http://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/news/civ-creator-surprised-gamer-played-decade-185124736.html?orig_host_hdr=news.yahoo.com&.intl=US&.lang=en-US
I like how Sid Meier was surprised people even knew the older Civ games existed.
I personally somewhat disliked The Road, mostly because the unexplained apocalypse is hinted to be divine in nature.
I have no reason to read anything by some religious mouthbreather.
From the sounds of it, it seems like playing Morrowind as a pure mage on full difficulty but with guns and a survival bar.
Ah, it brings me back, frantically searching for restore health abd magicka potions while being blasted apart by daedroth. Only truly good game Bethesda has made this decade.
Now that would be funny.
I can see the headlines now:
"A recent battle over the custody of Call of Duty between EA and Infinity Ward has exploded into violence when their paramilitary forces went into battle outside of the courthouse. Due to heavy artillery, EA won."
One day, while taking a shit, I excreted two large shipments of game CDs, and sold them to Black Isle, the videogame company closest to my house.
You heard right, I made Fallout, and I can make tons more any time I want.
I was citing extreme examples of games people still play because of core game mechanics.
Story is very important, but only if it's balanced by gameplay. If a game has great gameplay AND story (ie; Bastion, original Fallouts, Planescape Torment, etc.), then it is a truly great game.
I couldn't agree with Solar more.
Gameplay over story all the way. This is the reason some people still play games like Pokemon (compettively, at least), CounterStrike and Mario Hacks.
The core gameplay is so good, that every other aspect is overriden by it. Or is that just me?
Mr. House was the best choice of all, however.
To know Las Vegas was Sin City once more certainly warmed my heart. Plus, Mr. House only ever kiled the Elvis impersonators.