Games that have aged terribly.

[CK76]

Anything that has aimed for realism does not age well graphically. Even the most amazing looking realistic game of 2010 will be comical by 2020.

Look at Virtua Fighter, it is hard to go back now

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As for gameplay mechanics, I hate any game that has passwords or makes you start all over from Stage 1-1. I am so glad those no longer exist in games today.

 

[King Kupofried]

With proper fear of being crucified in check. Final Fantasy Tactics.
Perhaps not terribly aged since I still play it from time to time, but it is definitely dated compared to a lot of more recently released Turn Based strategy games likely due to it's sheer lack of balance. Don't get me wrong I love to use all the jobs, but even disregarding Orlandu once you get access to Ninjas or Calculators the game just about feels like it's giving up.

 

[Retodon8]

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.

I never played PD when it was brand new, but I did try the demo on XBLA a while ago.
To progress I had to find a key to a door that looked like any other door, and there are a lot of doors.
Everything looked the same, and I just got bored after running around those offices five times without finding anything.
In other words, being a fan and knowing where everything is probably helps.
Of course boredom is what made me not finish the demo for the latest Turok game either, and that is still pretty new.

Half life 2 and its episodes.....

I looked it up, and... 2004?
Wow!
It feels like much more recent than that; I still haven't even finished the main game.
Still, I don't see how it doesn't hold up well, or at least I guess I don't agree.

A game I remember liking that I tried playing again a year back or so is Jill of the Jungle.
The 1-tile-scrolling is horrible, makes it really annoying to judge jumps.
I remember it was a matter of getting used to back then, but I just couldn't be bothered now.
It's somewhat similar with Tomb Raider.
It took me a while to get used to the controls, precisely lining up my jumps, but I think the game is still fun enough to warrant spending that time.

 

[InvisibleSeal]

Final Fantasy VII.

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

Don't forget the translation, I think that's the worst part.

I'm probably more lenient on the translations than most probably, but I found there were rarely any problems. Maybe I just got used to reading bad translations or something. Gotta love Barrett's (well, and everyone else's) square hands though, right?

Silent Hill's graphics don't do very well really... luckily I always prefered the later games so I'm not that disappointed.
Apart from that, maybe the old point and click games that ran on DOS. The awful midi soundtrack, characters often hard to tell apart from scenery etc...

 

[Magnalian]

The original Super Smash Brothers. Brawl has spoiled me.

 

[Sovvolf]

The original Virtual Fighter....

... ugh....

 

[Marter]

Almost all 3-D games from the N64/PS1 era look terrible nowadays, but many of them are still a lot of fun to play.

A game from that era that has aged well however is Paper Mario. I still love playing that game.

 

[Nocturnal Gentleman]

As much as I love the first silent hill I have to admit its graphics have not aged well at all. This has taken away from some of the game's scary moments but it can still get me in a few situations. Also, medievil. I loved that game when it came out. Now it's kinda crappy.

Yeah, Silent Hill 1 is harder to get immersed in than it used to be, although 2 still looks good enough to get me good and scared. I think it's that the grainy, faded look of it has more longevity than shiny graphics that are superseded fairly quickly.

Although I strongly disagree with Medieval, It's still great fun to play and has a very unique feel to it that few other games do. But mebbe I'm bias because I love any games that have that particular kind of British humour. Like Hogs Of War.

Well, maybe I should have elaborated on medievil a little more. The humor, characters, and setting are fine. In fact, it is those features that make me still look back on the game fondly. The gameplay is ok but I don't feel like it is as good as when I first played. The graphics? Pretty ugly. Though I do still like the monster the wizard turns into at the end. I also feel the original is much better than the remake.

Hogs of war? I don't think I've heard of that one. I'll have to try it out.

 

[Double A]

Daggerfall aged pretty... horribly.

Morowind, on the other hand, has aged extremely well, and I still play it today.

 

[Hollywood Knights]

I bought Tekken 5 recently (branching out from my usual Soulcalibur), and it comes with Tekken 1-3 on the disc. Well, 1 and 2 have aged terribly, especially in comparison with 5, and now 6.

Generally I find graphical differences easier to ignore than gameplay/mechanical ones. As such, and though it's been a while since I've played either of them, I imagine that the first two Grand Theft Auto games would be very difficult to play nowdays.

 

[Dok Zombie]

Snip.

Fair enough, it does look pretty ropey these days. Hogs Of War is brilliant, but I have a feeling that I have my nostalgia goggles on whenever I play it so your mileage may vary.

Basically it was Worms 3D but before Worms 3D existed, and was much better. It's turn based, multiplayer combat with WW1 era pigs. But it's bloody hilarious as Rick Mayall does the commentary and most of the voices.

 

[Blue Musician]

There are many games, I would say Fallout 1&2, Deus Ex and maybe some other games that I cannot remember.

 

[oppp7]

I got Half Life 2 last year(along with the entire Orange Box) and I didn't think it was that good. Not too similar to what you said, but I think it's close.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Perfect Dark. I wish it wasn't true, but today, it's really not so great.

I bought that on Xbox Live despite having never played the original. This purchase was PURELY based on it's reputation. I REGRET IT WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING.

Really? Huh funny.

I think for 800ms points to "REGRET IT WITH EVERY FIBER OF YOUR BEING" is a bit extreme.

I enjoy the fact that I get to play the game on a console that supports its framerate (it had issues on the 64) and the fact that I get to play with bots. The combat simulator give me lots of time to play multiplayer without having to deal with the cesspool that is XBL.

I understand that "it's no COD of Halo" but its not the worst FPS ever made gosh golly gee whiz.

It's not like that. The AIM mode is terrible. Whenever I have to manually aim with that AIM mode shit...UGH.

 

[Tom Phoenix]

Half life 2 and its episodes.....

Huh? Really? Beacuse I would argue that Half-Life 2 is a game that has aged very well. I recently replayed it and it almost feels like a modern title. I guess it is the almost life-like expressions on people's faces that prevents it from seeming too outdated. The Source engine in general was preety advanced for it's time.

The original Diablo, aaargh. I don't know about the second one but I bought the first on reputation and really didn't like it. Combat came down to how many health potions you had and it was impossible to find your way around the floors because of the dodgy isometric view.

While the combat probably is kind of outdated by modern standards, the two things that I think have aged really well in Diablo are the music and atmosphere. When playing that game, one really feels claustrophobic and the music, with the ocassional really weird baby-like cries, makes it really terrifying at times.

 

[GL2814E]

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

On one hand I enjoyed the semi-open nature of it. On the other-hand, I still get lost and frustrated on this game. And that is a problem.