Has Gaming Become Too Complicated And Intense?

I admit that gaming, nowadays, got more complicated yet much exciting than before. Some of the games I played (mostly first-person shooting games e.g. Modern Warfare) are more detailed when it comes to graphics and special effects. The story-line is also awesome. It's like being close to reality. Another game which I considered a competitive fun game is Grand Theft Auto. I've experience it all. From the first release of GTA until the latest. Honestly, I got addicted to it. I've never stop playing the game until I finish the story. It's pretty amazing you see. The gameplay contains a combination of action, adventure, driving, and occasional role-playing, stealth and racing elements which you will experience during the game. Yet, it has also gained its controversy for having violent themes. During the 90's, video games are actually not as consistent as compared to the games being played today. Before, you can only experience mostly 2D games. But, now you can clearly distinguish the small details which you can see during games. Thanks to our high technology today. They offered the people of the world especially those gamers like me a much more exciting life when it comes to gaming.

I found Space-Invadors quite addictive and then I noticed that it appeared in nearly every pub and people were booking their place to get on it! I decided that I would have to quit because I found it an incredible waste of time. People who had it in their home seemed to be ignoring family and friends too! I later got a Commodore Amiga with floppy disks, but not for gaming but for putting titles on our home videos which was much more enjoyable to me. I am pleased that I stopped myself getting to involved with computer gaming as now I have no interest in it whatsoever and don't feel hooked on anything in any way. _Derek

yeah gaming has become complicated and intense and with this they have become more fun. in complicated games you need to apply logic and brain and play which sharpens your brain and also it is fun. i love games with intense graphics because while playing them i fell as if i myself is playing it. the feeling is awesome.

I myself is a gamer, I grow up playing the Family Computer or the Nintendo Gaming System. By complicated you mean it is hard to play? Even before there are really games that is hard to play and there are games that can be played easily. I don't think games today is much more complicated than before. I think most if not all of the games now has a tutorial so if you think it is complicated you can always turn on the tutorial and it will help you as you play the games. Some games has the tutorial part of the game. In my experience of playing the first Warcraft, I admit I did not understand first but then as I play it longer I begin to understand and liked the game. It was the first time that I was introduced to a strategy game and I must say it was addicting. I started playing the Grand Theft Auto on its third series. I played it in my playstation2 and I was very amazed. It was one of my dream game, it was an open world. GTA is not really that hard to play since you can do anything as it is an open world game. And because of its success a lot of copy cat emerges but I think nothing can beat the GTA series. I think the intensity of the games is just because of the technology. Before you cannot really appreciate the game because of its graphics but it is because of the gameplay. The intensity of the game is slowly showing up as the graphics becomes better and better because of the improve technology. When I was playing Famicom/NES there were games that was about shooting, take for example the Contra, but you cannot feel the intensity of that game for the reason that visual and audio is not also that intense due to weak technology. Compare it with todays shooting games, say for example the Call of Duty series, you can really feel the intensity because of it's very good visual and audio, Graphics and audio is so good and surreal that you can always feel you are inside the game and thus you can always feel the intensity of the game.

The life is nothing without games. i am playing next generation blue ray HD games,i have playstation 3. Its a too wide business of developing games. i am true gamer myself and i am completing all games in all mode include very hard. As you describied i mario, sonic all games are funny and can't forget for lifetime. I have started my game journey with mario. because its easy and funny game.then i started playing games of SEGA and first game was Mortal Kombat then tiny toon, sonic etc. Then i come to world of No. 1 gaming experience Play station. An industry leader console company. And on these days i am playing High Defination games like god of war 3,dmc 4 etc. Really there is much part of games in our life.

Yeah gaming is an unhealthy habit and recently the amount of games being sold/played is skyrocketing. I mean the total U.S. sales in PC games in 2004 was $1.1 billion dollars (year) and the portable software sales in 2004 was $6.2 billion now i probably has rose like 30% higher. The problem is that recent games are much more addicting to some than any outside sport, since many kids don't like to sweat or exercise.

I agree with you about the game intensity. I never really got addicted to any game. My favorites had lots of colors, like Bejeweled and Tetris. I also played a spelling/typing game. All of that was when I was over forty.

well..in some ways it's better..but the controllers are what gets me. some have way too many buttons to get used to.something like the first nintendo square paddles had the best configuration,i thought. i am glad they have better save capacities tho.i hated the old atari system where you couldn't save the game at all.

I would suggest there are not many years between us because I have fond memories of playing those games you mention although I played them on an old Atari console. Gaming has certainly changed and where it was once the simple affair of jumping from platform to platform or shooting aliens the games now seem to take you off into new worlds where you have a series of missions to compete using different skills. I tried playing one of these new games a few years ago and gave up because it was just too complex and not fun. So give me pacman, space invaders and donkey kong any day of the weak over these new games.

Games have definitly come a long way and there are a lot of very intense and graphic games. I have always loved playing games but the "worlds" are vast and you can get caught up for hours and hours playing with some of them. I miss Mario Bros and Donkey Kong...they were awesome..lol

yeh yeh very too much, some gamer attach more time to their gamer life than to their real life. If you become angry or you scream because you have lost some xp then maybe you should stop this game and go take a walk(outside lol) Have a nice day

Mu two teenaged children are very much into playing Xbox and playstation. i have seen the games they play. Some of them are very graphic and detailed. I have a hard time following the plan of some of these games. Whatever happened to simpler games and pleasure? Welcome to the electronic age! I will leave the gaming to my kids!

YEs gaming has widen the scope and categories.If your want gaming is more relaxing there are free games online that is suited for you like pogo , facebook games and many more free online games. However, there is more intense games around which include fast reflex,gore,violent and intense thinking and adapting to the game AI. Even games like DInar dash,farm dash, and such still require thinking and timing. Yes i think kids nowsdays are brain trained early to counter this kind of games.This is the advantange ,

Well, the new games are for a specific clientel...the tipe that played such games for a long time...for example someone that played Prince of Persia 1 would definatly do good at 4...when a non gamer would do good at 1 but would suck at 4! Its all about the market!

I never got in to the video games and I can't believe that young (and old) kids get in to it so much. What happened to playing sports...outside? If I had kids, I don't think I'd let them play video games...I don't think it's healthy.

Ya, it really has gotten a bit intense lately. I think it is because of the competition idea. People are able to face each other head to head now. Instead of just playing 1 at a time and comparing scores. This is especially true with first person shooter games, such as call of duty, or halo.