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| Profrektius said: The title is somewhat "clickbait", but what I'm getting at is I hate going to threads of "what games still hold up today" and seeing so many rose tinted posts. While there are a few old games today that really do stand the test of time, most don't. Even the most critically acclaimed titles don't. At best they're playable and fun, and but do not fully hold up to games released today. If you were to give a gamer who started gaming this generation different games to rate, most of those old games "that stand the test of time" would be consistently rated worse than the games of the last few years. They wouldn't have any expectations of games yet as they're a new gamer, yet they would rate the old games consistently worse, even on things like fun factor, and enjoyment, (not counting obvious ones, like graphics or quality). For pretty much every old game, you can find a similar new game, that the modern gamer will have more fun and enjoyment with. |
I recently got Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies from GOG, and I have a lot fun playing it. It has a VGA resolution, for gods sake. Still I think it looks and plays great until today. While I do like Zen Pinball as a modern game (some tables at least), I still think Punball Dreams/Fantasies is enjoyable and comparable in the fun to Zen Pinball.
Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle are another example. Actually they're more, no modern game can beat these games. While some modern adventures are enjoyable, these old ones still are better.
I do play nethack (or the variant slash'em) from time to time. It is pretty much too hard for me, but still it is fun for me to see if I can get deeper into the dungeons without dying. No modern game is comparable.
The original XCOM:UFO is great and replayable until today, although some modern games bring a similar experience.
The original Baldur's Gate is still great, with Pillar's of Eternity is a similar (but not better) modern game available.
I might be not up to date, but which game beats the gameplay of the original Starcraft?
I got into Resident Evil with 4. But after playing it I think until today the first is the best game. Although I admit, that the remakes do make it better.
There are surely some games that are terrible today, but either they were terrible back then or the only thing for them was advanced graphic. This gets older. But if the gameplay, the feeling, the immersion, the feeling about successes was great back then, then it is still today.
