roberto's Blog

i understand what the article it trying to say but the writer is living in a fantasy world. i hate to be a prick but frankly life sucks. i'm sorry if youre disabled but the world simply doesn't cater to everyone's whims and wishes. its not fair but a disability or age keeps you from doing everything you could possibly want, thats the way life is.

 

the sheer cost of game development as it is aren't taken into account either. it costs tens of millions of dollars and years of development as it is to develop even a short mainstream game. i couldn't imagine the costs and time involved in order to cater to every disability under the sun. it's delusional.

 

" Extra descriptive material accessible to screen readers or a built-in game voice to give blind or visually impaired gamers a picture of what is on the screen" if you're blind how can you honestly play any type of game?

 

i respect what the article is saying but it's frankly impossible and impractical on every conceivable level.

 

as for your comments, i agree. i'm only 32 but my reflexes suck and as a result online fps' are a misery for me to play. i've been moving away from fast action games and more towards rpgs and action-adventure titles. however i would never request that the entire industry change simply to suit my lack of skills. i accept that as i age there are things i can no longer do.

 

as for saves, why don't consoles have savestates? it has a hard drive, use it! slogging it out until you reach a checkpoint is a ridiculously outdated concept.

 

"The need for more mature themes (not necessarily involving brutal splattering violence) and smaller gameplay chunks are what adult gamers would look for, IMHO."

 

amen. more heavy rain and mass effect, less gears of war and call of duty. i don't consider blood and tits to be "mature" gaming, i'm not 13 anymore.

 

good blog, interesting read.

I agree with you Roberto that for busy, "older" gamers like ourselves, it's time constraints that are the primary consideration, so being able to save often, or even better, whenever I want, is something I really appreciate. However, I find myself in a bit of a catch-22 these days because most of the games that I'm drawn to are games with engrossing storylines, and to really enjoy those sorts of games to their fullest, they need to be experienced over 2-3 hour sessions, at least. Breaking up these types of games into the short 30 min. sessions that I most often have time for, makes these game feel like little more than a list of tedious chores to be completed. There's simply no continuity in the experience, and without that continuity, the immersive experience I sought when I originally set out to play the game, goes missing. It's like watching a movie in single, 15 min. blocks, every other day; the purpose has pretty much been defeated.