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Veknoid_Outcast on 23 April 2016
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Barozi said:

I freakin loved Halo when it came out. Was easily a 9.5 game back in the days, but recently replayed it in one big session with a co-op friend and honestly the game has quite a few flaws. Thing is, those weren't even considered flaws back in the days or rather minor annoyances. Gameplay-wise it's still as good as it gets, but the level design could be much much better by today's standards. 8/10 would now be my score for this game.

As for Perfect Dark, I never played the N-64 version, but wow I thought the XBLA version sucked. No idea how anyone would consider that a good game back in the days. I guess it used to be impressive but playing it in 2010 for the first time didn't do it for me. My memories aren't fresh enough to give it an exact score, but I guess it would be around 5/10.

Wolfenstein 3D is another of those that was a great game when it came out but is just objectively bad by today's standards. Terrible graphics (well that's a given), pretty much non-existent story, terrible level design, extremely repetitive gameplay etc.
I still regard it for what it is, a classic, but it's still likely that even the most mediocre FPS of 2016 is a much better game.

I respect your opinion, of course, but I'm on the other side of this debate. I still consider Halo: CE to be the best FPS ever made. Do the graphics look bad compared to modern shooters? Of course. Have recent shooters introduced new mechanics that can't be found in Halo? Definitely. But the music, level design, story, and improvisational gunplay are all amazing. They were amazing in 2001 and they're amazing in 2016.

Same goes for Perfect Dark, or Tomb Raider, or Final Fantasy VII, or any other great game from the 5th gen. If a 5th gen game is bad today it means it was bad back then. It didn't become bad with the passage of time.