Re: Hardcore Computist Magazine online...

["vector" <someasshole@aol.com>]

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 13:24:30 -0500, Paul Guertin wrote:

> The point of a game is to have fun with it. For me, some games are
> fun to play by the rules, some are fun to hack, some are both,
> some are neither.

Ok, well said.  I agree.  

> I made that mistake once of ruining a game by creating invincible
> characters and then trudging from dungeon to dungeon, winning battle
> after battle until I killed the big boss without realizing I'd done it.
> Then I realized it was about as interesting as cheating at solitaire.

Well, it's harder to miss these days, when the Big Boss has a 15-minute
cut scene before he attacks.  :)  With something like Final Fantasy, the
gameplay has almost become an annoyance in between installments of the
storyline.  But with a lot of older RPGs like Bard's Tale, Shadows of
Yserbius, Legend of the Red Dragon, it's harder to enjoy a hacked copy.  I
always hated people that used cheats in those LORD doors.