Most old games are terrible by todays standards.

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Podings said:
And most modern games are hardly even games by the old standards.

Go back in time to the 80s, give them Horizon Zero Dawn, or GTA V or anything really, and they will s**t their pants and be more amazed than seeing Jesus reincarnated before their own eyes.

specialk said:
Another thing to think about is what the "today's standard" really means. I suppose it means the standard set by today's biggest and best games.

But is the standard of Bloodborne a fully realized 1080p Gothic landscape or is it bad frame pacing and terrible load times?

Is the standard of Final Fantasy XV a beautiful open world full of life? Or is it a braindead combat system that revolves around holding down one button while managing a bad camera? 

Is the standard set by Madden 17 the fact that they accurately captured Odel Beckham Jr.'s spectacular fingertip catch? Or is it the maze of bloated menus you have to navigate in the game's franchise mode?

I was mostly just referring to picking up a game without any preconcieved notions, going into it and seeing how enjoyable it is today.

But I also realize that so many games of today are enjoyable for their presentation and how impressive they are more than anything else, and in a dozen years or so todays games won't be impressive anymore, so will face a similar situation.