grizzler who likes only games that were released in the days my youth, but I just want to dispute about the possibility of making real edutainment games today. Thoughts?

Games have always run the gamut from education(Go to The Head of The Class, Scrabble) to dominance (Chess, Checkers, Risk). I go back to board games to show that the gaming ideas you mention are far older than video.

So...I agree that little has changed other than more intense graphics and that has in turn sometimes hurt game play. The goal is to have fun or remove yourself from that day to day life you mention. The shooters and drivers are tension and relief games, don't expect to learn anything from them. They are amusements.