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I would like to see if things are indeed true as i feel them, or am i simply outgrowing games now that i am nearing the 40th birthday. So i will start with a story.
My grandpa is a composer, was a musical teacher, he is/was really good at what he does. So about 10 years ago i asked him: grandpa, why do you only write this atonal music that only certain small group of hardcore people listen to ? If you wrote music like Mozart, you would be the most famous composer in the world ! He smiled at me and said .. i cannot write music as Mozart because it wouldn't be my music - it would be a cheap copy. The reason composers dont write music like Mozart is not that no one is smart enough - it is simply that you have finite number of keys, instruments, etc. and a finite length of a composition. Then from this there is only a small group of usable combinations that actualy sound good. And in a few decades, most if not all usable combinations have been written so everything after that is simply a cheap copy - you use pieces of already written music of someone else. Its easy to notice that in movie music. Nothing is original there, everything has been already written between 1850 and 1950, you just have to go listen to those compositions. Thats why genres adapt, change, its not because people suddenly grew tired of some genre - its just everything became a copy of a copy. I know this from thrash metal - everything new reminds me of something from the 80s and 90s, i go check and there it is.
So then i was thinking, doesn't the same rule apply to video games and movies ? I mean, a typical rpg, its been done to death, an evil wizard, leech, undead, king, pawn, something. You might enjoy the game but you get a taste that you have seen it before.
Now there is another option. Maybe i am simply growing older and things that i used to enjoy dont bring me any pleasure anymore. I remember my first game age of empires 1 demo ... i played those few maps so much that my eyes bleed and my cd-rom cried. But i noticed that i keep replaying over and over some old games that i already finished. Is this because i am used to them and know they brought me pleasure at some point ? Or i simply do not like new games ? With games i play over and over, i add new goals, like, u dont use this weapon or u only do this and that, to make it harder. I will give you an example of a few games i play over and over, you will notice that some of the games arent even good games to begin with. Finished the campaign of this games about 20 times: deus ex, baldurs gate 2 (with all possible make it impossible hard mods) age of empires 1, age of mythology, supreme commander 1&2, nolf, impossible creatures. I really liked dragon age 1 and 2, didnt like 3. I loved desperados 1, desperados 3 a lot less. Liked witcher 1 and 2, didnt like 3. I liked all 3 mass effect, i hated neverwinter nights 1 at the start, when i got used to it i really enjoyed it, played neverwinter 2 and expansions 12 years ago in what was the happiest period/moments of my life. I loved simcity 3000, didnt like all others. I loved all GTA's. I loved medieval 1, a little less 2. I loved gran turismo 1 and 2. I loved NFS: Porsche on ps1, little less on pc. The newer call of duty where u have team or people on ur side were ok, except the ones of WW1 and WW2. Warcraft 3 was awesome, starcraft 2 was also awesome. Last 2 deus ex were also cool. Now i am finaly at the stage where i have time and money to play any game i want, yet its impossible to find any game that would suit me. It all seems so complicated. Everything is so big and open world that it seems more like a chore than a game. And most things have like under 6 hour campaign which is preposterous and then multiplayer which is nuts cause pc gaming is where i go to be alone and have peace, last thing i would want is more people there. So is it me getting old or did games really change for the worse ?
My grandpa is a composer, was a musical teacher, he is/was really good at what he does. So about 10 years ago i asked him: grandpa, why do you only write this atonal music that only certain small group of hardcore people listen to ? If you wrote music like Mozart, you would be the most famous composer in the world ! He smiled at me and said .. i cannot write music as Mozart because it wouldn't be my music - it would be a cheap copy. The reason composers dont write music like Mozart is not that no one is smart enough - it is simply that you have finite number of keys, instruments, etc. and a finite length of a composition. Then from this there is only a small group of usable combinations that actualy sound good. And in a few decades, most if not all usable combinations have been written so everything after that is simply a cheap copy - you use pieces of already written music of someone else. Its easy to notice that in movie music. Nothing is original there, everything has been already written between 1850 and 1950, you just have to go listen to those compositions. Thats why genres adapt, change, its not because people suddenly grew tired of some genre - its just everything became a copy of a copy. I know this from thrash metal - everything new reminds me of something from the 80s and 90s, i go check and there it is.
So then i was thinking, doesn't the same rule apply to video games and movies ? I mean, a typical rpg, its been done to death, an evil wizard, leech, undead, king, pawn, something. You might enjoy the game but you get a taste that you have seen it before.
Now there is another option. Maybe i am simply growing older and things that i used to enjoy dont bring me any pleasure anymore. I remember my first game age of empires 1 demo ... i played those few maps so much that my eyes bleed and my cd-rom cried. But i noticed that i keep replaying over and over some old games that i already finished. Is this because i am used to them and know they brought me pleasure at some point ? Or i simply do not like new games ? With games i play over and over, i add new goals, like, u dont use this weapon or u only do this and that, to make it harder. I will give you an example of a few games i play over and over, you will notice that some of the games arent even good games to begin with. Finished the campaign of this games about 20 times: deus ex, baldurs gate 2 (with all possible make it impossible hard mods) age of empires 1, age of mythology, supreme commander 1&2, nolf, impossible creatures. I really liked dragon age 1 and 2, didnt like 3. I loved desperados 1, desperados 3 a lot less. Liked witcher 1 and 2, didnt like 3. I liked all 3 mass effect, i hated neverwinter nights 1 at the start, when i got used to it i really enjoyed it, played neverwinter 2 and expansions 12 years ago in what was the happiest period/moments of my life. I loved simcity 3000, didnt like all others. I loved all GTA's. I loved medieval 1, a little less 2. I loved gran turismo 1 and 2. I loved NFS: Porsche on ps1, little less on pc. The newer call of duty where u have team or people on ur side were ok, except the ones of WW1 and WW2. Warcraft 3 was awesome, starcraft 2 was also awesome. Last 2 deus ex were also cool. Now i am finaly at the stage where i have time and money to play any game i want, yet its impossible to find any game that would suit me. It all seems so complicated. Everything is so big and open world that it seems more like a chore than a game. And most things have like under 6 hour campaign which is preposterous and then multiplayer which is nuts cause pc gaming is where i go to be alone and have peace, last thing i would want is more people there. So is it me getting old or did games really change for the worse ?
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