Xxain on 05 May 2018
| Cloudman said: I was thinking about this recently actually, and what period I considered to be the golden age was from the 4th to 6th gen. 4th gen was home to many excellent games that are still loved today, and companies like Square and Capcom were seen as top companies, which any game with their logos on them was almost always guaranteed excellence. 5th and 6th gen also had many excellent and loved games from both old and new faces along the the birth of many new interesting IPs. 7th gen however was then that line of excellence sort of fell off and felt like a sort of reset for many companies as they tried to make games bigger and bolder than before. Gaming has been getting better once again, but companies like Capcom and Sqaure are still shadows of their former selves. |
Japanese companies are the most consistent. I mean that in a bad way.
Golden age has to be the 6th gen still. PS2/GBA was a monster combo, but 1990 - 2006, any frame in there I would except as golden age.
