I know there are a couple of games that, while not as innovate as they were in their time, are still pretty fun today and they would still please many people for years to come, classics like Castlevania: Symphony of The Night, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Half-Life 2 are timeless and they are going to be as fun and engaging as they were in their time.
BUT, there are still some games that may have been considered good, but today, they simply aren't as fun as they were. Mostly, these games are based on a cheap gimmick, or simply weren't that great on their time. Games like the first Crash Bandicoot, I know the series got better with 2 & 3, but the first game was regarded as a "Mario killer", even back in the day, I found the game very frustrating, with ugly graphics, even for PS1 standards and a crappy save system.
I can come up with more examples, but this thread isn't about me, it's about what you, my fellow Escapist, think about it.
So, wich games do you think that haven't aged that well and why?
EDIT: Oh my goodness, 1 night and the thread grew more than I originally intended.
I forgot to mention 1 key element. Old games will always look bad, I don't care how much the amount of nostalgia is, it's always going to have bad graphics, but I created this thread just to see wich games are no longer fun to play, not wich games look bad nowadays. Of course it doesn't hurt to mention how bad it looks today, but the key focus of this thread is gameplay.
Of course there are still a few exceptions that even today still hold up and look pretty good, like Zelda Wind Waker and Beyond Good and Evil.
BUT, there are still some games that may have been considered good, but today, they simply aren't as fun as they were. Mostly, these games are based on a cheap gimmick, or simply weren't that great on their time. Games like the first Crash Bandicoot, I know the series got better with 2 & 3, but the first game was regarded as a "Mario killer", even back in the day, I found the game very frustrating, with ugly graphics, even for PS1 standards and a crappy save system.
I can come up with more examples, but this thread isn't about me, it's about what you, my fellow Escapist, think about it.
So, wich games do you think that haven't aged that well and why?
EDIT: Oh my goodness, 1 night and the thread grew more than I originally intended.
I forgot to mention 1 key element. Old games will always look bad, I don't care how much the amount of nostalgia is, it's always going to have bad graphics, but I created this thread just to see wich games are no longer fun to play, not wich games look bad nowadays. Of course it doesn't hurt to mention how bad it looks today, but the key focus of this thread is gameplay.
Of course there are still a few exceptions that even today still hold up and look pretty good, like Zelda Wind Waker and Beyond Good and Evil.
