Kyuu on 17 May 2026
First 3D gen and it's not close.
Gen 5 is nearly my favorite of all time. It aged relatively poorly but I value generations mostly on how they felt at their time.
HD gen is my least favorite: Piss filter, unstable 30fps everywhere (a downgrade from gen 6 where 60fps ruled), smaller generational leap, relatively minor mechanical improvements (Gen 5 was a revolution. Gen 6 was a huge upgrade), Japanese devs struggling (particularly Capcom, Konami, and SquareEnix), dudebro games taking over, longer loadtimes, etc. But of course it still had plenty of great games to make even the grumpiest happy if they bothered digging. All generations 3rd and up had amazing games
