is today's generation getting dumber

[[Poke☆] Tommy]

I am in today's gaming generation but my first game was for the game boy, i grew up with classic games, every kid in school hates old stuff and each year a cod game comes out; they go crazy i mean they don't even remember the game they spent $60.00 on TWO freaking years ago, and yet its gonna be the same when cod mw5 comes out! Not only that they believe these games got a 0/10

Super Mario Bros
Mario 64
Goldeneye 007
Legend of Zelda ocirina of time
Perfect dark
Half life
Half life 2

The idiots spend $60.00 bucks on a 4-6 hour game that has inferior graphics, cruel community, HORRENDUS story, and VERY linear (Yet they worship it). and say that $10.00 - $20.00 games that have mindblowing physics, great graphics, and AMAZING story are considered the worst games of all time. THEY SAY ACTION 52 IS BETTER THAN THOSE GAME!

[Clement Ivanov]

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[Zefar]

What I find impressive is that the topic starter seems to complain about COD being linear when Half-Life 1 and 2 are VERY linear as well. Golden Eye could also be classified as linear as you only have one exit.

Unsure about Perfect Dark but I'm guessing it's linear as well. Super mario bros is also linear.

引用自 TheBDK：

I was reading a post about someone in a Bethesda game who got stuck when the dot disappeared. He didn't even think about reading his journal .. I mean wow, grow a brain. No wonder games these days are so incredibly easy and boring.

I had one quest where after I got the 3 things I was looking for I was supposed to head back to another cave. Granted I had explored a huge part of the world and discovered tons of caves. But the quest never told me to go back to a cave. It only assumed I knew about it.

Quest wasn't main story so I could ignore it but there it this where the game might sometimes not tell you what to do. Then it could get very hard to figure out what to do. With such a huge world.

[Mivo]

I got my first computer when I was around 12, back in 1984, and I had an Atari 2600 in the years prior. While I would agree that society as a whole has changed (stronger sense of entitlement, more "In your face" emphasis on "me, me, me", less respect for anyone and anything, etc.), I don't feel that games have gotten worse. If anything, they have become richer, more complex, more artful. As a medium, games are far better today than thirty years ago. I see little fundamental change between games in 2003 and in 2013, however.

What did change is the innovation, or the lack of it, but it is far easier to come up with something fresh and never-seen-before if a medium is young and fresh. Music, literature, etc. were all more innovative in the past than now, too. Plus, the rate at which people consume games today (music and books too, actually) is much higher than a couple decades ago. As a kid and teen, I would get new games every once in a while, and then stick with a handful for literally months. These days, I buy games far, far faster than I can actually play them. Saturation is definitely an issue, and a result of it is that people become more jaded.

About society changing: It's normal to feel that "back then" everything was better. Sometimes it was, usually it wasn't and it's just skewed perception. I say the same stuff now that I heard my mother say when I was a teen, and in another two decades I'll no doubt sound like my grandparents did. It's pretty normal. Getting worked up over how everything went down the youtube is useful in distracting oneself from all the regrets. :)

[Xiaz]

引用自 Kaglaw：

btw my parents causwe me to get straight As

Yes, yes they do. Now please have them read this so they can slap you again. It is to laugh.

[DELONG]

you guys hear activision is making a new gangster game its called the "C.O.D FATHER"

only a few of us old dudes might get that joke,lol

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

引用自 DELONG：

you guys hear activision is making a new gangster game its called the "C.O.D FATHER"

only a few of us old dudes might get that joke,lol

So punny!

[[Poke☆] Tommy]

引用自 The Rolling Cheese：

引用自 DELONG：

you guys hear activision is making a new gangster game its called the "C.O.D FATHER"

only a few of us old dudes might get that joke,lol

So punny!

idk about god father movie but yeah

[ThunderRust]

It depends on what you grew up with. I am a sonic fanboy because I grew up with a sega genesis, but the OP is obviously a mario fanboy because he grew up with a snes and n64. to each their own. That`s not to say I hate mario games, in fact I kind of like them, but I will never consider any mario or zelda game a classic because I didnt grow up with them in my house.

No flaming over consoles plz!!!

[VisciousFishes]

引用自 DELONG：

you guys hear activision is making a new gangster game its called the "C.O.D FATHER"

only a few of us old dudes might get that joke,lol

Already been made - James Pond 1 or 2 I think. I've been gaming for over 25 years and I see games today are the things we used to dream of playing "back in the day" (I hate myself for saying it). Sonic - 1st game took six months to complete with no saves. It's true, as technology has improved, so has the gaming industry. The thing is, the games now are like the movies of the 1980's. There are lots of new tricks and things and yes, some of the games now are better but it's far easier to get the help to get you past a level/boss/puzzle. When I was playing Zelda on the SNES, if we got stuck it meant phoning an 0898 number to get the hints line (which if you dialled incorrectly could easily lead to a porn line - which happened to me once). I think that the gaming industry itself is that 18 or 19 year old who's full of confidence and "potential". It's been fantastic to see where we are and where we come from. And if this is where gaming is going I can't wait. Sure, there's plenty of your "Die Hard" or "leathel Weapon" style games but now we have games like "Legend" or "Lady Hawke" or "Labrynth".

[Freyar]

Part of the whole issue stems from the overuse of hyperbole. With the tendency for gamers to generalize and exaggerate (Looks like it's from the PSX era!) it only exacerbates the issues surrounding criticism.

[Iceman77's_SON_LEAVE_ME_ALONE]

Yup. IQs may have raised, but things like tact, curtosy, etiquette etc have went out the window. Also, irregardless of being "book smart", overall common sense of todays youth seems to have drastically went down hill. Like "hey don't touch that hot metal!!... Oh too late".

This is surely due to the fact, that nowadays, youth spend many more hours inside than going out into the real world and gaining real world experiences (common sense). I'm talking simple ♥♥♥♥. Common sense things. To some, growing up nowadays, the interwebs are their world...

("The suns melting me!!! Oh wait, that's just light.").

[𝕊𝕋𝕌ℝ𝕄-𝕂𝔸𝕋]

I think today's 'youth' or cheeky bastard up-starts as I like to call them do not know the meaning of hard work, respect or the meaning of EARNING their reward. Far easier, they see it, to try to beg, or worse, SCAM, for their rewards.

In my opinion, the mentality in question has also been bred out of games such as DOTA2 or team fortress2..for example..where the 'kids' (I'm talking 8yr olds [FACT]) are literally addicted to the games, and due to their zero capacity to buy things (because they just are too young for money) they are forced to resort to more underhanded methods
( scamming/begging) in attaining those pair of imaginary shoes for their imaginary character or that must have 'hat'..makes me sick.

There is a film which springs to mind 'Surrogate'..But I wouldn't want anyone thinking I was being paranoid, far from it, I am speaking the truth of what is happening right now, in this day and age..
I feel sorry for this generation of kids, they have been farmed by capitalism into a life of bondage. Addicted to computer games and goaded indirectly into a life of scamming, trolling, and further disrespecting society and order. There were always revolutions throughout the generations, but as you will see, nothing like this...

Computer games (and the internet) have become superb in one capacity, but a terrible (and worrying) tragedy in another.

[BitmapBrother]

To be honest my first computer was the spectrum. My first game ? Gauntlet. I literally poured hours and hours into that game. Kids and adults these days are part of the instant generation. We can get things so fast that we almost have a hernia if we have to wait more than five seconds for stuff. I don't see what all the hate on COD is about. It's a good game. People call it "milking the cash cow" but if you have a successful franchise what else are you supposed to do with it ? It's not just kids that are impatient we all fall into that trap and I think its unfair to label younger people as the reason why.

[dirrtymartini]

引用自 Master Dan：

There is a film which springs to mind 'Surrogate'..But I wouldn't want anyone thinking I was being paranoid, far from it, I am speaking the truth of what is happening right now, in this day and age...

A movie reference! Oustanding! Which "Surrogate" are you talking about? The one from 2009 (Surrogates) with Bruce Willis where people live their lives through surrogates? Or the one from 2008 (Surrogate) where people hire surrogates to act as sex therapy partners?

[dirrtymartini]

引用自 Zefar：

What I find impressive is that the topic starter seems to complain about COD being linear when Half-Life 1 and 2 are VERY linear as well. Golden Eye could also be classified as linear as you only have one exit...

Ghost Recon Future Solider just kicked it up a notch. I didn't even have to MOVE to complete a portion of a map. Yes, the PC actually did my moving for me. On another section of the map, the game actually paused combat until I moved where I was told.