Games That Aged Horribly
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Neverwinter Nights. I still hold a great fondness for the game and can still find enjoyment, but the way it controls, especially after playing so much Dragon Age just feels so awkward to me. The character appearance options have not aged well neither but they were kind of weak even back then.
Wizardry 8. I can't even get past the character creation before I lose interest. I've always wanted to finish it, but I can't even really bring myself to start it anymore.
Civilization II. Honestly, at this point at Civilization game without clearly defined borders for the nations just feels so, incomplete to me. I just always liked territory outlines for some reason. Although I do miss having Elvis as my cultural adviser.
Command & Conquer. The only reason for this really is because there is no move and attack command, something I've grown far too used to in RTSs.
X-COM. I have to admit I only recently started giving this game a try, but as much as I want to get into it, the high level of micromanagement just turns me off of it. I love games with depth, don't get me wrong, just with X-COM I can't seem to find the patience for it.
Thief I & II. This one is kind of more my fault, in a way. It's not the graphics or anything, but rather the fact that I've discovered several ways to exploit the AI that kind of removes the challenge unless I play it on expert, but even then I can still exploit the AI if needed. Well, any AI that can be knocked out with a Blackjack that is.
Wizardry 8. I can't even get past the character creation before I lose interest. I've always wanted to finish it, but I can't even really bring myself to start it anymore.
Civilization II. Honestly, at this point at Civilization game without clearly defined borders for the nations just feels so, incomplete to me. I just always liked territory outlines for some reason. Although I do miss having Elvis as my cultural adviser.
Command & Conquer. The only reason for this really is because there is no move and attack command, something I've grown far too used to in RTSs.
X-COM. I have to admit I only recently started giving this game a try, but as much as I want to get into it, the high level of micromanagement just turns me off of it. I love games with depth, don't get me wrong, just with X-COM I can't seem to find the patience for it.
Thief I & II. This one is kind of more my fault, in a way. It's not the graphics or anything, but rather the fact that I've discovered several ways to exploit the AI that kind of removes the challenge unless I play it on expert, but even then I can still exploit the AI if needed. Well, any AI that can be knocked out with a Blackjack that is.
I agree with this. I'm not even trying to troll either.Cowabungaa said:
Replaying it, I found that the dialog was painful. The dungeons are still good, but the rest of the game feels pretty dull now. Bosses in particular are a joke.
It was one of the greatest games of its time, but I feel that some of the more recent adventure games carry the torch better.
/double-flameshield
Half Life 1. I finally got it on PS2 a couple of weeks ago, I tried really hard to enjoy it and I really couldn't get into it. My friend tells me Half Life 2 meets today's standards more than 1, so I'll pick that up if I ever finish the first one.
Half Life 1. I finally got it on PS2 a couple of weeks ago, I tried really hard to enjoy it and I really couldn't get into it. My friend tells me Half Life 2 meets today's standards more than 1, so I'll pick that up if I ever finish the first one.
I started playing vice city to try to find out what I missed after enjoying saints row 2. I stand with you on this: the controls made the game unplayable.Netrigan said:
EDIT: Then again, this is a nostalgia thread. I never got into GTA to begin with to feel disillusioned with its playability later.
I can't really answer this question. If I loved Zelda 2 on the NES then, I have to write, it is still very good now. Just, when I just spent $600 on a PC graphics card and have limited time, I should be using that on something current.
I must be really fucking weird, because recently I bought a PS2 to play all the GTA games that I never got a chance to back in the day. And I thought they were fun. Well, not so much the missions themselves where you had to actually shoot things, but in GTA 3 I always had so much fucking money I could just buy rocket launcher ammo and just spend the missions shooting anything that moves.
I mean, yeah, the controls for GTA 3 and Vice City are terrible (Although I quite liked San Andreas's controls), it was the free-roam cities themselves that won me over. Even though they don't have as many pretty textures as modern games, to me Vice City and GTA 3's Liberty City have a lot more personality than any of the more recent free roam cities.
But yeah, in terms of actual story missions they haven't aged very well. Also, I literally can't play Goldeneye for N64.
I mean, yeah, the controls for GTA 3 and Vice City are terrible (Although I quite liked San Andreas's controls), it was the free-roam cities themselves that won me over. Even though they don't have as many pretty textures as modern games, to me Vice City and GTA 3's Liberty City have a lot more personality than any of the more recent free roam cities.
But yeah, in terms of actual story missions they haven't aged very well. Also, I literally can't play Goldeneye for N64.
Secret of Mana. I'm a fan of a good amount of RPGs, but this one just, no. I've never really bothered to get that far into it because of how much I disliked it.
well it may be hard to judge from a picture but those graphics don't look that bad, you can tell what is what (Although I usually draw the line at halo 1 original xbox graphics). PS1 games like crash bandicoot 3 and abes oddessay have barely aged at all while ironically some PS2 games like killzone have aged very poorly (its probably partly to do with the low resolution and bad frame rate), other FPS that came out in the same year like Farcry, halo 2, half life 2, doom 3, star wars republic comando. they have all aged rather well.JesterRaiin said:
I can't bear to play the original Half Life. Oh, sure, it was an influential and important game that raised the bar for shooters in general, but it's just not that great. It's not so much that everything is dull and washed out ,but that it's not very fun either. A game's graphics are bound to age, and one must base their opinions on the content of the games, i.e. if they're still fun. This is why I enjoyed the old Deus Ex and the Doom games from a modern perspective, having never played either before. They look awful, but I was able to get past that because they were fun. Half Life, though...
Also, most games on the PS1.
Also, most games on the PS1.
People say that Deus Ex has aged badly but Deus Ex 2 has aged even worse.
The character-models are downright immersion-breaking, the elliptical look of the HUD reminds me just how ugly some of the PS2 age menus were and for some reason the interiors simply look fake
The character-models are downright immersion-breaking, the elliptical look of the HUD reminds me just how ugly some of the PS2 age menus were and for some reason the interiors simply look fake
Not to say that you aren't entitled to your opinion, I just want to add that I spent roughly 100 hours on Fallout 2 last week, as I had no internet connection to speak of. I also have Arkham City, but I don't really enjoy it, so I finished the story on Fallout 2 three times instead.Chunga the Great said:
OT: Deus Ex springs to mind, as I never played it until last year, it just seems so horribly dated.
Oblivion is another, but then again, I don't like any of Bethesda's games besides Skyrim.
This. =( Fear Effect was a great game in it's time, one of the only games I would call a playable anime, but it's really hard to play again due to tank controls and bad inventory by today's standards.krazykidd said:
Also really hard to go back to Deus Ex, the models and acting are so hilariously bad.
Pretty much all the console Medal of Honor games fall victim to this. I went back and played Frontline again a while back, and it was bad. The aiming was awful, level design confusing, AI brain dead, and the graphics weren't too great either. The only thing that made it worth playing was, like you said, the amazing soundtrack.Thoughtful_Salt said: