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5/2/2015 1:16:29 AM
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Does anyone miss buying a game when,...
There were no mass marketing campaigns,
No trailers
Preorders
footage two years before release
And when you had to get a game based on the name, cover, and stills on the back?
English
#Gaming
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I used to steal instruction manuals from Sega Master System games so I could make an informed purchase decision. Those were the days.
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I also remember when the game cover art in no way depicted what the gameplay was about.
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3 OdpowiedziHell yea man! Unless you played it at a friend's house, cover art and backing were THE hook on checking out a game. Great times and some amazing games back then! Remember blowing on the back of NES CARTRIDGES trying to get the things to read? Lol
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There's a lot to be said for buying a game without seeing any footage or reading articles that give away spoilers
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All I want is preorder because I'm lazy but the rest can go
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Yes, I remember being 15
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I miss they days going into the store looking at the back and saying yup that's a game I would like to play.
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Remember when some friends could come over and play a game? In person?
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6 OdpowiedziAnyone else remember the little booklet in the case of the game that told you how to play??
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10 OdpowiedziI miss when people could enjoy a game without critiquing it like they have some sort of checklist. Games used to just be...well...fun. Now people can only enjoy a game of it runs at a certain frame rate, has a certain number of pixels, or is "innovative." (a word many people throw around like it's the holy grail.) Now people try to make me feel guilty for enjoying the games I do.
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7 OdpowiedziShort list of Games I'd never heard of before buying them based on the merits of their covers. Earthworm Jim-Sega Genesis Elder Scrolls Morrowind-Xbox Grandia 2- Sega Dreamcast
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1 OdpowiedźThat's me with fallout4 I'm completely in the the dark besides the past iterations an I didn't even know the release date until yesterday
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Only game I bought and could never get in to was Chromehounds
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Yes because I was that much more impressed when I got it rather than disappointed or doubting it because negative Nancy's can do nothing but post negativity even if it was the greatest game of all time
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Yes. I miss it incredibly.
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Yes sir. You sound like you preach what I am selling lol.
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I used to do that when I had a PS3 / Xbox360 it was fun.
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1 OdpowiedźI remember buying gaming magazines c.98 solely for the demos and cheat codes. The demos used to be so good that I rarely had to buy games
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3 OdpowiedziThat was horrible and fun Buying a game you know nothing about and it might suck or be good
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4 OdpowiedziI remember buying an N64 game where you shot alien bugs because the cover was cool and god was it horrible. Overall, I think how they do it now is better. Though on the other hand, I'm also a far more intelligent consumer than I was when I was 12.
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1 OdpowiedźHype for the NX (potentially) going back to Cartridge based games.
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1 OdpowiedźI think Fallout 4's approach was fine. Bethesda had hidden Fallout 4 for almost 4 years. They announced just a couple of months ago they announced the game and they said it comes out this year.
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No, i like being able to study my products.
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I miss the days when Sony didn't slap their name on every game trailer
