“Don't Hate ‘Cuz
You Can't Relate” -----------------------------------------------------------
I just don't understand. On a lot of NES sites, I see people
bashing the newer consoles, whether it's because of the
fact that they focus more on graphics or their sound or
whatever. Don't get me wrong the NES still is, in my opinion,
the greatest console out there, but that doesn't mean you
have to hate the newer systems just because the NES started
it. If it weren't for consoles building upon one another,
videogames would be a pretty unpopular industry. Even though
a game comes out every once in a while that doesn't focus
as much on the gameplay as it does on the graphics, that's
no different than some games on the NES. In fact there a
lot of NES games that focused on other things besides the
gameplay in order to make a more successful game. Take (about)
all the games that Nintendo made and you've got an example.
Sure those games were great, but they really weren't any
better than a lot of games that weren't hyped up as much.
The NES was like the console that
pioneered a lot of videogame ideas, some were successful,
some not, but videogames today still try and develop original
ideas while still building upon a certain foundation. There
are probably some Atari fans that say the NES ripped a lot
of its ideas for games from Atari games. While this is true,
it built upon the idea and turned it into a better game.
Just as games today take ideas from games of the past and
build on it.
What I'm getting at
is that the only difference in these consoles is the time
period they came out in. I can have a blast going over to
a friend's house and playing Grand Theft Auto 3, just as I
would have a blast going over to a friend's house and playing
Super Mario Bros 3 when I was younger. If a game is fun, don't
hate it just because it rips off another game, or doesn't
focus on the gameplay as much as it should. If you overanalyze
anything, you're probably going to find the bad in it before
you find the good. So next time you play your NES, think about
how much it has helped the turned the gaming industry into
a form of pop culture, rather than how it started it all and
that all the new stuff is just a load of shit.
