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JazzB1987 on 11 September 2014
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Psychotic said:
JazzB1987 said:

No because I in my mid 20s was part of all of that and I completely agree with them.

I think its more that new maisntreamers    uhm pardon me  "gamers" look down on our old games so we look down on them.

Its not nostalgia crap  its   "what did this game achieve for the time it was released".

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Uhhh... you sure use a lot of words to just say "I'm desperately searching for ways to make myself feel special."

There's liking old games (nothing wrong about that, of course) and there's saying people who don't like the same games you do are not "real gamers". No true Scotsman much?



This has nothing to do with being desperate tho. No need to tell myself that I am special because most people that dont like mainstream actually are. (even if special is just used as SPECIAL rather than superior) but that works both ways. Some people feel special because they are e.g vegetarians. And the "normalos" think the vegetarians are stupid and the "normalos" are superior.

I avoid mainstream as much as possible. Pop culture, drinks or food, I dont like chart music and dont like MichaelBay movies etc.I hate DLC (no addons tho! Episodes from Liberty City, MK8 stuff or Borderlands2 Tiny Tinas Assalt on DragonsKeep is awesome)

But on the other hand I "dis"like dude-bros as much as emos or punks or hipsters or whatever. I see no point in trying to be anti-mainstream by being part of another stream. Whats the point in being an individual when you want to be like other people?
I do my own thing and do have  punks and emos and dude-bros and hipsters  etc etc. all of them as friends. They dont like each other sometimes but thats their problem not mine.

But enough of me :)


Not all games today are bad.
There is new games I really like but those are rare the most games are just meh IMO.Because they are a completely unpolished mess.

I like Borderlands1+2 (dont like PreSequel because it seems to be a cashgrab) I like Xenoblade. If GTA5 would not be a 25FPS game I would also like that (Waiting for the PC version) 

IMO Respect where respect is due and if people dont understand that retro gaming deserves respect I dont have a high opinion on them. I for myself HATE Super Mario Bros. I cannot play that game because of those strange controls. But I understand why they are the way they are and would never say the game is crap even tho it took me a long time to finish that game.

And if you liked old school gaming you cant tell me that you are not annoyed by the fact that todays games are made for mainstreamers and so everyone has to deal with streamlining because people cant think for themselves etc.