The 7 Commandments All Video Games Should Obey. - General Discussion - Giant Bomb (2024)

I was just reading this and I thought it showed some good points. Some of those points were hilarious while others were damn funny. Now after you read the article tell me some of your thoughts.

What are your thoughts?

"http://www.cracked.com/article_16196_7-commandments-all-video-games-should-obey.html

I was just reading this and I thought it showed some good points. Some of those points were hilarious while others were damn funny. Now after you read the article tell me some of your thoughts.

What are your thoughts?
"

"Sincillian said:

"http://www.cracked.com/article_16196_7-commandments-all-video-games-should-obey.html

I was just reading this and I thought it showed some good points. Some of those points were hilarious while others were damn funny. Now after you read the article tell me some of your thoughts.

What are your thoughts?
"

Mythoughtis what's thedifferencebetween Dam funny and hilarious :P"

Is hilarious more funny than damn funny?

Meh. Pretty mediocre list. Also, Bully for the 360 worked perfectly so... fail.

"Is hilarious more funny than damn funny?"

Jayge said:

"Meh. Pretty mediocre list. Also, Bully for the 360 worked perfectly so... fail."

not funny...
just true....

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not funny...
just true....

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The list was alright I guess...but not funny at all.

The grizzled space marine bit I completely agreed with and mostly the graphics aspects as well, but the others...eh.

#5 is so true. There is no excuse for you not to be able to be able to save anywhere. And I've been stuck in that situation in Metroid plenty of times. I end up leaving the console on overnight so I can continue the game until I find a save point. Really annoying.

I love Cracked.

I couldn't agree more with that list, especially #1 and #3.

Bully for the 360 worked perfectly so... fail."

i think that was kinda stupid.

Haha that was pretty good
And well writen

"#5 is so true. There is no excuse for you not to be able to be able to save anywhere. And I've been stuck in that situation in Metroid plenty of times. I end up leaving the console on overnight so I can continue the game until I find a save point. Really annoying."

If Dead Rising let you save anywhere, the game wouldn't have achieved the need of being about survival and challenge.

Saving anywhere in a game has f*cked games up, imo.

I remember back when we couldn't f*cking save. All we had was a number of lives, a Game Over screen, and the knowledge that we got to start from the f*cking beginning unless there was a passcode feature that wasn't glitched to high Hell!!!

"Jayge said:

Bully for the 360 worked perfectly so... fail."

No, it didn't..."

True to that world war II.

As "commandments that should never ever be broken" I don't really agree with 7, 6, or most of 4.

Got a good laugh out of some of them.

found it funny at points, a bit too rambley at others, but still funny I guess

"ToRo said:

"#5 is so true. There is no excuse for you not to be able to be able to save anywhere. And I've been stuck in that situation in Metroid plenty of times. I end up leaving the console on overnight so I can continue the game until I find a save point. Really annoying."

There's plenty of reason for it.

If Dead Rising let you save anywhere, the game wouldn't have achieved the need of being about survival and challenge.

Saving anywhere in a game has f*cked games up, imo.

I remember back when we couldn't f*cking save. All we had was a number of lives, a Game Over screen, and the knowledge that we got to start from the f*cking beginning unless there was a passcode feature that wasn't glitched to high Hell!!!

"

If you can't create tension and suspense without removing or limiting vital parts of a game like saving, then you're doing it wrong. It doesn't create tension, it creates frustration. The "need of being about survival" shouldn't come at the expense of pissing off the player. That's just poor design.

Besides, I have a life outside of video games. If I'm bored and playing a game, and my dad walks in and says "Put your shoes on and get in the car" or "Come on let's go" (like he frequently does) I'd like to be able to save my game and come back later instead of desperately searching for a save point before my dad gets pissed and turns off the console.