Best decade of gaming

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VAMatt said:

curl-6 said:

In a strange kinda way, I feel like many of the best 90s games hold up better than most games from the 2000s.
Something like Super Mario World or Yoshi's Island has aged more gracefully than even a lot of really good games of the 6th and 7th generations.
If we were to fast forward the clock to 2043, I wouldn't be surprised if they hold up better then than most games coming out today.
There's something to be said for elegant simplicity.

Early 3D games don't hold up very well. The cameras almost universally suck, and the industry hadn't really settled on what kind of control schemes made sense. A lot of that stuff is more or less unplayable today, especially if you're are a player of modern games, so you are used to modern cameras and modern controls.

I obviously have no way of knowing how well current games will hold up 20 years down the line. But, I think it will be a lot better than the early 3D games hold up today.  

Games from today will almost definitely hold up a lot better in 20-30 years than say, N64/PS1 do today, yeah. Around 2006-2009 was when a lot of the templates for modern game genres solidified like Gears of War for third person shooters, COD4 for competitive FPS, Assassin's Creed 1/2 for the AAA open world, Uncharted 2 for the cinematic third person blockbuster, etc.

Still, I don't think it's outlandish to guess that in another 20 or 30 years, Super Mario World might hold up better than something like Elden Ring, just due to it's polished simplicity.