If you are old enough to remember the early days of computer games, you know that there were a lot of great games that were fun because of the exceptional gameplay and not just the graphics. Games started to become a bit more popular in the 90s, once people started buying computers. In the early 90’s, games like Maniac Mansion, X-com 1, and Civilization were all the rage due to their unique and addictive gameplay. Today, games are mainstream and marketed to a mass audience. In order to market to everyone, many games these days focus on graphics and special effects rather than unique gameplay. You see a lot of games that appear to be carbon copies of each other with slightly different twists.
These days many games try to be as realistic as possible and have as many textures and polygons stuck to it to wow your eyes. In order to market to everyone, many games these days focus on graphics and special effects rather than unique gameplay. Although there is nothing wrong with a game with beautiful graphics, once the novelty of the graphics wears off, the gameplay is what keeps you playing. You see a lot of games that appear to be carbon copies of each other with slightly different twists. There are some games like Halo 2 where the developers obviously spent a lot of time tweaking to make sure the game was as enjoyable as possible. With Halo 2, the two things that give it an advantage in my opinion is the fact that the movement of the players is slower than most games and the weapons are very balanced. Also, instead of throwing tons of multiplayer maps at the player, the developers focused on making a limited number of quality maps.
Free software games are an option for people on a budget who value gameplay over graphics. A free game is simply a game that is completely free and free of charge. Free software developers generally don’t have the million dollar 3D engines to run their games, so they need to make the games as fun as possible without all the bells and whistles of retail games. These developers create games simply for the love of making them, and sometimes they create quality, unique games that are definitely worth watching. Especially considering that these games are completely free. These games span all categories of retail games, from massively multiplayer to 3D First Person Shooter. Some companies also release production-quality games as free software because they choose not to put the game into production or as a promotion.