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Message: [QUOTE="Graves Ruinwalker, post: 174430, member: 186183"] I completly agree with your statement . Many older games still hold up extremly well but need some time to get used to it because the game-design isnt only directed by its more limited controllers but even with focus on the design how it plays for its genre and its strengths . Maybe it needs only some refinement and thats it . Tank controls were never a bad game design but it wasnt suited for all genres to fit and many games are bad because the tank controls cant keep up with more reactionary gameplay that are fast-paced and are bound to precision except like the third person camera of Godhand or megaman legends or first-person-shooters like Doom . Even the focus how the games should be played determines the design of it . For example Dungeon-crawlers and CRPGs : Going more simulative : story isnt much needed , hunger mechanic , different illnesses and poison status-effects , body-part-damage-system with different nerfs , Weight- and item-limits , open-world/area and so on . Going more story-focused : Simplified RPG-combat and traversal through areas , defined characters , story determines the outcomes of the situation and not the decisions the players make , very linear , leveling up is pretty fast , alot of scripts and scenes and so on . Older game designs arent outdated but different . There are glaring flaws too but thats more on the compromises what this game was focused in its design overall and what decisions brought those flaws into it instead being old and moldy . Im playing Metal Max Returns lately and many gripes i had from old JRPGs werent the problem in this ge and i have a blast with it . The high encounter rate is this time a welcoming thing because the prices in this game are high , there is not really a story to progress and leveling up improves your efficiency in combat which makes them shorter combined with different weapon combos cuts more time out and exploration is the most important part of this game . Thats why i dont believe this outdated-idea overall . Either the game is good or bad overall . [/QUOTE]

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