[ He has to pause, considering how best to word this in a way that could be understood by a man from an era well before cell phones—or any kind of phone... ]
Because it limits gameplay. You can change up the rules and details all you want, but you're still limited to the basic mechanic of pointing and shooting. It's the difference between playing a game with only one type of weapon, and a game where you're allowed to switch.
[ The explanation is extremely simplified, but if it gets the point across, he'll consider himself satisfied.
As for a game that would interest him... He scans the machines that surround them, and it doesn't take long for him to make a decision. The grin he turns upon Hua Cheng crinkles his eyes, holding an edge of mischief. ]
Have you ever driven before?
[ He might have, for all Tomura knows. There is a garage here, for no discernible purpose, but admittedly there's a part of him that hopes Hua Cheng will go into this with a relative blank slate; while Tomura might find that racing games grow stale for largely the same reason as shooters, he rather enjoys the chaos of putting someone inexperienced behind the wheel. At least in this case, whatever destruction ensues would only be virtual. ]
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Because it limits gameplay. You can change up the rules and details all you want, but you're still limited to the basic mechanic of pointing and shooting. It's the difference between playing a game with only one type of weapon, and a game where you're allowed to switch.
[ The explanation is extremely simplified, but if it gets the point across, he'll consider himself satisfied.
As for a game that would interest him... He scans the machines that surround them, and it doesn't take long for him to make a decision. The grin he turns upon Hua Cheng crinkles his eyes, holding an edge of mischief. ]
Have you ever driven before?
[ He might have, for all Tomura knows. There is a garage here, for no discernible purpose, but admittedly there's a part of him that hopes Hua Cheng will go into this with a relative blank slate; while Tomura might find that racing games grow stale for largely the same reason as shooters, he rather enjoys the chaos of putting someone inexperienced behind the wheel. At least in this case, whatever destruction ensues would only be virtual. ]