(08-13-2013, 04:24 PM)synaesthetic Wrote: Sure, let's give the industry more excuses to play it safe and cheap.Â
I don't know that I agree with this at all. For me it's not the fact that I'm older. It's the fact that the active combat systems simply do not appeal to me. I confess to being a "clicker" because I'm not interested in memorizing the keybinds for every ability. Then again, maybe it comes down to what we were raised on. I grew up on Turn-based RPGs such as Might & Magic and other similar strategy games. At least on the PC. Consoles are a little different, I'll admit. Still, even the first FF games were primarily turn-based. That's what I cut my teeth on and what I prefer.
In fact, one reason I avoided WoW for so long was that it wasn't turn-based and I was really worried that I couldn't keep up with an active combat (I use active here because this was back in 2000 or so). I've tried to play more active combat games and maybe I've not been playing the *right* games, but Deux Ex and even Mass Affect are simply not the games for me. I'm not good at them and in fact they make me nauseous. And real 1st person shooters? HAH! That's just comical. I'd be that one going, "Ack! Where am I shooting? What button do I push?!" Noooo thank you.
So... I don't know if I can argue that it is based on the gaming community getting older, but I can definitely tell you I see a lot of the "twitch" that gives the active combat its nick name and I'll pass, thank you very much.
Edit: BTW, I am aware that the games I mentioned are not the kind that you all refer to as 'active combat', but in my understanding, they are even less so, and they are all I've had experience with, so if I can't handle them, I don't think there's any point in my wasting money on something even more intense.
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