| Dante9 said: Maybe the issue is that I just came off abrasive. Obviously I or anyone else can't say that any game is *objectively* shitty, because it is a matter of taste. One might even say they aren't shitty for their time, but they can feel shitty now in comparison. If they were perfect, why don't Nintendo and others make them with the same 8-bit tech any more, or whatever they might have used? Or maybe you just don't like the word "shitty"? Too strong of an expression? Fair enough. Let's say "lackluster" instead, but the point remains. Maybe there are people who truly don't see any difference, no matter the bits or whatever, but I'm not one of those people. All inventions in human history have a habit of going from rudimentary to more advanced, and games are no exception in that regard. And like I said, the PS4 era was my personal breaking point. For some subjective reason, for me personally the PS4 was the point that felt like this is enough, it doesn't need to get better than this. PS3 games felt good in their time, but now they feel less so for me because I have experienced something better. These are personal feelings. I might completely change my mind about the PS4 as well as we move forward, that's also possible. |
Interesting. I'm few years older than you, been gaming since late 70s, and I always had this "you modern kids unfortunately never experienced what massive leaps really feel like". And not just graphically. Currently, I feel that gameplay-wise, gaming has been stagnant for at least 2 generations, and actually regressed from the past games in many aspects. Complexity and depth being one of them - industry mostly settled on the safe recipes to attract genre tourists, since, in most cases, that's what makes the most money.
However, this will change in the future, so I think that current generation of kids might really experience some groundbreaking leaps.
