Games that have aged terribly.

[Twilight_guy]

Deus Ex has aged terribly.

This. The graphics look terrible but that's forgivable. The actual system of the gameplay have not aged well and new and better technology and styles have made it feel clunky and confusing to me. It could use a face-lift.

 

[Nomanslander]

Weirdly enough, I still play Perfect Dark every single day. Perhaps it's just nostalgia, but fuck it, it's still fun! Timesplitters 2 is better though.

However, Deus Ex, that which so astounded me back in 2000, has aged about as well as cream does if you leave it in the sun. The AI is jaw droppingly terrible. They're all freaking myopic! The graphics, inconsequential as they may be, have not aged well, the gunplay is horrible, the acting has only got worse with age. It's just bad now, which is depressing, because back when it came out, it was revolutionary. I suppose everyone just copied its great ideas, and did it better. Such is life.

Funny enough, I only played this game last year for the first time and I thought of it as still a bit ahead of it's time. The only thing that kinda sucks in the gunplay which of course is way better in today's next gen games. But a lot of features I saw in this game, they're barely to be seen in other games, and never done well.

The only thing I didn't like about Deus Ex was the story, I've read enough Phillip K Dick novels and been interested in Cyberpunk enough years to have come across material way better than this that has gone above and beyond...=/

 

[GamingAwesome1]

The original Metroid has not aged well at all.

Nor has Super Mario Bros. 3

*raises flame shield*

 

[Hazy]

Final Fantasy VII.

From a merely graphical perspective, it looks awful by today's standards. However, the soundtrack, like Gun's, is quite nice.

Loved the soundtrack, but I have to agree. Block characters scare me.

Cloud has the physique of Popeye the Sailor man!

 

[[Insert Name Here]]

The first two Fallout games. -.-

 

[Ldude893]

Half life 2 and its episodes.....

I replayed Half Life 2 for the 3rd time since I bought it and I'm telling you, it's still as shiny as the hood of a new car.

 

[TheRocketeer]

All of the PS1 Resident Evil games are largely considered unplayable by today's standards.

They are really just a nightmare to behold, and not in the way that they are intended to be.

 

[MMMowman]

Spyro the dragon

Just let it DIE!

 

[Crowser]

Goldeneye, I played it with my friends a few days ago and it was HORRIBLE. Shooters need two control sticks / mouse and keyboard to work properly.

 

[Super Toast]

Rayman 2. It's agonizing to play.

 

[NickCaligo42]

The original Sonic the Hedgehog games. I keep wondering how I stomached playing and re-playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles when I was a kid; they just control like ass. Sonic 3 is admittedly better than the others, but cripes are they clunky.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

I don't think many games age well, gameplay has just evolved an incredible ammount and continues to, and generally I've found that most games older than a decade aren't fun anymore. Most of the games from the late 90s that I loved are, these days, complete rubbish. The only games that really hold up to the same quality are point-and-click adventure games and the more simplistic FPS games (like Half-Life) because neither genre has changed much. It's nothing to do with the graphics, it's just that games have gotten better. Simple as that. Modern games are more intuitive, accessible and most importantly more fun. I guess I have no sense of nostalgia, which in my opinion is a good thing.

However, Deus Ex, that which so astounded me back in 2000, has aged about as well as cream does if you leave it in the sun. The AI is jaw droppingly terrible. They're all freaking myopic! The graphics, inconsequential as they may be, have not aged well, the gunplay is horrible, the acting has only got worse with age. It's just bad now, which is depressing, because back when it came out, it was revolutionary. I suppose everyone just copied its great ideas, and did it better. Such is life.

The internet shoved Deus Ex down my throat when I got Steam. DEAR GOD, the concepts are awesome. Sadly, the execution hasn't aged well. But it's aged better than Perfect Dark. I can't see why you play THAT...THAT...abomination...every day.

Thank god some people agree with me. I too, bought this game on Steam recently after hearing all the praise it got, and found it to be complete mediocrity. I'm sure it was great at it's time but these days it just doesn't play well compared to other games. Like Onyx says, the execution has aged terribly.

 

[Randomologist]

Tomb raider one...

, and

CNC:Tiberian Sun.

Time has not been kind to these games. Those red dinosaurs still provoke an "oh shit" moment, as do the mummies, but the graphics and controls are really quite awkward. Ditto TS, it was nice to play through to begin with but it just feels like the only way to win is to play as Nod and spam units.

 

[LastCelt1989]

All of the PS1 Resident Evil games are largely considered unplayable by today's standards.

They are really just a nightmare to behold, and not in the way that they are intended to be.

Aw come on man, granted 1 is total ass but I think 2 and definatley 3 still hold up. The're by no means nice to look at but I think they are at least playable. Though admitadley that maybe because I fell in love with Jill Valentine at 13 and am yet to realy let her go. <3 <3 <3


Buffy the vampire slayer on xbox I think still holds up really well, I fired that up last week and its still pretty fun, even though some of the character models are waaay off.

I would definatley say Goldeneye..just damn! I completed it back in the day but how the hell I managed it without 2 sticks is beyond me.

Most ps1 era fighters defiantley haven't aged well but I'd say the worst are those sega CD style FMV games where all you do is make the odd decision, those things are just horrible.