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My family couldn’t afford a PS2 or N64. I certainly can now - my library of games over the past few years has been all PS2, N64, and Dreamcast games. Aside from

My family couldn’t afford a PS2 or N64. I certainly can now - my library of games over the past few years has been all PS2, N64, and Dreamcast games. Aside from The Witcher 3, I have had a hard time finding great games in the newer generation of consoles and PC games. The older games have character, beautiful animations, tons of creativity. I’m sure not all new games are bad, but just doing a direct comparison I don’t see the creativity of the games in the previous generations. During the holidays, I spent some time playing Star Wars Knights of the old Republic. What a fantastic set of simple mechanisms and amazing story telling- I’m not even much of a Star Wars fan. But I don’t see these kind of games these days.

dangus 7y ago
Don’t forget section bias. There were a lot of trash games in the PS2 era and before, and worst of all, many of them barely functioned on a technical level compared to today’s games. Of course KOTOR is good, it was probably the best RPG of its half decade and it won GOTY awards all over the place. The same year KOTOR came out, Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing was also released. And besides abysmal games like that, a lot of relatively forgettable games that might not stand up to another go-around in 2020 were critically acclaimed: perhaps selections like Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, or even the original Call of Duty, depending on your point of view.
- P_I_Staker 7y ago
  I found this to some degree with Vice City. I didn't end up getting very far in it and didn't enjoy it like San Andreas... Which I loved, and could probably even still play. I think it was something about the gameplay being frustrating. This wasn't exactly recent either, I played in between San Andreas and GTAIV. Sands of time, however, was different. If memory serves, it holds up okay. I played it around the same time. It's an old game, so you have to factor that in, but I recall it being pretty decent. COD type games tend to suffer, due to their draw being state of the art shooters, vs. true "creativity". For some reason, I don't feel that way about UT2004, CS:Source, and others. Maybe that's just bias.

dangus 7y ago

Don’t forget section bias. There were a lot of trash games in the PS2 era and before, and worst of all, many of them barely functioned on a technical level compared to today’s games. Of course KOTOR is good, it was probably the best RPG of its half decade and it won GOTY awards all over the place. The same year KOTOR came out, Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing was also released. And besides abysmal games like that, a lot of relatively forgettable games that might not stand up to another go-around in 2020 were critically acclaimed: perhaps selections like Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, or even the original Call of Duty, depending on your point of view.

P_I_Staker 7y ago
I found this to some degree with Vice City. I didn't end up getting very far in it and didn't enjoy it like San Andreas... Which I loved, and could probably even still play. I think it was something about the gameplay being frustrating. This wasn't exactly recent either, I played in between San Andreas and GTAIV. Sands of time, however, was different. If memory serves, it holds up okay. I played it around the same time. It's an old game, so you have to factor that in, but I recall it being pretty decent. COD type games tend to suffer, due to their draw being state of the art shooters, vs. true "creativity". For some reason, I don't feel that way about UT2004, CS:Source, and others. Maybe that's just bias.