mjk45 said:
Yes it's a genuine classic, but when talking about decades old games I'm sure we have all had the experience where we have played for the first time or replayed these games of yesteryear only to realise that even games who through pushing either there genre or gaming in general forward has resulted in their dna underpinning many of today's games became classics they are still products of their time, especially when they are 3D polygon based games that we know don't age well mainly because they are very dependent on the tech underpinning them and also being popular the underpinning tech has risen rapidly increasing the differences between the old and the new, it just goes to shows how much of a factor the actual moment we are doing something plays in our lives. still on the other side you also have some games that age well but were mediocre and will remain that way no matter the moment. |
Yep, all the good mechanics which were all new back then have been copied and refined over the years by many many games. The total revolutionary feeling of half-life in story presentation and AI is now standard stuff. So when you play it after playing all the refinements, the original mechanics feel outdated. Plus a lot of the action movie tropes half-life used for inspiration and humor are now also a thing of the past. Games are as much a product of their time as tv and movies.
I can also add the 2D zeldas to this list. I tried Link's Awakening on gameboy and tried to get into link to the past on the Switch. It just doesn't click with me after 3D Zelda. I would have loved them before playing OOT, I'm sure of it.
