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MarkkyStorm on 24 February 2017
LadyJasmine said:
I question this I know a lot of people who still play Starcraft or Age of Empires 2 and other old PC games.

I think people like those old games even with bad graphics as they had better mechanics and were easier to play.

A lot of PC games are just to advanced and likely to graphics intensive for most people to play now.

PC has some great old games that aged very well. The mechanics part really makes people still like some old games. My GF, for example, love Top Gear and some really old racing games, but doesn't like new racing games because the controls are so advanced and complex for her. Actually, I have some hard time to enjoy realistic racing games post-PS2 myself.



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StuOhQ on 24 February 2017
spemanig said:
Most new games are terrible by today's standards.

Word. 

I have to say, I generally have more fun with retro titles (even ones I haven't played before) than many of the games that have come out of gen 7 and 8. 

This really depends on your definition of "standards" for games. My main criteria for judging a game is whether or not it is fun to play. In terms of tight controls, user interface, multiplayer, and flashy graphics, I always consider the time period that the game was released. It just doesn't make any sense to pan a silent film because "it doesn't have sound" or a black and white film for "lacking color". 

I don't need cutting edge expeiences to have a good time, and nostalgia isn't required to admire a game from another era - just a common sense understanding of reality. Games from the 80s aren't going to feature online multiplayer or support 1080p output. Those things didn't exist yet. 

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WC4Life on 24 February 2017

I agree with OP.

The problem when you ask this type of question is people choose the very best of the "old games" to compare against todays games. "Old games" are straight up terrible if you take a random sample of old games (PS1 for example) and compare against random sample of PS4/XB1 games.



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bigtakilla on 24 February 2017
Profrektius said:
SvennoJ said:

I wonder what games and movies my kids will be nostalgic about, or insist are timeless. Currently for movies that includes Frozen, Wreck-it-Ralph, Lego movie, Despicable Me, Ponyo. Yes, I fed them the timeless Disney classics, they didn't stick.

Same with games, except Worms Armageddon is a winner and I guess Super Mario maker counts as old mario? :/ They did play the older Mario's and ps2 games yet their classics are Lego city undercover, PvZ GW2, Rocket League, Minecraft, Terraria and yay Windwaker.

It's hard to predict. I don't remember what games I liked when I was 7 as there were no video games. The first games I played I remember fondly, yet saying JSW 2 is still a great game today, hmm no. I did enjoy playing it again in a browser yet the magic isn't there anymore. Plus you can simply google the entire map today. I'll never forget the Lazy Jones song though, stuck forever.

Very interesting post. I do think it is down to individual differences, as there are plenty of kids who enjoy classic disney movies just as well. I think it's always interesting trying to get kids to see "classics" of the past, and see how they react to that. Music, movies, cartoons, games, it is really fascinating to get that perspective.

bigtakilla said:

Like what classic games?

The ones you really like. *trollface.jpg*

Cobretti2 said:
The problem is a brand new gamer who has never seen or played old games will also be automatically bias because of technology advancements.

To them the gfx will automatically be shit and they will not enjoy anything else about the game. They will expect it to be a free or very cheap mobile game.

I strongly disagree here. The absolutely insane popularity of games like Minecraft and Terraria among kids shows that it is not about technology but gameplay mechanics.

RolStoppable said:
Most old games were terrible during the time they released in. Fact of the matter is that the majority of games has always been bad. The mediocre and bad games of today are perceived as good by many gamers, but once these gamers get exposed to better graphics, they'll finally realize that they spent their time on terrible games.

This is very true. The pretty presentation giving us the wow factor now, lets us overlook huge flaws in most games.

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LadyJasmine on 24 February 2017

It depends Rome Total War 1 is way better then Rome Total War 2 as the mechanics are way easier and enjoyable.



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m0ney on 26 February 2017
Profrektius said:

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, just recently released, a game that is heavily inspired by games like Commandos (could even call it a rip-off), but ultimately improves the experience in every single way and makes it a great game by todays standards. Give Commandos and Shadow Tactics to 100 random people who have played neither and 99 of them will tell you that Shaow Tactics is more enjoyable.

I tried Shadow Tactics this weekend and it felt very bland, but it's nice to finally see someone ripping off Commandos.



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Mr Puggsly on 26 February 2017

Most games were never good.



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Nogamez on 26 February 2017

Yep I agree. Especially N64 and ps1 games, even some ps2 era games just look and play bad today. Other games though like RTS games and Point n click still hold up fairly well



Nogamez on 26 February 2017
LadyJasmine said:
It depends Rome Total War 1 is way better then Rome Total War 2 as the mechanics are way easier and enjoyable.

Oh no I loved Rome total war one and just finished medieval 2, was gonna buy Rome 2 next. 



VAMatt on 26 February 2017

Basically, everything gets better as time goes by. Devs learn, tastes change, expectations, most importantly, increase. Games are much, much bigger every generation than the gen before. Graphics are better every year. Controls become more and more standardized. That's progress. Games made years ago don't have the benefit of everything we've learned since. So, of course they're not going compete with current games.

Some old games may still be fun for some people. I enjoy playing games from my childhood once in a while. But, I never play them for long. They just aren't as good, generally speaking, as games made today. And that's a good thing. It means gaming is progressing.