| jetforcejiminy said:
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Best not to pick a character from the PS2 era when you're talking about PS1 games.
So anyway, I don't think it's just nostalgia that makes these games good. Obviously, that plays a big factor in why Spyro 3 is my favourite game ever, but when I replay it recently it held up just as well as ever.
I think the anecdotal evidence I have to back that up, though, is from a friend of mine. He grew up on N64; I grew up on PS1. We agreed a "gameswap" where I played two of his favourite N64 games ever and he played two of my favourite PS1 games ever.
He chose Ocarina of Time and Mario 64; I chose Final Fantasy VII and Spyro 3. I didn't enjoy Ocarina; he didn't enjoy Final Fantasy. I really enjoyed Mario 64; he really enjoyed Spyro 3 (and went back to play the other two afterwards). That was only about 2 years ago.
By the way, I absolutely love Jumping Flash! (it's one of my favourite games ever) and I get really sad that no other games ever attempted that style, but it's aged horribly. It's short (like, you can finish it in about 2 hours short) and very limited. I still recommend it to people, but they have a very difficult time with it (most recently, I remember Sal.Paradise struggling to enjoy it).
