Games that have aged horribly

[nukethetuna]

Most games that were made in the early 3D graphics era will show their age when you're comparing em with stuff on the new gen consoles. Same with games that use sprite based graphics but were released in the earlier generations.

Games released at the end of the "2D era" keep their polish rather well. Take Chrono Trigger or Treasure of Rudra for example. Since 2D hit its "graphic ceiling", no new games will ever make those mad at its end feel outdated.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Every 2D Mortal Kombat. God, are they horrible. You know what, I'll add all the 3D ones to that.

 

[Giantpanda602]

Golden Eye for the N64. What a terrible looking game.

Oh, and good god, the music. The music is just TERRIBLE.

 

[Redem]

I think a lot of Adventure game aged horribly, most of them simply being frustration in a can

 

[Hiphophippo]

Someone mentioned Deus Ex.

Someone is going to reinstall it now. It's the circle of life.

 

[Justanothergamer300]

Oh my god it doesn't play like my childhood remembers, whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

[BreakfastMan]

Well, the only one that comes to mind is Half Life 1. I played Half Life 2 first, loved it, then went back to the one that started it all to know how the story began. I was expecting something awesome, because everyone always says it is, but when I actually played it I found it very underwhelming. "This is it?" I thought to myself. "This is the game that is supposedly one of the greatest of all time? How did this get sequel? Not that I am complaining of course...".

 

[Redem]

Someone mentioned Deus Ex.

Someone is going to reinstall it now. It's the circle of life.

Kinda baffle me that Deus Ex would get mention it so much, when it has so much replay value, it would be the opposite of aging horribly

 

[taciturnCandid]

Deus Ex.

Good god, Deus Ex.

What do you mean? I recently played it and got into it with no difficulty. Great game. I don't care about graphics much, so those don't bother me.

The game controls great and the graphics don't get in the way of performing any actions. They don't actually look half bad in my opinion.

bye far deus ex its really hard to into because of it

Are you really that superficial? The graphics are sufficient enough to not get in the way of anything. The gameplay remains completely intact and is far more enjoyable then most games I play nowadays. In fact, it has so much replay value. I get engrossed in it because of the story and the awesome multi-path gameplay. Non-lethal ftw.

 

[Chibz]

Morrowind comes to mind. The combat was annoying back then and time has not sweetened it, and the hilariously bad animations and stiff controls are pretty hard to overlook.

And, of course, the graphics haven't fared to well either.

Still enjoy the game, though.

This. A thousand times this.

Morrowind's non-combat mechanics are pretty awful, too. You walk like you're crippled (takes too long to get anywhere). The dialogue system is TERRIBLE.

I have to say, Morrowind almost made me never try Oblivion.

 

[EHKOS]

Tail Concerto is pretty sad now. Although Bloodlines seems to have aged very well imo.

 

[Leemaster777]

And any pre-DS pokemon game, when weighed up against the newer ones. The seemingly small changes to the user interface etc... have made a huge difference

This. Oh god, this. I couldn't agree more. Seriously, go play Black/White for a few hours, then play Red/Blue for a few hours.

It's like switching from a Jetsons car to the Flintstones.

 

[taciturnCandid]

Driver and Driver 2. Those games... did not age well. Most ps1 games didn't

 

[Aureliano]

Glad to see another person call Diablo 2; I was worried I'd have to be the first in this thread. Baldur's Gate's another one for me, as well as BG: II. Something about the those old infinity engine games never clicked with me, and babysitting a party just doesn't do it.

On that note: Fallout 1 and 2. The stories are great, the ideas are cool, but turn-based isometric RPGs make me contemplate death.

The entire Avernum series, or at least up through 4/all the ones that used to be called Exile. Strangely I'd probably still play Realmz. That game was crazy-fun.

Wing Commander 1 + 2. They are really cool games, totally granted, but they never really hooked me until Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell joined up in 3.

 

[Furious Styles]

Morrowind

Going from Oblivion to Morrowind is more jarring than being taken out of a nice, warm bed and thrown into the Arctic Sea.

 

[Zechnophobe]

Deus Ex.

Good god, Deus Ex.

What do you mean? I recently played it and got into it with no difficulty. Great game. I don't care about graphics much, so those don't bother me.

The game controls great and the graphics don't get in the way of performing any actions. They don't actually look half bad in my opinion.

bye far deus ex its really hard to into because of it

Are you really that superficial? The graphics are sufficient enough to not get in the way of anything. The gameplay remains completely intact and is far more enjoyable then most games I play nowadays. In fact, it has so much replay value. I get engrossed in it because of the story and the awesome multi-path gameplay. Non-lethal ftw.

So you hadn't played Deus Ex before recently? Because, nostalgia can make things a lot more fun. Also having a sense of what is going to happen next. I really enjoyed System shock 1 and 2, thief, bioshock, all those style of games by those developers. But I didn't play Deus Ex until a few years ago... and just couldn't. I couldn't get INTO the game due to how far distant it was for me.

Bad graphics, bad voice acting, cheesy cut scenes. User Interface was a nightmare...

 

[Solo-Wing]

Super Mario 64 and Final Fantasy VII.

You know... I doubt i could ever say that 8-bit games have not aged well. They have their own charm that just looks good. Even if 8-Bit I will always love:

8-bit or no. Megaman will always be good by me.
Except in Battle network. Fuck that franchise.

Hell even 16-bit are good by me.

Just games that entered the world of 3D graphics can age bad.

 

[oreopizza47]

I find a difference between "hard to play" and "didn't age well". I know plenty of great old games that are harder to play nowadays because I'm used to the smoother, modern controls. That doesn't ruin them. The only game I've ever played that I feel got way worse since the first time I played it is Thrillville. It's a fun little amusement park sim, but as great as it is, and as much as there is to do, you can only have so much fun on the same few games. Mind you, repetition isn't always bad, but monotony is, and Thrillville gets monotonous.