Games that aged badly
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I honestly never saw the massive hype or apeal when Goldeneye was even first released, let alone a decade later -.-Wardog13 said:
Pretty much any 2D fighter EVER. I never really understood why people continue to play them after the genre jumped to 3D.
the 90's adventure game aged badly for the most part mainly for how non-sensical the enigma got in some case (The Myst serie never really managed to become more than scenery porn)
Pokemon is kinda a mix bag in some way because the game mechanic of the "adventure" serie remain pretty much the same, but since its pretty much only the pokemon serie that does it, it don't really matter
Pokemon is kinda a mix bag in some way because the game mechanic of the "adventure" serie remain pretty much the same, but since its pretty much only the pokemon serie that does it, it don't really matter
Goldeneye is still fun and all but it doesn't really trigger the old fun memories the same way it used to, in my own opinion any way.
Actually a lot of old games I loved from my childhood can sometimes be underwhelming when I go back and replay them because so much nostalgia's at work but it does still make me realise how much more fun they were in the past.
Actually a lot of old games I loved from my childhood can sometimes be underwhelming when I go back and replay them because so much nostalgia's at work but it does still make me realise how much more fun they were in the past.
Metal Gear Solid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwppFPjIX4A
Why don't people have faces?!
Why is everything shaking in the cutscenes!?
This is not how it was back then at all!
And what's with the sounds? And the voice acting?
Actually, pretty much every PS1 game. The graphics were AMAZING back then, now it just looks so damn bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwppFPjIX4A
Why don't people have faces?!
Why is everything shaking in the cutscenes!?
This is not how it was back then at all!
And what's with the sounds? And the voice acting?
Actually, pretty much every PS1 game. The graphics were AMAZING back then, now it just looks so damn bad.
Most old 3D games have aged horribly. 3D graphics just don't age like 2D ones do. A good 2D design will always be a good 2D design, even if it gets a bit pixelly when you're used to higher resolutions, but a good 3D design 5 years back is almost always a hilariously bad 3D design today, and the further back you go the worse it gets.
Gameplay-wise, how well a game ages is, in my opinion, a very strong indicator of how good the game really was in the first place. If a game was good five years back, it'll still be good today (unless your taste in games has changed completely, which isn't really the point). However if a game was great five years back but is boring/awkward/badly designed today, you've gotta wonder why you liked it in the first place.
For example, I've been a big Jagged Alliance 2 fan for pretty much as long as the game exists, and I cn still fire it up now and then and have as much fun with it as I did when it was new. It simply is a very good game. On the other hand, I still have this idea in the back of my head that Command & Conquer: Renegade is absolutely the best game ever to play during a LAN party, but when I play it these days it just doesn't interest me that much. This makes me re-evaluate my opinion of the game: Did I like it because it really was the perfect LAN-game, or just because the LANs I played it at where that so fun that the actual quality of the game didn't matter much?
Gameplay-wise, how well a game ages is, in my opinion, a very strong indicator of how good the game really was in the first place. If a game was good five years back, it'll still be good today (unless your taste in games has changed completely, which isn't really the point). However if a game was great five years back but is boring/awkward/badly designed today, you've gotta wonder why you liked it in the first place.
For example, I've been a big Jagged Alliance 2 fan for pretty much as long as the game exists, and I cn still fire it up now and then and have as much fun with it as I did when it was new. It simply is a very good game. On the other hand, I still have this idea in the back of my head that Command & Conquer: Renegade is absolutely the best game ever to play during a LAN party, but when I play it these days it just doesn't interest me that much. This makes me re-evaluate my opinion of the game: Did I like it because it really was the perfect LAN-game, or just because the LANs I played it at where that so fun that the actual quality of the game didn't matter much?
I would have to agree with a few other people and say GoldenEye. I will always have the memories of playing it, but I will never get that satisfaction from playing it again.
Pretty much all my old PS1 games plus there are a bunch of PS2 games that I remembered as having incredibly realistic graphics and now they suddenly look like everything's made of modeling clay. Its weird how HD graphics of today train your eye to subconciously notice all the flaws in old games, that you previously didn't notice.
