Golden age of pc gaming

[Wizardry]

That's not remotely what I said.

Don't worry. I know what you said and I agree with you. The graphics and interfaces of these older games may indeed be quite dated but if their graphics and interfaces were to be upgraded to modern day standards without touching the gameplay at all then I believe you would end up with some truly great games that are leagues apart from what we get nowadays.

[winterwolves]

I'm fed up of playing games that feel 'strange' cos they were designed for a gamepad.

Well personally I like it. I now actually PREFER if a game also support gamepad, is more relaxing playing games with it (in particular action/FPS games)

[imirk]

Well personally I like it. I now actually PREFER if a game also support gamepad, is more relaxing playing games with it (in particular action/FPS games)

Wait WHAT? Are you high? FPS with a game pad? I know I cerainly don't find it more relaxing when my character cannot do what I want him to do. Analog movement based games maybe but why would inputing a direction when you need a position be preferable?

[icupnimpn2]

Well personally I like it. I now actually PREFER if a game also support gamepad, is more relaxing playing games with it (in particular action/FPS games)

Oh, I prefer if a game also supports gamepads. But it sucks when games are designed around Xbox360 pads. I've run into several games that will function with my Logitech gamepad - sorta. They don't let me reassign buttons in game, but I can nab a configuration text file and a driver from somewhere and dump them in the directory of the game to get it playing ok.

That's a pretty big step backward, considering most games in the early 90s let me choose from a number of supported peripherals and reassign buttons at will.

[Kadayi]

Don't worry. I know what you said and I agree with you. The graphics and interfaces of these older games may indeed be quite dated but if their graphics and interfaces were to be upgraded to modern day standards without touching the gameplay at all then I believe you would end up with some truly great games that are leagues apart from what we get nowadays.

Games are a reflection of their time and that includes the possibilities of game play. It's not simply a case of updating graphics and UI.