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[KLXVER]

Machina said:

KLXVER said:

 Theres a reason they still make NES like games today. They still look and plays great. Many PS1 games just looks and plays mediocre. Thats why they are remaking most of them. They were fun back in the day when we didnt know better.

Highly controversial opinion incoming.

NES-like don't look great, they look like shit. But they're easy to make, which is a convenient and sometimes vital crutch for indie developers, and they successfully appeal to nostalgia so avoid widespread criticism.

Same goes for PS1 games of course - they now look like shit too, even more so because we're talking about the very first 3D games. Even nostalgia can't overcome how ropey and dated most of those early 3D games now look. Simple ports don't work for them, but full remakes do (Spyro, Crash, FF VII to name some of the more recent ones); with the dated graphics completely overhauled the sole barrier to the appeal to nostalgia for PS1 games is overcome.

Thats fine. I dont agree that NES games look like shit, but you are free to think so. Although I dont think games like Shovel Knight and The Messenger are popular just because of nostalgia.