Mithmeoi

I’ve been a pretty avid computer gamer since I was oh… twelve. I did ease up on gaming once I was out of high school and started into my animation stuff, but after that I suddenly was struck by the gaming bug again. However, since I have now updated my computers and they no longer run XP most of my older games won’t work. So I’ve been on a quest for some new ones that will.

I’m pretty picky when it comes to games. It has to have something that will really draw me in. I’ve had tons of games that held my attention for maybe an hour but after that I’ve lost all interest. I remember being addicted to Red Alert, Age of Empires, Petz, and some silly Pirates of the Caribbean game I had. They held my attention for hours.

Now it’s hard for me to sit down to a newer game and pay attention for more than an hour. I usually get tired of it as it gets tedious or is just really unoriginal… sometimes it’s even almost impossible to beat. I dunno but when I sit down to play a game it’s to relax and kind of just enjoy a break from everything. I don’t need to get more frustrated cause I can’t beat a level. It seems like most new games have to be hard for it to be enjoyable now. Well to me that kind of sucks the fun out of it. I don’t mind having different difficulty levels, but if I don’t want a big challenge, just blow crap up, don’t make it so impossibly hard.

The prices of games has always been pretty high when they first hit the market, which is one reason I will never buy a new game. I don’t find any game worth $40. I will buy it a year later just to save $20. I’m just not desperate for something like that, though I do enjoy games. Anyways, the thing that gets me now with games, you have to pay for most added extras. Like oh say… wanting to use it on more than one computer.

This makes me angry, cause I just recently bought a game, it came out… probably early this year or later last. It was installed on our desktop, ok that’s fine, then I sent to install it on my laptop so my hubby and I could team battle or whatever and the bloody thing won’t let me. Why? Cause I’ve already used the code. That Is Bull. I never remember having to buy multiple copies/licenses of a game to be able to install it on another of my OWN computers. Red Alert never, Age of Empires never… Empire Earth, nope, WHY??? I refuse to buy another copy and heck I might even not buy another game by the company for this very reason. It really cheese me off. I feel slightly ripped off, and I’m sure glad that I didn’t buy this game when it was full price, I think I would have tried to return it if I had.

I get that there’s a lot of illegal game downloads, but THIS will definitely not stop it. Maybe it’ll sucker more people in to buying more copies, but in the long run I just see it provoking more and more people to snitch it illegally online. I’m also really hating these paid downloads and how they have a limit of being replaced if your computer crashes and you don’t back it up you might just end up losing what you paid for. I guess there’s probably a way to get them back if you really want to try, but I think it’s more frustration than it’s worth. I’ve also heard of some games that you can only load like three times or something then it will lock it out? What? It’s getting pretty ridiculous.

I miss my old games that I could use on any computer and play against my friends and family. I have resorted to free online games, and they’re pretty cool, but I’d like a little bit more that I can play where I don’t have to pay extra for certain features that aren’t included in the free game play.