Big Nose George
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Zomg said:there's literally no chance the thread will go anywhere interesting so just freestyle.
You are so mature.
Zomg said:there's literally no chance the thread will go anywhere interesting so just freestyle.
Good Ol' Drog said:You guys are silly. Entertainment isn't supposed to be mature.
Emotional Vampire said:IF 10 EURO MATTERS FOR YOU GO EAT POTATO
ghostdog said:I consider mature games to be the games that stay true to their setting, with believable, well written dialog and themes that can be fully appreciated by ... adults ? ( - define adults...) Of course this definition -as all definitions- is bullshit deep down, but whatever.
Fallout
Torment
Arcanum
Bloodlines
Deus Ex
System Shock 2
I have no mouth and I must scream
Sanitarium
Grim Fandago (yeah humor can be mature)
Shadow Of The Comet
Gabriel Knight
The Last Express
Silent Hill
Mafia
No One Lives For Ever
Thief
Half Life
Jedi Knight 2
Betrayal At Krondor
Anachronox (did I mention that humor can be mature?)
Also nudity does not define maturity or immaturity.
I'd even like to hear if anyone played one of those so-called "artsy" titles and still thought it was interesting/moving/actually fun to play.
Azrael the cat said:I'd agree with this list, and add Silent Hill 2
LASH includes rape.Awor Szurkrarz said:Mature games must include rape.
Good Ol' Drog said:
You guys are silly. Entertainment isn't supposed to be mature.
It depends on how one plays.Zomg said:I think all games might be fundamentally immature by nature. Most aspects of maturity are variations on learned helplessness and compromise to which games and gameplay are antithetical.
Jasede said:It was, in fact, linked on page 2.
By the way, those who agree with me on Dreamweb, I would suggest for you to play the Text Adventures (Interactive Fiction) games. I am sure you can argue this point, but a lot of them were clearly intended for (patient) adults, like Trinity and A Mind Forever Voyaging. There are also many good freeware ones, such as Shades and Anchorhead.
You can make a mature game (e.g. Super Mario World), but peope will appreciate it according to their own capacity for appreciation, which means as a light adventure platformer. Or you can take the opposite route and write the kind of flimsy bullshit everyone else has been writing for fifty years and that confirms and reinforces people's dearest prejudices, and they'll think it "deep" and "one of the best games ever". That's why I keep pointing out that people are stupid.Zomg said:I liked it too but it's juuuuust a little bit politically didactic eh? I guess that's not immature. I suppose propaganda is mature because it's trying to effect change by shaping minds; that's one way a thing can be "mature" without being generically good.