by Tim Lamb

Created on: November 22, 2009

Super Mario Bros 3 is an addictive game with over forty levels of fun. You must explore the different grass, desert, lava and snow worlds in order to find and defeat the evil Bowser and rescue Princess Peach.Even get your friend to join in!

Wii Sports is a game where you can play five sports, with your friends if you wish.

Which game sounds better? Sure Wii Sports sounds fun. But can you really play twenty matches in a row of tennis and still enjoy it as much as twenty levels in a row of Super Mario Bros?

In this article, I will be discussing three main points. Firstly, I will discuss how graphics take away from the creation of levels. Secondly, I will prove my point by proving that video games are becoming stories rather than actual games. Finally, I will discuss how games are repeats of previous games, with enhanced graphics.

Firstly, the graphics take away from the creation of levels. Think about the Spyro games. They used to be the most popular games on Playstation one. Now, they just focus on creating a massive movie after every fight, and making every enemy that you verse look powerful. However, they used to focus on making fun platform styled games with some enemies that are fun to try and defeat. I mean, who needs five different types of attacks to kill enemies? How boring is it just testing a random combination of attacks in hope that you will be lucky enough to kill the enemy? The game play complexity is decreasing the effort that game developers put into other aspects of the game, like dodging enemies attacks and killing them in unique ways. Instead, you just run up to the enemy and attack randomly and hope you kill your enemy before they kill you. And then you finish that part of the game, ready to repeat yourself on the next enemy. And is it really that much funner a game if you hear your character cheer after it kills an enemy? This proves that graphics complexity, game play complexity and sound complexity take away from the creation of levels.

Now let's think of Harry Potter. This series of games has been one of the most popular game series yet. Harry Potter one was on Game boy, Playstation and Xbox. It was a huge success, where you controlled Harry and explored the magic world of Hogwarts. The game was so enjoyable, and had good enough graphics to make you feel like you were their, experiencing the magic. However, as the games continued, the game developers focused on having amazing graphics, which would be great if you wanted to ONLY experience

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