Tomatohead
Learned
What are your great personal moments in gaming, those magical moments when you realized games can be more...something which creates new worlds? Or maybe which titles gave you sense of wonder and excitment?
I know lot of this has to do with your age because when you are younger and hear that great tune for the first time in your life you haven't ever even imagined, that's so groundbreaking feeling. But after that when you grow older it is impossible to get excited the same way. All the different experiences have been accumulating inside you and it's very rare to face something new.
I know this might sound bit cliched but back then there was no internet etc and information came from mostly foreign gaming magazines and from friends. Reading about them did create a sense of mystery because everything wasn't instantly accessible unlike now.
The packaging was awesome as well. Nice manual, maps and small novellas etc. This is probably something what I miss the most these days. Games have become very disposable in this sense that you download them and there is no sense of being a real object. In my opinion you commit more to a beautiful object than just a game which can be deleted in matter of seconds. But maybe this is my own rose-tinted nostalgia faggotry.
For me those moments were probably both Ultima V and Dungeon Master. Thinking about them makes me miserable beacuse now when getting older nothing really compares to the feeling being trapped in dungeon while it's getting increasingly dark when the torch light is dimming. I have been trying to change the dragon though.
Looking at these shots from Dungeon Master I'm thinking about it's been at least few years since I last finished it but not sure if I want to pick it up again. Also these just happen to be RPGs by the way.
(also if this is in wrong place or not relevant please nuke the thread)
I know lot of this has to do with your age because when you are younger and hear that great tune for the first time in your life you haven't ever even imagined, that's so groundbreaking feeling. But after that when you grow older it is impossible to get excited the same way. All the different experiences have been accumulating inside you and it's very rare to face something new.
I know this might sound bit cliched but back then there was no internet etc and information came from mostly foreign gaming magazines and from friends. Reading about them did create a sense of mystery because everything wasn't instantly accessible unlike now.
The packaging was awesome as well. Nice manual, maps and small novellas etc. This is probably something what I miss the most these days. Games have become very disposable in this sense that you download them and there is no sense of being a real object. In my opinion you commit more to a beautiful object than just a game which can be deleted in matter of seconds. But maybe this is my own rose-tinted nostalgia faggotry.
For me those moments were probably both Ultima V and Dungeon Master. Thinking about them makes me miserable beacuse now when getting older nothing really compares to the feeling being trapped in dungeon while it's getting increasingly dark when the torch light is dimming. I have been trying to change the dragon though.
Looking at these shots from Dungeon Master I'm thinking about it's been at least few years since I last finished it but not sure if I want to pick it up again. Also these just happen to be RPGs by the way.
(also if this is in wrong place or not relevant please nuke the thread)