Also, most mobile games are more fun when using touchscreen, but if you port it to the PC, it doesn't feel the same with you slashing fruit and stuff with the mouse pointer. It's not really as fun as say scrolling your way into the game, since the fun part is the interactive touch, and without it it's just gonna be a point-and-click game that would really get boring in minutes since it's meant to be played for a few minutes at a time on a more mobile setting.
Exactly. Plus, using a mouse is not as responsive as touch controls, so it can go from fun to frustrating really quickly. And mobile games usually don't have an engaging enough plot to make you disregard an annoying gameplay.
Yeah the tapping action I admit is the reason why mobile games these days are great. Growing up playing mobile, it's been pressing buttons on the keypad. Not until we got touchscreen capabilities have we had a newer experience when playing. So if people port it to the PC, it's basically just playing Space Impact and using the #1 button to spam your main attack. Not the same.
The complexity of the "new" (compared to the traditional keyboard/controller one) control mobile devices allow surely plays a huge part, yeah. The same thing happens, more or less, to VR games. Most of them are pretty lackluster if compared to other typical games you can get nowadays, but the visor is what makes them unique. You can't expect games designed to work around specific features to retain the same level of quality when you take them away.
Yeah, it's a new way to play. Don't get me wrong, the mouse and keyboard is great, but it gets old sometimes. Maybe the mouse and keyboard can't really replicate human reflex speed since they are basically the third party between you and the game? So a quick swipe and instant control in the game would really be awesome. I think VR is a long way to go, and it's still fairly limited when it comes to controls since they are more interested in graphics and realism at the moment.
Yeah, it's one less medium between you and the game. That would also explain the popularity boom motion controls went through with the Wii, as barebones and gimmicky as they were. The same could be said about VR, and you are right about it still being in its early stages, but it does have to potential to evolve into something even more direct than touch controls.
Yeah, we should always strive for balance, of course, but when a new peripheral is out, everyone will try to turn it into a gimmick to impress players with minimal effort (even though developing content with the use of new technology is surely challenging). That's what Wii Sports did, that's what Fruit Ninja did, that's what the most popular VR game in the future will do. They're not masterpieces by any means, but they were good at what they were programmed for: showcase new functionalities and make something fun out of it.
I'm with you there, the excitement you get out of novelty grows thin fast. I was just pointing out how the technology market (and more specifically the gaming one), concerning both producers and consumers, usually reacts to news, even though I don't necessarily agree with it. Plus, it's hard to settle for less once you get a taste of the real thing.
Haha, yeah, I've seen them all around the place here. I've been asked to buy one myself, honestly, but...for God's sake, all they do is spin.
We're on the same boat then, haha. I'm not sure how much videogame novelties can improve one's life, though, so...yeah, maybe it's good to stay a little wary and wait and see how these new technologies develop before jumping in.
