marley on 30 March 2014
I think a lot of the older games had better design and gameplay, because that's all they really had to focus on.
I think newer games just hide their flaws better with larger landscapes and prettier graphics. But in my opinion, the root gameplay is usually worse than a lot of the classics.
For instance, the gameplay in Brawl is no where near as good as it was in the original Smash Bros. Instead, they added tons of characters, levels, extended single player, online, etc. - but the core gameplay remains a slow floaty mess compared to the original.
Metacritic:
Brawl - 93
Melee - 92
Smash Bros - 79
