old arcade games just used to GET what we wanted in a video game
or theyd try something risky and new like a loot n shoot platformer

where did that spark of fun go, /vr/?

I wonder what thread had to die for this bullshit

>>11832443
my guess is another "WOULD SEGA SURVIVE THE 6TH GEN IF X Y AND Z HADNT HAPPENED?" or another Gamecube vs PS2 debate

you grew up anon, thats what happened

>>11832441 (OP)
That spark seems to be in some indy studios, man. Not retro tho so cannot be mentioned.

>>11832447
>WOULD SEGA SURVIVE THE 6TH GEN IF X Y AND Z HADNT HAPPENED?
STI cope threads are honestly pathetic

>>11832443
The thread where we all gangbanged your mom, unfortunately.

>>11832441 (OP)
Money. Rising costs for everything and the desire for a better life cause the lower tax bracket is so miserable to live in, youre willing to do anything to make it out.

Price for goods should be cheaper but instead gets higher.

The spark is from a time where shit was affordable so less pressure to earn and be risky.

>>11832763
nogga are you retarded?

>>11832443
the op is not well articulated but the notion he touches on is kind of interesting. how rigid and narrow game concepts have been for decades, even in the golden age. you really don't see that many games with creative structures, 99% of the time you're just a guy running down paths killing bad guys, to the extent there's anything else going on it's usually a momentary gimmick instead of something that would define the game.

>>11832443
Dude, fuck off. Nobody is going to be using your forced meme.

>>11832893
I've forced memes on every board i've chosen to hang around, fag. Just try and stop me.

>>11832910
>Trying to brag about the definitely not made up story of having forced memes on a long past it's prime basket weaving forum
Wow, I've seen a lot of retards here, but I've never met someone with terminal retardation before.

>>11832930
>y-you made that up
kek. if only you knew, kiddo

>>11832930
>prime basket weaving forum
I thought you hated forced memes?

>>11832969
haha gotteeeem

>>11832441 (OP)
Nice, congrats on getting Spelunkerpilled.
The arcade games are really good, it's too bad the NES game gives the whole series a bad name

Today I learned there was a Spelunky 2.

>>11832441 (OP)
>where did that spark of fun go, /vr/?

indie games.
but games aren't cheap to develop anymore. and if a game is developed by a handful of people, it takes literal years instead of weeks to months

>>11832483
>some indy studios
Too many lames in the game. Hard to see the cream

>>11832763
>>11832764
No he has a point. Easy times allow people to sink time into passion projects and ship products that might not sell

The other factor is that new technology attracts brave and eccentric souls and nowadays game craft has been thoroughly codified and crystalized

>>11833701
I think the NES version is fine. Just sucks it’s over quickly and the rest of t he game is redoing the dive with some parts being invisible

>>11832764
you sound like a fucking idiot. in a sea of idiots you stand out.

>>11834363
no he does not have a point. this is a more fundamental issue than the economy being crappy creeping into game design. games have been too consistently limited for the last 30 odd years for that to be the hinging point.