| If you are old enough to remember the early | | | | obviously spent a lot of time fine tuning to make |
| days of computer gaming you know there were | | | | sure the gameplay was as enjoyable as possible. |
| a lot of great games that were fun because of | | | | With Halo 2, the two things that give it an edge in |
| the exceptional gameplay and not just the | | | | my opinion is the fact that the movement of |
| graphics. Gaming started to become a little more | | | | players is slower than most games and the |
| popular in the 90s once people started buying | | | | weapons are highly balanced. Also, rather than |
| computers. In the early 90s games like Maniac | | | | throwing tons of multiplayer maps at the player, |
| Mansion, X-com 1, and Civilization were extremely | | | | the developers focused on making a limited |
| hot because of their addictive unique gameplay. | | | | number of quality maps. |
| Today gaming is mainstream and marketed | | | | Freeware games are an option for people on a |
| towards a mass audience. In order to market to | | | | small budget who value gameplay over graphics. |
| everyone, many games these days focus on the | | | | A freeware game is simply a game that is |
| graphics and special effects rather than unique | | | | completely free with no fees attached. Freeware |
| gameplay. You see many games that seem to be | | | | developers usually don't have the million dollar 3d |
| carbon copies of each other with slightly different | | | | engines to run their games so they must make |
| twists. | | | | the games as fun as they can without all the bells |
| These days, a lot of games try to be as realistic | | | | and whistles of retail games. These developers |
| as possible and have the most textures and | | | | make games simply for the love of making them |
| polygons jammed in to wow your eyes. In order | | | | and sometimes come up with some unique and |
| to market to everyone, many games these days | | | | quality games that are definitely worth a look. |
| focus on the graphics and special effects rather | | | | Especially considering that these games are |
| than unique gameplay. Although there is nothing | | | | completely free. These games span all the |
| wrong with a game with beautiful graphics, once | | | | categories of retail games from Massively |
| the novelty of the graphics runs out, the | | | | Multiplayer to 3d First Person Shooter. Some |
| gameplay is what keeps you playing. You see | | | | companies also release production quality games |
| many games that seem to be carbon copies of | | | | as freeware because they decide not to put the |
| each other with slightly different twists. There are | | | | game into production or as promotion. |
| a few games like Halo 2 where the developers | | | | |