New frontiers are a time of excitment, experimentation, and sometimes teething problems; which do you personally think was the better generation, the first proper 3D gen with N64, PS1, and Saturn, or the first proper HD gen with PS3 and 360, and why?

(Yes, I know there were some 3D games on SNES/Megadrive and some HD games on the OG Xbox, but I'm talking more about when it became the standard)

Cant say. Im biased. My formative years coincide with the release of the first 3D gen, so those games left a bigger impression and so i will never admit how overrated some of them are.

First 3D gen, hands down. The HD implementation was just a visual improvment. Even the expression High Definition is subjective. High to whom? Every visual improvment over the other can be considered a higher definition if you think about it

The first 3D gen was, at the same time, a horizon of new possibilities regarding game development and a restrain due to the limitation of this new technology, which forced the develops to think outside of the box and come up with creative ideas for gameplay, game's aeasthetics and enven programming, to deal with those restrains. Besides, the poligonal visual from that time was impressive back then, and charming and nostalgic nowadays

Easily the first HD gen. The 5th gen is probably my 3rd least favorite gen.(Still WAY above the 1st and 2nd) It just hasnt age very well on the whole. Still some great games for sure though. The 360, PS3 and Wii just had SO many great games between them.

Speaking from a Nintendo perspective: 3D and it’s not even close. Nintendo struggled hard to keep a steady output during the introduction of HD, whereas they soared with flying colors entering into 3D. Mario 64 v Mario 3D World, Zelda OoT v no Zelda (or you could say Zelda MM v Zelda BotW), Kirby Crystal Shards v Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, etc. MarioKart is really the only franchise I can see having done better during Nintendo’s first generation of each gameplay style.