Golden Eye for the N64. What a terrible looking game.
Oh, and good god, the music. The music is just TERRIBLE.
Oh, and good god, the music. The music is just TERRIBLE.
Games that have aged horribly
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Well, the only one that comes to mind is Half Life 1. I played Half Life 2 first, loved it, then went back to the one that started it all to know how the story began. I was expecting something awesome, because everyone always says it is, but when I actually played it I found it very underwhelming. "This is it?" I thought to myself. "This is the game that is supposedly one of the greatest of all time? How did this get sequel? Not that I am complaining of course...".
What do you mean? I recently played it and got into it with no difficulty. Great game. I don't care about graphics much, so those don't bother me.L3m0n_L1m3 said:
The game controls great and the graphics don't get in the way of performing any actions. They don't actually look half bad in my opinion.
Are you really that superficial? The graphics are sufficient enough to not get in the way of anything. The gameplay remains completely intact and is far more enjoyable then most games I play nowadays. In fact, it has so much replay value. I get engrossed in it because of the story and the awesome multi-path gameplay. Non-lethal ftw.wootsman said:
This. A thousand times this.-Drifter- said:
Morrowind's non-combat mechanics are pretty awful, too. You walk like you're crippled (takes too long to get anywhere). The dialogue system is TERRIBLE.
I have to say, Morrowind almost made me never try Oblivion.
This. Oh god, this. I couldn't agree more. Seriously, go play Black/White for a few hours, then play Red/Blue for a few hours.J03bot said:
It's like switching from a Jetsons car to the Flintstones.
Glad to see another person call Diablo 2; I was worried I'd have to be the first in this thread. Baldur's Gate's another one for me, as well as BG: II. Something about the those old infinity engine games never clicked with me, and babysitting a party just doesn't do it.
On that note: Fallout 1 and 2. The stories are great, the ideas are cool, but turn-based isometric RPGs make me contemplate death.
The entire Avernum series, or at least up through 4/all the ones that used to be called Exile. Strangely I'd probably still play Realmz. That game was crazy-fun.
Wing Commander 1 + 2. They are really cool games, totally granted, but they never really hooked me until Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell joined up in 3.
On that note: Fallout 1 and 2. The stories are great, the ideas are cool, but turn-based isometric RPGs make me contemplate death.
The entire Avernum series, or at least up through 4/all the ones that used to be called Exile. Strangely I'd probably still play Realmz. That game was crazy-fun.
Wing Commander 1 + 2. They are really cool games, totally granted, but they never really hooked me until Mark Hamill and Malcolm McDowell joined up in 3.
Morrowind
Going from Oblivion to Morrowind is more jarring than being taken out of a nice, warm bed and thrown into the Arctic Sea.
Going from Oblivion to Morrowind is more jarring than being taken out of a nice, warm bed and thrown into the Arctic Sea.
So you hadn't played Deus Ex before recently? Because, nostalgia can make things a lot more fun. Also having a sense of what is going to happen next. I really enjoyed System shock 1 and 2, thief, bioshock, all those style of games by those developers. But I didn't play Deus Ex until a few years ago... and just couldn't. I couldn't get INTO the game due to how far distant it was for me.Lucien Pyrus said:
Bad graphics, bad voice acting, cheesy cut scenes. User Interface was a nightmare...
Super Mario 64 and Final Fantasy VII.
You know... I doubt i could ever say that 8-bit games have not aged well. They have their own charm that just looks good. Even if 8-Bit I will always love:
8-bit or no. Megaman will always be good by me.
Except in Battle network. Fuck that franchise.
Hell even 16-bit are good by me.
Just games that entered the world of 3D graphics can age bad.
You know... I doubt i could ever say that 8-bit games have not aged well. They have their own charm that just looks good. Even if 8-Bit I will always love:
8-bit or no. Megaman will always be good by me.
Except in Battle network. Fuck that franchise.
Hell even 16-bit are good by me.
Just games that entered the world of 3D graphics can age bad.
I find a difference between "hard to play" and "didn't age well". I know plenty of great old games that are harder to play nowadays because I'm used to the smoother, modern controls. That doesn't ruin them. The only game I've ever played that I feel got way worse since the first time I played it is Thrillville. It's a fun little amusement park sim, but as great as it is, and as much as there is to do, you can only have so much fun on the same few games. Mind you, repetition isn't always bad, but monotony is, and Thrillville gets monotonous.
I actually though about mentioning Planescape as aging badly, but the fact is that I just hate the game full stop. If you liked the game when it came out, every reason to like it is still valid. The story's still well-written, the graphics still do a decent enough job, and the voice actors are still top notch. The gameplay is also as broken, the UI as inappropriate (there are mods, so this has actually improved a bit), and the story as ham-fisted and religious (it's on the subject of religion, regardless of what religion it's discussing or espousing) as ever. So no, it's probably improved a bit with age if anything. Still hated it.stoprequesting said:
I don't find Planescape: Torment hard on the eyes, especially not with the widescreen mod. In general I tend to find 2D visuals age fairly well so long as they're capable of supporting higher resolutions. It's why I have little trouble playing a game like Baldur's Gate and even comparing it shamelessly to Dragon Age in terms of visuals:
Solid art direction is timeless.
What even I, an ardent 'classic' gamer who loves to dig into ye olden annals of ancient video gamey history find hard to bear however is early 3D or 2D games like Wolfenstein which pretend at being 3D when really they aren't. It's just really, really hard to bear especially when you're stuck at a low resolution because a higher one will cause the poor pixels to explode or somesuch. And claymation... why oh why did so many games in the mid to late 90's go with that claymation look? Eug.
Myth: The Fallen Lords was for the longest time one of my favourite games. Now... It's still fun to play actually, the gameplay mechanics are as solid as ever. But my god does it look miserable.
I still love the old series, but it certainly doesn't make it easy for me visually. I also have to agree with others mentioned games like Deus Ex and the like. Much as I love Thief, System Shock 2, Deus Ex and the like frankly they look like ass. Just doesn't age well. There are a rare few games which still look... tolerable. But for the most part? Terrible.
Makes me wonder what I'll think of Crysis and the like ten years from now? Hmmm....
Solid art direction is timeless.
What even I, an ardent 'classic' gamer who loves to dig into ye olden annals of ancient video gamey history find hard to bear however is early 3D or 2D games like Wolfenstein which pretend at being 3D when really they aren't. It's just really, really hard to bear especially when you're stuck at a low resolution because a higher one will cause the poor pixels to explode or somesuch. And claymation... why oh why did so many games in the mid to late 90's go with that claymation look? Eug.
Myth: The Fallen Lords was for the longest time one of my favourite games. Now... It's still fun to play actually, the gameplay mechanics are as solid as ever. But my god does it look miserable.
I still love the old series, but it certainly doesn't make it easy for me visually. I also have to agree with others mentioned games like Deus Ex and the like. Much as I love Thief, System Shock 2, Deus Ex and the like frankly they look like ass. Just doesn't age well. There are a rare few games which still look... tolerable. But for the most part? Terrible.
Makes me wonder what I'll think of Crysis and the like ten years from now? Hmmm....
Super Mario Bros. Try and play, the controls are sticky and unresponsive, the jumping mechanics are unbelievably hard to work with, and 90% of the gameplay is just spamming tries until you can pull of bizarre timing tricks.
Fallout, I still have fun playing it when I get the chance, but holy crap it takes me a while to tell where I am and what I'm supposed to get.