I 100% Agree with this. I think JRPG's used to be better on the SNES/PS1, but now we also have WRPG's to fill in the voids. Still there might be a small drop in the number of high quality RPG's now, but that's easily filled with the increase in the number of shooters and action/adventure games. Sure they had more platformers and action games in the past, but the number of shooters makes up for that now.

It's just different.

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However I love RPG's and I miss the good ol days Good thing I missed out on so many PS1 gems, I have such a long backlog, I can play almost anything and it will be a new experience . So I get the best of old RPG's/Platformers/Action games and modern Shooters/Adventure/Racing games

Just speaking for myself, but I've been a gamer for almost 30 years and I think games these days are better than ever. The technology finally exists to create truly immersive worlds, with believable characters and interesting story lines. I think one reason we perceive the opposite is simply because games have become commoditized and commercialized - 20 years ago good games were rare and worth waiting for, these days a good game gets released every 2 weeks.

Not once did you mention better gameplay just blabbered on about better immersive environments, stories (really?). Games today are made for simpletons that have no idea about pure gameplay. I LMFAO when I put one of my sons mates (a slef confessed Halo, Uncharted, Gears, CoD fan) on a game called "DoDonPachi" and said go on show me your reflexes. Didnt last 10 seconds

It varies. Two of my favorite games from the current gen were Splosion Man and Super Meat Boy - simple gameplay mechanics that were just a ridiculous amount of fun.

I like immersive games, but just as much I like games that are simply fun to play. It's why I prefer Tomb Raider over Last of Us, sure the story in TR is utter crap next to LoU, but it was way more fun to play. Which is why MGS4 pissed me off, the game is fun to play, but you have to wait an hour between levels.

Creating a game that breaks new ground is like finding a new continent full of sexy women for me to have sex with. I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm just saying that it isn't as easy as it used to be. We witnessed games evolving from crude dots on the screen to fully realized worlds. Motion controls, quality voice acting, refined gameplay, 3D graphics--it's all been done.

You can play a game like Fez or Braid and realize that games of today pretty much stack up to anything released in the days of yesterday. Hell, you can download the games of yesterday and play them online if you want. The fact of the matter is that the best sex you ever had is the sex you had when it was brand new to you. No amount of "spicing things up" will ever compare to your memories of the good old days. Same goes for video games. Go ahead. Invite your friends to watch you have sex with your Super Nes while wearing a leather mask. The experience won't be any better than playing Halo 4. Trust me on this one.

Wrong. You speak for me, too.

No

But I did start playing in 1975 so nothing in more than a decade is new and different and all games seem recycled if you've been playing this long.

When I play games like...

Zelda Breath of the Wild
Xenoblade 2
Mario Odyssey
Smash Ultimate
Octopath Traveler
Persona 5
REmake 2
DMC5
Dragonball FighterZ
Valkeria Chronicles 4
God of War
Horizon Zero Dawn
etc

I say gaming is just as great as it has ever been. However when I play games like...

RDR2
Star Wars Battlefront
Mass Effect Andromeda
Anthem
Destiny
Crackdown 3
Sea of Thieves
etc

I feel like games are either not up to the standards they used to be, or heavily overrated. However there were bad games in the past as well, so that is not saying much. As a whole, I feel games these days for the most part are the same greatness that they have always been. It is just that the bad ones have found new ways to be bad, and perhaps that is why you might notice it more than in the past. Afterall a good game is a good game, and nothing changes in that regard. But seeing how bad games have become bad for different reasons (micro transactions, rushed games to be patched later, online overly focused with lackluster results), and given the fact that as humans we are more likely to take notice of changes im general, I feel it is just a matter of perspective in this case.

No i dont think so. Games are still fun today however the heavy reliance on visuals, innovation has dropped off. Nintendo are probably the only main Devs that actually try to break the 4th wall. Thats mainly because they dont focus on hardware specs.

They're better than ever and I would go as far as to say modern games are factually superior to the simpler games of old.

The difference is one you played as a naive full of life and imagination little kid, thus you feel a special connection. The other you play as a jaded adult beaten down by the world and just waiting on sweet sweet death. So there's less emotional attachment there.

Gran Turismo, for example, used to be my favorite gaming franchise. I have tons of memories of sitting around with friends and my older brother building a stable of bad ass cars and racing each other. But factually, racers are much better nowadays. One of my favorite NES games was Guardian Legend. But give me Rogue Legacy over it any day of the week. etc etc

edit, holy fuck this thread is from 2013 and I even already replied with my first account. I've been here six years? Got damn