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Which generations should be included

5th gen and down 11 36.67%
 
6th gen and down 14 46.67%
 
7th gen and down 5 16.67%
 
Total:30

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VGPolyglot said:
This is one of my favourite sites of all-time, I recommend you guys check it out:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/

They changed the layout since the last time I've visited.



HomokHarcos said:
VGPolyglot said:
This is one of my favourite sites of all-time, I recommend you guys check it out:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/

They changed the layout since the last time I've visited.

Yeah, and they're still trying to convert all of their old articles onto the new layout.



VGPolyglot said:
OK, so before I even get started on how I want the OP to look, I first need to know what you guys want this thread to cut-off at! So, I've picked a few time frames:
1. N64 and below
2. Original Xbox and below
3. Wii and below

This is mainly so I know whether or not 6th and 7th gen games should be part of the discussion here. I'll make it a poll too for this thread.

I'd say 6th gen would be retro now

Question: What would be the cut-off at PC gaming? DirectX 9 (DX 10 came out in 2005, which would be a similar timeframe as 6th gen - but since the 7th gen was still based on DX9 GPUs, that survived for way longer than it should have)? A specific date? Something else?



Bofferbrauer2 said:
VGPolyglot said:
OK, so before I even get started on how I want the OP to look, I first need to know what you guys want this thread to cut-off at! So, I've picked a few time frames:
1. N64 and below
2. Original Xbox and below
3. Wii and below

This is mainly so I know whether or not 6th and 7th gen games should be part of the discussion here. I'll make it a poll too for this thread.

I'd say 6th gen would be retro now

Question: What would be the cut-off at PC gaming? DirectX 9 (DX 10 came out in 2005, which would be a similar timeframe as 6th gen - but since the 7th gen was still based on DX9 GPUs, that survived for way longer than it should have)? A specific date? Something else?

Yeah, with PC gaming it does get a bit murky as there are no clear lines, I'm not sure where exactly to cut it off. Crysis maybe? Considering the technical showcase it was considered to be.



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Almost finished my annual Tomb Raider II run (halfway through Ice Palace at the moment. No medipacks, all secrets of course). After that I think I'm going to dig into a bit of Mega Drive / Genesis action. I grew up with the SNES and I feel I've missed out on a lot. Anyone got any game recommendations? Maybe some hidden gems that don't get mentioned much? I'm familiar with:

- all Sonic, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Shinobi, Streets of Rage, Ecco games
- Landstalker
- Aladdin



VGPolyglot said:
Bofferbrauer2 said:

I'd say 6th gen would be retro now

Question: What would be the cut-off at PC gaming? DirectX 9 (DX 10 came out in 2005, which would be a similar timeframe as 6th gen - but since the 7th gen was still based on DX9 GPUs, that survived for way longer than it should have)? A specific date? Something else?

Yeah, with PC gaming it does get a bit murky as there are no clear lines, I'm not sure where exactly to cut it off. Crysis maybe? Considering the technical showcase it was considered to be.

I still wonder why Crysis is considered such an unprecedented technical marvel considering they made Far Cry before that - and that one was even more ambitious and taxing on the hardware. I mean, it released 2004 on PC and it took 10 years until it got ported to PS360 in 2014. It doesn't look like much today anymore, but in early 2004 when it came out, even the best rigs had trouble getting stable framerates on medium settings!



Bofferbrauer2 said:

I still wonder why Crysis is considered such an unprecedented technical marvel

Maybe because it looks like a modern game more than 10 years after its release.



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