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Quick Thought: How I Measure Great Games

1/24/2016

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I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before in any of my posts, but when I play a game, I try to play my first run of the game without a walkthrough. I go in as blind as possible. Mainly, I do this because I relish in the feeling I get when I accomplish something completely on my own merit. If there’s a difficult puzzle or challenge in a game, it feels all the more rewarding when conquered with your own knowledge and abilities. It’s kind of the same feeling I get from beating games on Hard Mode, despite that Hard Mode can be bullshit sometimes (here are my thoughts on that matter). ​

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Rant – Critiquing Video Games

1/15/2016

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I should tell you, I’m not the biggest fan of reviews, especially about video games. I find that reviews rarely give an accurate insight into whether I would personally enjoy something and furthermore, I’m not a fan of unchecked criticism. Recently, I’ve noticed a particular review of video games has become a prevalent critique online.
​It can be said in many different ways, but basically it boils down to something like, “this game is too easy because it’s too easy to break the game.” ‘Breaking the game’ in this case is usually attributed to exploiting a design flaw in the game.

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Ode to the Old – I Love FFVII

1/8/2016

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First and foremost, older games aren’t inherently better than newer games. Sure, we have our nostalgia and back in the way back, you most likely only had a handful of games to play over a year or two. When I was a kid I only really got new games for Christmas and occasionally my birthday. It meant I was typically playing one game for a lot longer than what I do these days. These days I have a stacks of games sitting on my shelf and half of which I haven’t even played yet. I, like most, I’m sure, have every intention of burning through all those games, but, for me anyways, Rainbow 6:Siege came out, and well, I kind of got hooked.

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