Well I guess the title says it all, I was just wondering who ya'll thought were the most active 'forumers' in this part of the AG forum. Opinions, that what this Forum is going to be, pure opinions, and yes you can say 'Me'.
Pretty much all of my favorite games have a well developed upgrade system. I was a big fan of Fallout 3's system, even though it wasn't too creative. But it did let you specialize in a wide variety of combat methods, which was cool.
Kongregate has always been worse than AG in my opinion but anyway this current thing were talking about reminds me of that AG upgrade complete game where you have to upgrade EVERYTHING.So his the government trying to contrul us with video game achievements find out next time on this thread is currently about bsession with upgrade systmes in games.
Upgrades were always an important part of video games to me because it added something new for you to feel accomplished for. Gives you a drive to play a game. A lot of the time I will upgrade to the highest upgrade even after I've finished the game.
Say, isn't it incredible that the Video Games section of the forum is actually more illiterate than this one?
Thats what i meant knight in mt opinion they could try to get control of their forums those things can be wack but anyway i still see kongregate needing to upgrade their entire system but thats off topic or is it anyway back ot topic.
I do like the achievements, and plus it shows you that people actually bothered to play the game, rather than just rate 'n drop.
@Aknerd
Well, that article certainly shed some light on the darker aspects of gaming. Who would've thought that my joke, might actually have some solid basis. :s
I'm surprised that everybody asked about Kongregate and no flame war over AG's AP and ranking system erupted. Well done guys.
Since when were games supposed to be an ECONOMY?
Since they started going "cha-ching!", duh.
I do like racing games that allow you to tune. Upgrade is cool too, but only if you can actually tune the upgrades yourself. This is why I still play NFS Underground 2 despite the fact I think it's an otherwise mediocre game: you can tune in quite a bit of detail. Too bad your brand choices of upgrade don't affect the level of upgrade itself.
[quote=Strop]Since they started going "cha-ching!", duh.[/quote]
You mean when games were a business? Lol, games have always been businesses since Pong was sold in stores. Those were good times. Times when you could buy a game from the store, take it out of its packaging, insert it into the appropriate system, and play it. Now, we have expansion sets, downloadable content, and STEAM.
--Expansion sets are the least of the evil out there. Maybe the developers were going along with a continuation of the story but didn't want to wait until the next game. So with 9 dollars, you enjoy a continuation of the storyline, with added fixes/improvements to the game. Not much to complain here.
-- Downloadable content gives you access to extra tidbits and bonuses in the game, created by developers. But since they were made by the company, you must pay for it to access it. There are even some games where the downloadable content is already part of the coding (Dragon Age: Origins, I'm looking at you), yet you must pay money to unlock or access it. I mean, you already technically paid for it, yet you pay to have the coding modified to open it. And with so much to pay for and so much content to peruse though, it's extra fun!
--Steam. Freaking Steam. Wait, this is talking about upgrade systems. Okay, I won't bore you with this rant. Yet.
--MMORPGS. Freaking MMOs. Something that is so whacked, that you are able to pay for virtual property and items. Something that doesn't even matter in real life, yet you can either pay for it, or spend time collecting it. You even have people farming these items and property and sell them on Amazon, because they know that people want these items because they don't want to play a game.
Sweet sweet upgrades. That is rare in todays NFS upgrade systems. The only ones that are close to Underground 2 are Nitro (for DS and Wii) and Carbon. Sadly.
@Freakenstien
You are totally right. Though the Dragon Age series are some of my fave games. I enjoyed it without exstentions (I admit that I got two free extensions, but I never used them!). And MMORPG's are death traps. If they get you addicted, bam bankrupt.
