Games that aged badly

[Redem]

Is there any game you used to really like but you picked up a few years later and you can't understand why you thought they were so great back in the day

Heh diablo II became a bit of a letdown when I re-install it a few years, the story feeling rather superficial. I ended up dropping at the second act because I remember hating the third act even back there.

 

[GreyWolf257]

Diablo II did the same thing for me.

 

[Cheesepower5]

Not to bait the flames, but I must say Final Fantasy VII. It had a poor translation, good graphics then but distracting now, lower quality music(Not the songs themselves, but the actual sound) and a few glitchy bits. It's still a good enough game, and great at the time. But the 2D ones, at least 5 and 6 have aged a bit better.

 

[Shock and Awe]

Not to bait the flames, but I must say Final Fantasy VII. It had a poor translation, good graphics then but distracting now, lower quality music(Not the songs themselves, but the actual sound) and a few glitchy bits. It's still a good enough game, and great at the time. But the 2D ones, at least 5 and 6 have aged a bit better.

This and Goldeneye, the controls are quite shitty now.

 

[alinos]

sands of time i went and played it again the otherday i seem to remember it having way way better graphics

 

[Cherry Cola]

This thread should be derailed seeing as how you made two of them.

 

[Scumpernickle]

Silent Hill 3

I loved it when I never heard of Condemned.

 

[malestrithe]

Not to bait the flames, but I must say Final Fantasy VII. It had a poor translation, good graphics then but distracting now, lower quality music(Not the songs themselves, but the actual sound) and a few glitchy bits. It's still a good enough game, and great at the time. But the 2D ones, at least 5 and 6 have aged a bit better.

Seconded. I hate it for the story. You commit an act of terrorism before you are introduced to the main plot.

 

[EnzoHonda]

I can't say "I don't know why I liked these" to either of the following games, but I still think they are not aging well.

F.E.A.R. Honestly, it doesn't look good now. Even ancient games like Unreal look better because although they are technically inferior, they have a pleasing aesthetic. Also, the gameplay was pretty limited. "Go there, shoot that, use slow-mo if needed."

Splinter Cell (first one only). It was too "video-gamey" for its own good. "One more alarm and I'm pulling you out." I know they referenced this in the later games, but it still stands. Plus, the level design hurts the realism. The US is at war and yet there are only three guys working at the CIA and it has no hall lights. Yeah, right. Plus, it was overly linear.

 

[Ultima Shadow]

This and Goldeneye, the controls are quite shitty now.

I'd recommend playing Goldeneye with a keyboard+mouse combo, it can be done (though I'm unsure if it is permissable to say how) and it makes such a difference...

 

[Dark Prophet]

The NFS series starting with Underground don't know about the last one though haven't played it and it's quite new also so it hasn't had the chance to age badly. The last proper one was Porsche. And Crysis it's really shity, it had like only one edge over other shooters the graphics and now it has pretty much lost it.

 

[Redem]

Sorry for double-posting

While having not exactly aged badly I played the first castlevania game for the first time recently and was amaze by how difficult it was (maybe I should try to find Castlevania 3 which I heard is better)

I quite enjoy the end of Nintendo hard

 

[Gondito]

COD 4: Modern Warfare, actually, come to think of it, i though that game had crap graphics when it came out.

The first Halo aged poorly.

 

[pseudo721]

I totally agree about FFVII and goldeneye. Also, gauntlet for N64/GCN.

 

[majormayham2]

The entire fighting game genre,the final fantasy series, and the pokemon sereies.

 

[MasterMongoose0]

The entire fighting game genre,the final fantasy series, and the pokemon sereies.

Pokemon has aged really well.

Not sure what you're talking about. They just re-released the first games a few years back, and everyone bought them. There's something to be said when they haven't changed a damn thing and the franchise still prints money...

 

[manaman]

Not to bait the flames, but I must say Final Fantasy VII. It had a poor translation, good graphics then but distracting now, lower quality music(Not the songs themselves, but the actual sound) and a few glitchy bits. It's still a good enough game, and great at the time. But the 2D ones, at least 5 and 6 have aged a bit better.

Seconded. I hate it for the story. You commit an act of terrorism before you are introduced to the main plot.

It was eco-terrorism against a corrupt corporation, it's all good.

Most games aged badly. We tend to remember fondly our first experiences in a new genre that captivates us. For many it was FF7 on the PS1 that first introduced them to epic level JRPGs. Halo for FPS on the console. Doom on the computer for some of us older guys. None of these games can really hold a candle to the decent offerings in the genre today. We still look fondly on them mostly for nostalgia. RPG's at least have the bonus of excellent story telling and music to go along with them, replying less on graphics and technical prowess.

Basically I almost all games aged badly. This coming from a guy with hundreds upon hundreds of classic cartridges.

 

[lacktheknack]

Silent Hill 3

I loved it when I never heard of Condemned.

Eh? It's aged quite well, I still prefer it to Condemned.

The game that aged horrifically was Tomb Raider 3: Jack of all action game trades, master of none.

 

[Daedalus1942]

Is there any game you used to really like but you picked up a few years later and you can't understand why you thought they were so great back in the day

Heh diablo II became a bit of a letdown when I re-install it a few years, the story feeling rather superficial. I ended up dropping at the second act because I remember hating the third act even back there.

Don't bother buying DIII then. It's what all us DII geeks are looking forward to and I still play DII. I doubt you will like diablo III.
For me though, it would have to be World of Warcraft. It was enjoyable for about 6 months when first released, and now i can't ever bring myself to play it a second longer, ever again.
Also, Jet Force Gemini. I used to love that game on n65, and I rebought it recently for $10. I can't believe how awful the controls were by today's standards.
And I know I'll get flamed for this, but the old Castlevania's are just shit now.
Before you have a go at me, I'd like to clarify I mean the old 2d style platforming beat em up ONLY (as in no rpg elements or even map exploration were introduced)
Symphony of the night and the GBA and DS games are just awesome.
The ones before they added the RPG elements I have absolutely no time for(Dracula X Chronicles etc etc).