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In fact, the PS1's 2d games tend to stand up much better to modern sensibilities than its 3d games. You can still play Castlevania: Symphony of the Night now a
by kemayo 3y ago
In fact, the PS1's 2d games tend to stand up much better to modern sensibilities than its 3d games.
You can still play Castlevania: Symphony of the Night now and it looks pretty fantastic, whereas something like Tomb Raider has some compromises you'll need to accept...
Some further examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Nk2lTRD5Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Nk2lTRD5Y
- chongli 3y agoSOTN is one of the best games on the PS1 and arguably one of the best games of all time. It’s an absolute work of art!
- thaumasiotes 3y agoThat's not an issue of modern sensibilities. 2D games look better than 3D games. This has been true continuously since people first started trying to release 3D games. The fourth Monkey Island game used extremely ugly 3D graphics. There was no good reason. The 5th, much later, was licensed to Telltale and they used ugly 3D graphics. There was an improvement from 4 to 5, but neither game can be compared favorably to 3. The point of 3D graphics is to make things nicer for the developers, not the players.
- chrisco255 3y agoOne of my other favorite point and click adventure games also suffered from this transition to 3D: King's Quest. King's Quest 7 was a beautifully hand-drawn animated storybook that looked like an old school Disney feature film. King's Quest 8 was hideous 3D garbage that looked bland and worse, they changed the whole premise of the series to focus more on combat than puzzles and storyline. That being said, I think modern 3D games look fantastic when done correctly. It's just not the best format for some genres.