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Mummelmann on 01 May 2017
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Nogamez said:
Mummelmann said:

18 year old OP feels nostalgia?

OT: I'm very nostalgic, mostly concerning writing. I remember so many great stories and narratives from growing up, especially the 90's were a golden era for RPG's and PC games in general. I can't even remember the last title I played with good writing or narration, it's all about effects, hiring celebrity voice actors or padding the gameplay with meaningless nonsense like collectibles and stupid achievements.

Even gameplay has been ruined in many cases, you're bombarded with mechanics designed to lessen the challenge, and even when you turn off everything you can, the core product remains something made for a broader market that seems to want simpler fare than older gamers. It's almost as if we're seeing a generation that doesn't want a challenge, both in life and in games!

I've also been disappointed with my childhood hero Nintendo since I grew up, partly because I realized who they really were but mostly because they've kept releasing weird-ass hardware and forcing insane prices on software and accessories. Grew up on the NES, but the last Nintendo I owned was a N64, which was awesome. I still don't understand how old Nintendo fans have stuck with them through all this weirdness.

i left nintendo at N64 point too, came back at Wii U and now swittch. The break was brilliant for me and since then my ps4 now seems really boring to me. switch is great too which helps

Wii U was always too expensive and strange for me and I really, really disliked the controller. It also has the same old issues with costly software and extras, with the added bonus of tiny storage. It was just not an option for me at any point. The Switch looks a lot better but still has some major issues as far as I'm concerned, it also sports a main controller I really don't like and has perhaps the most expensive controllers and extras of any Nintendo console. I'd also like a much lower price, I never play games on the go so it seems useless for me to pay more for a machine that has a main feature I'll never make use of. As a bonus, it still has tiny storage...

As for PS4, I do own one but I rarely use it for anything besides streaming service, the PS and Xbox line has long since become dull for me, especially with a good gaming rig at my disposal. Too many games are bland and shallow, technical performance often shoddy, controllers are poor and the overall concept is stale and numbing since nothing has really changed at all since 2005 with these two. Like I once said in a thread; the PS brand has won the 8th gen but has become placid and content with remaining the same, which is not very rewarding for me as a consumer and long time gamer.