/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4248737

>>4168273
Well on that we'll have to agree to disagree. I think it just gets better and better. But each to their own.

>>3787543
This guy could be right >>3787558

Like with a lot of games, having to figure out how to beat Ecco on my own in the end made me both really good and love the game even more.

>>3083110
>Then why are you on a retro enthusiasts board?

Because this is a good place to talk about many of my favorite games.... You're conveniently ignoring that this isn't how I play every game. It's how I play games I don't care enough about to devote the time to mastering. I just want to go through, see what there is to see and move on.

When there's something that really grabs me, I play it to death and love getting better. I'm probably one of the best Ecco the Dolphin players around because I've been obsessed with it since it came out and played through dozens and dozens of times.

Likewise, I've spent a lot of time playing fighters getting better and better because that's a lot of fun for me.

But take something like a run n gun shooter like Metal Slug. To me that's a kind of fun game, but only in short bursts and I have no interest in putting in the time to master it. I use games like that as distractions, I play them through piece by piece and move on when I'm done.

Video games are only one of many hobbies of mine, and for the ones I don't really care about I'd rather just play through them and be done. Video games are toys. Some toys I play with for a long time because they're interesting, some I play with a little and toss aside. That's all this is.