Comments on: Chapter 6 Question

By: flobee

flobee — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:16:24 +0000

The problem with complex cell-phone games is that the keys are too close to play them accurately. I have played the snake game and card games on cell-phones and they have worked decent but when it comes to complex 3d games I expect either they wont run or they will be difficult to play.

By: agerlach

agerlach — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:14:27 +0000

UPDATE: disregard the “there is no real question” part because i started answering before i finished the sentences. haha sorry

By: agerlach

agerlach — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:13:01 +0000

Although there is no real question here I do agree with what you are saying. In my thinking I think about the complexity of “newer” sports games. They have started to come up with a lot of “swing stick” type controls for baseball and hockey games making each new game in the series harder to master just after a gamer has gotten used to the old way of controls. This can be detrimental to the game because players are not taking advantage of these advanced controls but more are sticking to the “classic” controls that don’t require as much coordination and memory to play the game.

By: brkomasi

brkomasi — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:03:18 +0000

I’ve played Tetris, Pac-man, and Lemonade Tycoon to name a few. I think the reason why they are more interactive in simpler forms is because the games are based on a simple task. It’s the way they were originally created and I think when companies come forth and try to make them more complex, the people who grew up playing the originals don’t find it as fun because the creators have tried too hard to make an already classic game “better”. Also the type of game is important. Tetris and pac-man are simple arcade games but if you were to take such a complex game as WOW and play it on a cell phone, the game wouldn’t be able to reach its potential and thus it wouldn’t be as fun.