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2019, 2019, 2025, 2019, 2019, 2017, 2017, 2021, 2025, 2017, 2024, 2018, 2020, 2015, 2011. I only see three games here less than five years old. The oldest is
by YurgenJurgensen 9mo ago
2019, 2019, 2025, 2019, 2019, 2017, 2017, 2021, 2025, 2017, 2024, 2018, 2020, 2015, 2011.
I only see three games here less than five years old. The oldest is from three console generations ago. Do /you/ actually engage with modern games? Remember the time you’re comparing to had 5-year console generations. This is like someone on the release date of the PlayStation 3 saying that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a “modern game”.
- framapotari 9mo agoElden Ring, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Baldur's Gate 3, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Dredge, Blue Prince, Balatro, Astro Bot, Hades II, Silksong, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Pacific Drive, Death Stranding 2, Split Fiction
- YurgenJurgensen 9mo agoIt’s too late for that. You crafted that list after seeing the criterion, so it does nothing to disprove the point that the games people think of when they think about “good modern games” aren’t actually modern.
- framapotari 9mo agoHaha what? Do you believe that it's somehow been proven that "people" think about good modern games in some specific way? Based on a comment from one person?
- YurgenJurgensen 9mo agoThis is not the first time this thread has been made, nor will it be the last, and there’s someone (or at least two people in this case) who does it every single time.
- reactordev 9mo agoI’ll never hesitate to brighten the mood with heated debate over best games of history ;)
- framapotari 9mo agoWell in that case this is clearly the official opinion of The People.
- iamjackg 9mo agoMaybe your point was that, but that's not the point the person you replied to was addressing. Nobody was arguing about the specific definition of "modern." The original commenter made a very clear claim: that the most recent "peak" system was the Xbox, which was discontinued in 2005, and that everything after that has been a rehash.
- YurgenJurgensen 9mo agoIf the pace of quality titles is such that people have to go fishing through multiple decades to find what they believe to be a convincing-looking list of titles to compete with the OG Xbox, that is an indication that yes, even with more games coming out, fewer good games are coming out.
- Novosell 9mo agoI just listed a few games off the top of my head, and in contrast to the person who I responded to having listed a bunch of 90s/early 2000s games. In comparison, mine are certainly modern. If you want "modern", 5 years old maximum, then we have, for example: Backpack Battles. Elden Ring(Nightreign). Tainted Grail. Monster Train 2. Escape from Duckov. Nine Sols. Hollow Knight Silksong. Black Myth Wukong. WH 40k Rogue Trader. WH 40k Space Marine 2. Spirit of the North 2. Patrick's Parabox. Stacklands. Balatro. Ender Lilies/Magnolia. Tunic. ANIMAL WELL. Dome Keeper. Inscryption. Reus 2. Astral Ascent. I just had a scroll through my steam library and picked some games I really like/love that felt like they should be less than 5 years old. I've not double checked. This is what I meant by "etc. I could go on, and on, and...". I wasn't saying that cause I ran out of games to list.
- YurgenJurgensen 9mo agoWhy were those games on the top of your head? If things were as healthy as you claim, surely your head would be full of exciting new titles? Would you have, in 2006, brought up Sonic the Hedgehog 2 or Doom as titles to show modern gaming’s superiority over the Atari 2600?
- Novosell 9mo agoWhy are you trying to do weird gotchas instead of engaging with the discussion? I don't get it. And comparing time periods like that isn't proper, 10 year old tech now is a lot more similar than 10 year old tech was in 2006. 1996 and 2006 are vastly different tech-landscapes. 2016 and 2026? Barely different. Or do we wanna pretend the leap from Doom to Crysis is the same as the leap from the Witcher 3 to Clair Obscur? Modern is a relative term and we did not define it at the start of this conversation. So for you to just join in afterwards and retroactively try to apply your own definition, which you are yet to share, on to my original comment just doesn't make much sense? What are you trying to prove? Who are you trying to convince? And of what? Chill out man.
- YurgenJurgensen 9mo agoSo you’re admitting that “barely” any progress has been made in a decade. Perhaps you can use that fact to divine what you’re missing.