Games that have aged horribly
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God, I tried playing Deus Ex, with the new game coming out, and I just couldn't do it. All the little advances that FPS's have made since then, are gone. The interface conventions, design, ...and other things I can't even name, but know are missing. It was just too much. I can handle bad graphics, and have enjoyed games that have aged terribly, graphics-wise, but Deus Ex just didn't work for me.
Also, I laughed when it warned me about its "cutting edge" graphics.
Also, I laughed when it warned me about its "cutting edge" graphics.
At the risk of being flamed, I'd have to agree. There's so much good in there, but actually playing the damn things was an exercise in self-flagellation.Aureliano said:
Although, honestly, I probably wouldn't have had the issue I had with these games if I had played them at the time they came out. I've never been bothered by "aging" in any game I liked at the time, no matter how many years have passed. If I think something is broken in a game, I thought that way back when I first played it too.
Diablo 1
Not only the graphics,obviously,but the control scheme.It feels so clunky and poorly designed when compared to newer Hack and Slash games.I tried getting into it,I really did,but after the Butcher destroyed me and I realised I had to "farm",I said no.No Diablo,you were a great game in your time,but I do not want to put up with the clunkiness.
Not only the graphics,obviously,but the control scheme.It feels so clunky and poorly designed when compared to newer Hack and Slash games.I tried getting into it,I really did,but after the Butcher destroyed me and I realised I had to "farm",I said no.No Diablo,you were a great game in your time,but I do not want to put up with the clunkiness.
Goldeneye 007.
You try playing it without contorting your hand like your busy pleasuring all three of a triple cunted hookers vaginas at once.
You try playing it without contorting your hand like your busy pleasuring all three of a triple cunted hookers vaginas at once.
Final Fantasy 7
I loved this game when I had my PS1 as much as anyone, but my recent attempts to play it i've just found depressing. Its not the graphics or the sound, they have a retro charm which I'll always appreciate, but the dialogue is just terrible most of the time, to the point that its often quite funny (particuarly the retardedly emotionally distant cloud early on). Obviously the story is cliche as hell, but thats FF games for you, and part of the charm....what can't be overlooked is a 2 hour flashback sequence which only has one save point, makes very little sense, and gets made totally irrelevant by later plot....i'm looking at you Kalm.
Also, how seriously boneheadedly dense was I when I was 13.....I mean seriously *that thing that happens* (you know, the one spoiler that everyone actually knows by now, but I'm still going to be coy about on the off chance that someone doesn't) is telegraphed for like 3 hours before it happens!
I loved this game when I had my PS1 as much as anyone, but my recent attempts to play it i've just found depressing. Its not the graphics or the sound, they have a retro charm which I'll always appreciate, but the dialogue is just terrible most of the time, to the point that its often quite funny (particuarly the retardedly emotionally distant cloud early on). Obviously the story is cliche as hell, but thats FF games for you, and part of the charm....what can't be overlooked is a 2 hour flashback sequence which only has one save point, makes very little sense, and gets made totally irrelevant by later plot....i'm looking at you Kalm.
Also, how seriously boneheadedly dense was I when I was 13.....I mean seriously *that thing that happens* (you know, the one spoiler that everyone actually knows by now, but I'm still going to be coy about on the off chance that someone doesn't) is telegraphed for like 3 hours before it happens!
I'm throwing in Mass Effect. I love the game and it looks real shiny but after playing the 2nd one with the polish and the QTE's it feels like a total chore to go through fighting in the1st one. I know there is RPG debate over which one is better but despite the simplification it just feels nice to pull the trigger and see the gun shoot at what you are pointing at instead of some stupid behind the scenes math. Thats groovy with a more fantastical game but not here. Their forward thinking makes ME 1 feel more hodge podge to me.
That sucks though since I'm inevitably going to have to do it to get in various set ups for the last one
That sucks though since I'm inevitably going to have to do it to get in various set ups for the last one
Torment gets extra points in that its graphics had this problem already when it was released... 640x480 worked fine enough for Baldur's Gate, but Torment's larger sprites made it painful to look at even back in the day...Kukulski said:
I still loved it, and recently replayed it though, so YMMV I guess.
I find that many, many games become nigh-unplayable after an improved sequel comes out. You get so used to all the little improvements that you just get more and more frustrated with the original, as you reach for an option which could get you out of a hairy situation, but just isn't there. Age of Empires is a good example.
Most Star Wars games come to mind. Though it's only graphics, can live with that.
Good news, everyone! There's an unofficial resolution patch which lets you play almost every game made with the Infinity Engine with your desired resolution. I'm currently playing 'Planescape: Torment' in 1280x1080.Kukulski said:
I absolutely love the story and graphics do not matter much to me. For me, it's the A.I. that aged badly in Deus Ex - understandable, because the A.I. wasn't really top notch those days in any game. I recently replayed it (first time I could play it without FPS stuttering I had on my old computer!Lucien Pyrus said:
) and the opponents sometimes didn't see me when I was in clear sight or I just steamrolled them.I still enjoy the game though.
A game that aged badly could be Sim City 4000. I only played it one or two times, but it looked and felt so much worse than Sim City 3000. It could be the graphics or the bugs, I don't know. Something felt wrong.
As a general rule, games with 2D graphics or sprites tend to hardly age at all, atleast for me. I think it's because the more 'realistic games' will be outdone by technology in a few years, and they'll look terrible. But my old SNES games still look very good to me.
Turn and menu based JRPG. Lacking the adrenalin punch administered by most real time games, these kids are held up mostly by their complexity. Gamers demand more complex JRPGs, so we get them, and the old ones are left with archaic gameplay. "Point gun here and shoot", however, can only change so much, and will remain fun until people forget what solid ammunition is.
Also Pong. Pong has not aged well, a truth it shares with its precursor, Tennis For Two.
Also Pong. Pong has not aged well, a truth it shares with its precursor, Tennis For Two.