NES revival...or reform?

now a controversy has arisen. Which direction should NESing take into the future. We will group the two into revival and reform. Revival is the return to simplistic NESes such as those of EQ or SKILORD. Reform is a continuation of the ever complicating NESes that have 50 nations with 15 stats each.

Reform may make it more realistic but it puts a strain on mods and players. Reform is also much more rewarding in the end as turns take forever and there is a sense of slow but steady progress, and makes NPC's, diplomacy, military, economy etc all more inclusive and important.

(since summer 2004)
Current Examples: NES2 II: Age of Discovery, stEspNES

Revival however will not make NESes realistic but it is much less time-consuming for mods and players. Revival isn't as rewarding as it goes by quickly and can quickly move. NPC's and diplomacy is not as important and econoym and military is in much simplier terms.

Current Examples: AoHNES, Return to Our Roots- We're BaaaaAAAAack

Mixed: Several NESes have tried to mix both.

Examples: StJNES9, SNES: Absolution 3

So which is the way we should go into the future?

A revival of Nes's such as Stjnes4 or 5 would be good. But mixed ones such Stjnes9 will work as well.

All Hail the Almighty Mods! They have the right to choose!

Mods decide. I as a mod know it's never a good idea to succumb to player popular vote if you want to like your own NES.

Why can't they coexist? o.o Why must there be some choice? Really, I'm happy with both of them happening at the same time. Of course, I haven't NESed for a while, but still. When I have the time, I shall return. So, uh...yeah...

Lets the Mods make the NESes, and we will join if we want to. Personally, I refer stomehting like the NeoNES, or Gelion-Capulet-Stormy's NES

North King said:

Mods decide. I as a mod know it's never a good idea to succumb to player popular vote if you want to like your own NES.

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Very Insightful.


I also agree with nexus, a good mix between all three is always healthy...we dont have to go either way.

You know, now I feel like an idiot. I thought "mods" meant "moderators of the NES forum". It doesn't, does it? It means the NES mods, right? X_x

I too agree with Nexus, even if he was trying to say something else. It truelly does mean the NES mods.

Seriously, though, I agree with him, and am willing to spend all my savings to hire a bunch of people to wage a brutal guerrila campaign against whoever tries to delete one of the "three directions". I also ask to understand that it is very hard to categorize NESes. IMHO, for example, my NES is "mixed", and somehow closer to "revival" then stJNES9. Not that I care, because that both NESes are quite good.

I'm with North on this one.

The idea of making this a concious decision on our part is absurd, history will cut the weak from the flock.

Bah! Darwinist!

who cares, let me get back to NESing

Jason The King said:

Bah! Darwinist!

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Let's be perfectly clear that I am in fact a seven day creationist.

A sarcastic joke of course....

I like a revival of the old NESes.More is in the player's hands threw stories with the old NESes.It is almost a rule,that the more complicated a NES is,the less stories it gets.Which is probably why board NESes don't really recieve many stories at all.