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OneKartVita on 16 December 2015

In 10 years people will be saying why don't they make games like this anymore. It will be remembered like mgs1 was for its great story.



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LudicrousSpeed on 16 December 2015

If GTA V and Bioshock didn't exist, sure.



Ultrashroomz on 16 December 2015

Ask me again in 10 years.

For now, I don't see this game being too relevant in the distant future, tbh.



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dahuman on 16 December 2015

Timeless games are games with stylish graphics that still stand after a long time like Wind Waker, The Last of Us is not one of those, it will be a good game in our memories, but won't be timeless because of the graphics.



LudicrousSpeed on 16 December 2015
the-pi-guy said:

Hey, we can have more than 1, and more than 2 classic games!  

Yeah I was going more from the "timeless game from last gen" angle some others were taking. Should have worded it better.





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Porcupine_I on 16 December 2015

No, it will feel outdated after a zombie apocalypse.



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Lawlight on 16 December 2015
AlfredoTurkey said:
Timeless games are games where the mechanics don't age poorly 20 years down the line. Will gameplay be to the point in 20 years where we look back and play a game like The Last of Us, and still have fun? I really don't know.

 


I don't think people look back at OoT and think that the gameplay is great now.



d21lewis on 16 December 2015
Lawlight said:
AlfredoTurkey said:
Timeless games are games where the mechanics don't age poorly 20 years down the line. Will gameplay be to the point in 20 years where we look back and play a game like The Last of Us, and still have fun? I really don't know.

 


I don't think people look back at OoT and think that the gameplay is great now.

 

I do! 



Skullwaker on 16 December 2015

This question should be asked more than 2 years after the game's release, in my opinion. Maybe a decade at least.



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AlfredoTurkey on 16 December 2015
Lawlight said:
AlfredoTurkey said:
Timeless games are games where the mechanics don't age poorly 20 years down the line. Will gameplay be to the point in 20 years where we look back and play a game like The Last of Us, and still have fun? I really don't know.

 


I don't think people look back at OoT and think that the gameplay is great now.

 

Exactly. And that's why this "timeless" thing is being used all wrong. The word timeless originally meant that regardless of times passing, said thing is still great. OOT's gameplay is not great anymore. It was mind blowing then, but if it were released today, in it's original form, people would laugh.

Timeless is something more akin to say, Tetris, Pac-man or SMB. Timeless games are games which when played decades later, are still just as enjoyable. Timeless is NOT something that we look back at in awe over it's revolutionary design (OOT is a great example of this). Those games aren't timeless. They're revolutionary.