Kids Can't Handle Old-School RPGs Anymore

[muddy27]

Sad state now days when kids pick up a game and dont even bother reading the manual, READING OMG whats that???? our future youth and future generations are in serious trouble. Alot of kids dont even read regular books anymore now days.

Article:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/foru...l-RPGs-Anymore

[Harrison]

It's true :\

I remember mapping out dungeons in old SNES, NES, and Sega games on graph paper. (for those that lacked a mapping system in it)

While that is incredibly nerdy, I imagine that's why I made kids look like retards in landnav. Kids born in the 90s are just, dumb.

[Slathar]

Originally Posted by Harrison [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's true :\

I remember mapping out dungeons in old SNES, NES, and Sega games on graph paper. (for those that lacked a mapping system in it)

While that is incredibly nerdy, I imagine that's why I made kids look like retards in landnav. Kids born in the 90s are just, dumb.

i agree with you actually harrison. i found a box of printed everquest maps from classic while cleaning.

the problem today is that the amount of time we played (wasted?) everquest is simply viewed as insane when you now have other options like WoW

[Motrin]

Ive been playing EQ since i was 9 years old. Started in Luclin Era. Ive played wow and those other games, they are honestly a joke. Nothing will EVER compare to EQ and the community that started here

[bizzum]

I bet if for the final in that test if you wrote RTFM on the top of the page and that was it, he would give you an A.

That phrase is sadly dying.

[Shodex]

When I play a new game, I find myself only checking the manual if theres a control I don't know, or something of that nature.

Being 15, everyone I know plays console games, and so do I, I love a mindless shooter game as much as the next 100,000,000 people. Just, I love them in a different way.

When I play RPGs, I play to get shit on. And I can shamelessly say, I love getting shit on.

[Krimsin]

Originally Posted by Slathar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i agree with you actually harrison. i found a box of printed everquest maps from classic while cleaning.

the problem today is that the amount of time we played (wasted?) everquest is simply viewed as insane when you now have other options like WoW

I've cracked a few of the old EQ binders since I recently started on this server. I'm sadly realizing if they'd offered a degree in EQ I'd have been valedictorian.

[Lazortag]

Something I think is interesting is that a lot of older games are considered "hard" because most people bought them used at flea markets back in the day. When games like Illusion of Gaia, Earthbound, LOTR (snes) etc. were bought new, they came with manuals that were more like strategy guides because they told you everything you had to do for the majority of the game. Without them people were super lost and had no idea where to go most of the time, and so those games really rewarded kids who were clever and could figure things out on their own.

Nowadays you'll notice most games come with an annoying built-in tutorial or something to that effect. Where's the fun in that? As a kid I liked exploring the mechanics of a game on my own and only deferring to the manual (assuming I had one) once I'd spent about a week without showering failing to figure something out. There was even the option, if you were REALLY desperate, of calling a hotline to have certain puzzles solved for you. No joke. I called one of those when I was 7 to figure out how to get past that stupid ice cave in Mystic Quest. I still feel kind of silly for having not figured it out on my own.

I think I had something deeper to say, but I forget what it was.

[Krimsin]

There was even the option, if you were REALLY desperate, of calling a hotline to have certain puzzles solved for you. No joke. I called one of those when I was 7 to figure out how to get past that stupid ice cave in Mystic Quest. I still feel kind of silly for having not figured it out on my own

That hotline was invented for the ice cave in Mystic quest...

And I'm equally ashamed to know exactly what you're talking about as well as having been likewise stumped. I see people bitch about the water temple in Ocarina of Time, it was nothing compared to the ice cave.

[muddy27]

I was born in 83 did my first real gaming on the NES in 88-89. Games like Shadowgate, Dragon Warrior, Zelda etc. I didnt really start PC gaming untill the early to mid 90's.