Fallout looks pretty damn ugly nowadays. I did not play this game when it first came out, so I do not have any nostalgic attachment to it.
Games That Aged Horribly
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Do you mean Fallout 3 because I'm pretty sure it isn't possible to get nostalgically attached to something that's only a couple of years old. If you mean the isometric PC games then yeah, they're pretty damn ugly.malestrithe said:
Kingdom Hearts 2. All the mini games control horribly and I still don't understand what's going on.
Goldeneye. I tried playing it again after a 7 year stint of not having an N64 and it was horrible.
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Half-Life 1 came out at a time when I regularly played games two or three times. I finished it, thought it was pretty awesome, started over... then realized just how limiting the level design really was. It was also amazing how often I remembered when monsters were about to teleport in behind me. I stopped my second playthrough maybe half way through. Some months later, I attempted a third playthrough and only got about a quarter of the way through.Chunga the Great said:
So, as it turns out Half-Life was a perfect name for it.
I had huge problems getting into Baldur's Gate, and I think I'll leave it for the HD resolution. I kind of regret not playing it when it was still new...
Also Planescape Torment... Geez. I liked the premise of the game, but it was hard getting into it. Dropped it too, waiting for a lot of spare time.
From the stuff I actually did play in my youth, Thief 2. Lovely game but I liked T3 a lot more. Heresy, well aware if that, but it's the truth.
Also Planescape Torment... Geez. I liked the premise of the game, but it was hard getting into it. Dropped it too, waiting for a lot of spare time.
From the stuff I actually did play in my youth, Thief 2. Lovely game but I liked T3 a lot more. Heresy, well aware if that, but it's the truth.
Having skipped over the N64 (and most consoles), every single video I've seen of Goldeneye just looks painful to me. It's not the graphics (which were pretty laughable for 1997), but it's the awful, stiff controls that are obvious even in game play videos. Gives me Dark Forces flash-backs, where you have to stop moving to aim.MammothBlade said:
Super Mario 64.
It revolutionized gaming... and then it should have been buried under about 100 feet of dirt.
With modern 2 analog stick control and accuracy available in any game now, try to play this gem. It is a control disaster.
It revolutionized gaming... and then it should have been buried under about 100 feet of dirt.
With modern 2 analog stick control and accuracy available in any game now, try to play this gem. It is a control disaster.
But hey, at least Planescape: Torment still looks as good es ever, thanks to it's superb 2D graphics and visual design.Jove said:
And yep, lots of reading, but when you play this game, you just need a totally different mindset. You need to accept that you are not just playing a video game, but also reading an entire novel at the same time. Some people don't like game with lots of text, and they sure as hell won't like PS:T.
It's too bad the actual combat is crap, but it was crap when it was released too, so overall, I'd say it hasn't aged that badly.
Some others have mentioned Morrowind, and I have to agree. That game is...so...incredibly...slow. I'm a fairly patient gamer most of the time, but day-um, that game has you doing nothing but walking ever so slowly across large distances for most of the time. Great at the time, but I can't stand playing it anymore.
Warcraft 1: Orcs and Humans.
Shows just how far the RTS genre has come. The controls and mechanics of the games were incredibly limiting. Ex. You can only select 4 units at a time, you have to build all buildings along a road, that sort of thing. I recently went back an tried to play, and it makes for an interesting challenge, less from the AI than from trying to play without many helpful features of today's games.
Shows just how far the RTS genre has come. The controls and mechanics of the games were incredibly limiting. Ex. You can only select 4 units at a time, you have to build all buildings along a road, that sort of thing. I recently went back an tried to play, and it makes for an interesting challenge, less from the AI than from trying to play without many helpful features of today's games.
GTA III
Vice City and San Andreas had some improvements mostly in controls and targeting that made like a bit better.
GTA III I like you but yeah.. not a fan of the missions..that you fail because the targeting choses a taxi 200 miles away instead of your actual needed target.
In free roam it doesn't matters much that indeed the controls are off.. that the targeting is far from accurate. But it is when the game throws you a number of enemies and you desperately try to survive the terrible auto aim!
Yup trouble indeed!
Vice City and San Andreas had some improvements mostly in controls and targeting that made like a bit better.
GTA III I like you but yeah.. not a fan of the missions..that you fail because the targeting choses a taxi 200 miles away instead of your actual needed target.
In free roam it doesn't matters much that indeed the controls are off.. that the targeting is far from accurate. But it is when the game throws you a number of enemies and you desperately try to survive the terrible auto aim!
Yup trouble indeed!
Planescape has actually aged quite well imo, especially if you get the mod for wider resolution it actually looks pretty good, the story still holds up and the gameplay never bothered me. Fallout hasn't aged nearly as well however, the dialogue and levelling system is still as good as ever but the VATS system has aged horribly and is a complete chore to play with.
The original Zork trilogy
To this day I have never complete these games, but I cannot bring myself to finish them , I just cannot get into a text game today.
To this day I have never complete these games, but I cannot bring myself to finish them , I just cannot get into a text game today.
The pc version controls are way better and you miss out some of the greatest mods. Same goes for MP2.majora13 said:
MP3 will be the first MP i`m playing on a console first (i`m to broke for a new pc atm). I fear i will have a similar feeling about MP3 then, on the other side it`s 2012, they should manage to get it right just like other tps.
Like some posters above already mentioned: PS1 games. The texture flickering and low resolutions kills it for me. The health warning at the beginning seem to be there for a reason after all, after a short time i start feeling epileptic. It was a long time before and i had really fun with a bunch of buddys and Crashs Mario cart clone.
As much as i loved many early console 3d games it`s hard to enjoy them anymore (this goes for most ps2 games too).
Here it goes, but...
Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Yeah, I know. It was actually the third Zelda game I played, after respectively Wind Waker and Majora's Mask. They say the Zelda series is getting stale, but only after playing the humongous leap forward in the franchise that was OoT I recognize how every following iteration added to the Zelda series.
Relatively small things each time, yes, but they add up. And when you take them all out at once, OoT feels rather...empty of sorts. Still good, but so much simpler.
However, one thing of that game will never ever get old, and that's this:
Thanks Simcity 3000 (and Cowboy Bebop), thanks for introducing me to the wonderful world of jazz.
Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Yeah, I know. It was actually the third Zelda game I played, after respectively Wind Waker and Majora's Mask. They say the Zelda series is getting stale, but only after playing the humongous leap forward in the franchise that was OoT I recognize how every following iteration added to the Zelda series.
Relatively small things each time, yes, but they add up. And when you take them all out at once, OoT feels rather...empty of sorts. Still good, but so much simpler.
Yeah, the gameplay really is simple. I remember struggling to keep my city afloat as a kid, and making a big town felt really satisfying. But nowadays it's piss easy.White_Lama said:
However, one thing of that game will never ever get old, and that's this:
Thanks Simcity 3000 (and Cowboy Bebop), thanks for introducing me to the wonderful world of jazz.
Though somehow, building stuff still feels less good in the new Sims games, which was the sole reason I used to play that game.mental_looney said:
Any PS2 GTA game, MGS1 on PSX the nodding head animations make me lol.3D Platformers that do not use two control sticks , one for moving one for camera are awful : S.