Runa216 said:
Nostalgia is a powerful tool, my friend. Keep in mind a LOT of people's first forays into videogames were in the mid 90's, right when the PS1 and N64 first came out, so for many people Ocarina of Time was the first major release they played, giving it a nostalgic leg-up. Lots of people in this thread have given truly fair and understandable explanations as to why it's not QUITE as good as people tend to think of it, but yet you still seem to think it's okay for you to pull a temper tantrum becuase people don't like what you like? How would you like it if I made a thread asking people why they didn't have Final Fantasy VI or A Link to the Past at the top of their lists? Hell, I could even 'pull rank' becuase I'm a game reviewer and that could, in theory, make my opinion more valid than yours. I mean, it's NOT more valuable than yours, such a statement would be absurd, but claiming it was would definitely piss you off something fierce, wouldn't it? People who write 'best 100 of all time' articles are prone to just as much bias and nostalgia as you and I; you'd do well to remember that. |
Indeed. Replaying some older games usually shows how bad they are by todays standards.
Examples:
FIFA 98 or 99. Still regarded as the best football games and they were bloody fantastic back then. But aside from the licensed soundtrack and the indoor arena (in 98), it's pretty pathetic compared to the newest entry in the series.
Perfect Dark. Played the remastered XBLA version..... below average level design (copy & paste, corridors etc.), disastrous gunplay and repetitive graphics. Barely tolerable as a $10 game.
Goldeneye. Genre has been flooded with FPS and even the most average ones have a better single or multiplayer.
