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| knave:
So I've had my eye on a indie game on Steam, "Grip". Its a remake of the PS1/PC games Rollcage. For whatever reason I loved those games. I thought it was a far better combat racer than Wipeout. In any case. Bought it. It is good. Harder than I remember. I used to break out my PS1 and play the original from time to time...and I can emulate it. But it not as Flashy these days. I don't know, perhaps I'm old, and crap. Or just don't have time for these things but it is not as magical. I recognized years ago that It was me that likes the game not because it is "the best game Ever" but just because I remember it fondly. What other games do you remember as the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- but might not be that great now. |
| ChadTower:
A lot of the NES library is like this. Especially borderline games like RC Pro Am. Loved them back in the day but going back isn't the same moment. |
| Titchgamer:
I think allot of older games fall into that. Some games have a certain "magic" about them that just makes them fun regardless of age and looks. Sonic for example I feel is a timeless classic that still looks and feels good. Personally I think most of those games are from the 8/16 bit era. Alot of the older games have not aged well, and although still played but people like us have very little appeal outside of people like us lol Then you have the other side of things, "newer" stuff PS1 oneards. Most of these games have not aged well at all, I think this is mostly because they share so much in common with modern games but cant live up to the mark of their modern brethren and so mostly look terrible! Perfect Dark and Goldeneye from the 64 are perfect examples of this. At the time they were the dogs bollocks, best GFX and gameplay with ground breaking stuff up the wazoo. Now you play them and they are very much Meh... I think we have to remember how far gaming has come in the last 30 years, how fast its moved and remember why we loved those games at the time. After all what is nostalgia if not remembering the good times :p |
| Le Chuck:
Chutes and ladders |
| pbj:
--- Quote from: Titchgamer on January 05, 2017, 02:18:03 pm ---Then you have the other side of things, "newer" stuff PS1 oneards. Most of these games have not aged well at all, I think this is mostly because they share so much in common with modern games but cant live up to the mark of their modern brethren and so mostly look terrible! --- End quote --- Yup. Several old 2D games are still fun because they're good examples of that style of gameplay. Once you got into 3D there was really no point in keeping old systems as the new ones came out. |
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