{"id":6407,"date":"2014-09-20T12:53:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T11:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/?p=6407"},"modified":"2014-09-20T12:53:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T11:53:53","slug":"become-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/video-games\/become-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"What has become of Gaming?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/evolution-of-gaming-editorial.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6409\" alt=\"Evolution of Gaming\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/evolution-of-gaming-editorial.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>There is value in going back<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Gaming has always possessed a rather centralized role within the day-to-day living in some shape or form to millions, but in our contemporary society, this seems to carry much more weight than ever before. The last decade alone has seen rise to some major games and franchises that have undoubtedly cemented their status within popular culture. Games such as the <i>Grand Theft Auto<\/i> series, <i>FIFA<\/i>, <i>The Last of Us, Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/i> and <i>Halo<\/i> are just a handful of the releases that have opened the doorways of the gaming world wide open to the public. New enticing advertising and a more technologically-advanced society have helped to trigger an influx of customers, a high rise in profits and that continual connection to popular culture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">From expos to cosplay, to movie deals, gaming is now quintessential and ubiquitous in our lives. The quality of games are only getting better \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 in terms of graphics, consoles, gameplay and storylines, among other aspects \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 but with that comes a price both metaphorical and physical in nature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">The average price for a major PlayStation or Xbox game started at around the \u252c\u00fa40 mark but with the new consoles it is more like \u252c\u00fa55. Back in the 1990s and the early 2000s, games came rather cheaply by comparison \u252c\u00e1\u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 perhaps maybe not with the best of graphics in today&#8217;s eyes but back then they WERE top of the line \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 and were just as successful and popular as the games today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Remember <i>GoldenEye<\/i>? <i>San Andreas<\/i>? Or <i>Medal of Honour: Frontline<\/i>? How about the <i>Burnout<\/i> series? Or what about the great <i>Star Wars: Battlefront II<\/i>? Games that were of such a high caliber as these do are today considered to be some of <i>THE<\/i> timeless classics in the gaming industry. They were the pioneers that set the bar at, what was deemed to be, an unattainable level; the Lewis &amp; Clark&#8217;s or the Christopher Columbus&#8217; of the gaming world if you will. These games left the footprints for our generation of producers to follow. While the gameplay has become more advanced, sophisticated and interconnected, is it really better?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/Star-Wars-battle-front.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6411\" alt=\"Star Wars Battlefront\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/Star-Wars-battle-front.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>Of course, the games we get today are so incredibly vast and detailed, like the latest GTA game <i>Grand Theft Auto V<\/i>; you do tend to get your money&#8217;s worth. Yet it is not very often that the average student has a spare \u252c\u00fa40-50 lying around that they won&#8217;t be planning to spend on alcohol.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">However, every other major game today just seems to be a part of a bigger franchise. This can be viewed as a rather shoddy approach for the companies to keep regurgitating the same game, only enhanced with a few newer features on an annual occurrence. Sometimes it does make that next installment better than the last but you have to ask yourself: is it worth buying that new game you think you so desperately need, just because everyone else is?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">So what&#8217;s the answer? What do you do when you need that high endorphin fix of a good game? Every now and then, it is nice to treat yourself to the latest iteration of the <i>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/i> franchise or the next First Person Shooter like <i>Call of Duty<\/i> or <i>Destiny<\/i>. However thanks to the rate all these high-class games are being released, you&#8217;ll struggle to buy them all (if any!) at especially at the prices they are released at.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Sometimes the answer lies deep within the roots; sometimes it&#8217;s nice to look back at where gaming really took flight \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 the 90s. This era saw the release of many new consoles as well as many classic games that, if played today, you would be considered to be a &#8220;hipster.&#8221; In today&#8217;s market, you can get an old copy of <i>Final Fantasy<\/i> or <i>Spyro<\/i>, <i>Tomb Raider<\/i> or even the classic Simpsons game <i>Hit &amp; Run<\/i> to give you that thrill of gaming in a much more nostalgic and cheaper way. I mean, who didn&#8217;t love driving around Springfield in that red Canyonero, with endless quotes from Simpsons episodes, smashing up bee cameras and uncoiling a mystery of &#8220;alien&#8221; proportions?!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/uncharted-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6416\" alt=\"Uncharted 3\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/uncharted-3.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>These classic games today can be found extremely cheap and, while they might not be as &#8220;up-to-scratch&#8221; as the games today, they possess heart and soul. An almost unexplained mojo invoking every aspect of your childhood with every playthrough. Not to mention they take up a smaller space on your memory card! Don&#8217;t get me wrong in saying that games today don&#8217;t have heart because in a way, they do. However it is sometimes buried deep beneath a profit-driven incentive and a large investment in production to only sell and flaunt more copies. Games today like <i>The Last of Us<\/i> or the <i>Uncharted<\/i> series have heart and soul, but in a more sleek, serious and noire approach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Much like Christopher Nolan&#8217;s <i>Batman Trilogy<\/i> changed the face of Hollywood and cinema in general with the tone of the films \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 the themes, the neo-noire style, the grounded aspect and well-thawed heavy-based story arcs \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 games today have latched onto this notion. Even the most absurd and supernatural concepts have been made to seem plausible and movie-like. Accessing your ancestors&#8217; memories through your own DNA!? A remarkably clever idea (and works fantastically in the <i>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/i> saga) but something that is of course impossible. Yet each installment sells millions of copies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">So did gaming in today&#8217;s market die a hero \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 to be reborn into this newest fad of making everything dark and more advanced \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 or has it lived long enough to see itself become the villain? In terms of rising prices and this concept of regurgitation of ideas, sequels and franchises. Gaming today can be seen as the villain to your bank account and a slight insult to your intelligence yet the quality we are getting is out of this world, something that is continuing to evolve and grow organically. This helps to breathe new life into a certain product, while simultaneously pulling the blanket over our eyes, but for how long will it shroud the truth? It acts almost like a double-edged sword in the eyes of university students who really want things cheap, fast and of a good quality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/Ezio-ACII.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6413\" alt=\"Ezio ACII\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/Ezio-ACII.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>The next time you decide you want to buy a new game, try not to forget where gaming has come from and, like any old classic movie such as <i>The Godfather<\/i> of The Original <i>Star Wars<\/i> Trilogy, you sometimes need to go back and revisit them every once in a while \u00d4\u00c7\u00f4 for sentimental and nostalgic reasons that only these games can provide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">So the next time you think about buying the next <i>Call of Duty<\/i> or <i>Far Cry<\/i>, it might just be the game you deserve, but not the game you need right now. So you can wait. Because the companies can take it. Because they are not our heroes. They&#8217;re silent guardians. The watchful protectors. 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