Why video games in general, well, suck

Published 8/2/05

It wasn’t too long ago that I wrote an entry here about why Doom 3 sucked.

I was not alone, judging by the e-mail I got.

But today I stumbled upon “A Gamers’ Manifesto” that takes game makers to task for all the things I hated about Doom 3, plus a whole honkin’ lot more. Funny… and sad.

Coupla snippets:

Don’t show my character casting magic meteors that smash mountains in one scene and in the next send me all over the dungeon trying to find a single key to a rickety wooden door that looks like it could be knocked in with a strong shoulder. Make it a magic door, a huge door, fine, but don’t make it an arbitrary door that only remains closed because that’s what the plot requires.

And…

Did you remember when you were a kid and you got bored on weekends, how you would go to a large building, a hotel or a hospital, then wander around for several hours looking for a certain room? While zombies attacked you? Neither do we. That’s because, much to the surprise of FPS game makers everywhere, wandering around lost in hallways isn’t fun.

The Fray

One response so far (add yours)

billy bob says:

that’s retard’d

January 11th, 2006 at 12:43 PM

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