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pokoko said:
In a genre where game-play has improved with advances in technology? I don't see why, not unless they have no access to newer games or they're one of those gamers who try to convince themselves that older means better. I loved the first GT games and played the hell out of them but I see no reason to go back to them. His example doesn't work universally but it does work relative to the games he referenced. |
Come on. Some people like the way games were designed in earlier generations. We don't need to convince ourselves that older means better. We actually believe it.
I think game design peaked in the 4th, 5th, and 6th gens. I didn't need to do any mental gymnastics to believe that "lie." I played the games and prefer them, in general, to modern ones.
As for Gran Turismo, there are many reasons one might prefer the older installments. Maybe the newer ones include progression that's more tedious, maybe they include new modes that are boring, inferior track design, poor music selection, long loading times, etc.
Game design and technology don't move forward in a 1:1 ratio. Games get prettier graphics and more realistic physics, but modes are dropped or tweaked; single-player is diminished at the expense of multiplayer or vice versa; level and track design change, for better or worse; and so on.
