Games that have aged horribly

[lord.jeff]

Goldeneye on the 64, the giant block head and hands are just terrible. In truth I think almost all 64/PS1 games that tried for realistic graphics are just the worst things ever to look at. Also the first few Dragon Quest games, the stories were bland and I got really bored of the now over used battle system.

 

[lacktheknack]

Wanna hear something contradictory? I can't play Oblivion anymore without overhauling the graphics - ALL of them - but can play Daggerfall without blinking.

Really? I always thought that Oblivion aged very nicely, in terms of graphics, at least.

http://windows7themes.net/pics/quarls-texture-pack-3-redimized.JPG

http://www.oblivionmodwiki.com/images/thumb/3/3d/RAEVWD_Imperial_City.jpg/400px-RAEVWD_Imperial_City.jpg

http://mugaku.cc/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/oblivion_0653_1200px.jpg

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/images/34199-1-1286054923.png

Yep, you can SEE THROUGH WINDOWS now.


Mods can spoil you rotten, I'm afraid.

 

[Lagslayer]

JRPGs in general.

I like most of the games mentioned thus far are ALL for aesthetics.

It works the same way with movies.

 

[kzeelio]

Graphics wise, I'd have to say:

FF7 - christ. Makes me sick to my stomach just trying to move around.

Also Morrowind, and the original Sims. Sims badly. Aged very badly. It's bad. lol

Oh god the original Sims is practically unplayable if you've even touched 2, let alone 3. Its not even the graphics that are the turn off, its the fact that there are so many different types of interaction that are just...gone. I tried playin 1 the other day and the entire time I was like "Can I just...like...go someplace? I think my sim is tired of starin intently at the door just hopin a new person walks by."

I always cut food using the side of my hands. Don't you?
And immortal children.

 

[AngryPuppy]

Pretty much any game pre-2005ish.

 

[Blazenwizard]

Oh my god it doesn't play like my childhood remembers, whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

It broke my heart when i downloaded in on Xbox Live and remembered as i played what a pPAIN IN THE ASS this game ultimately becomes..

 

[Not PvP Flagged]

Age of Empires 2, Great game, but I can't believe that I use to think that it's graphics we the best there were.

 

[gamer_parent]

JRPGs in general.

I like most of the games mentioned thus far are ALL for aesthetics.

It works the same way with movies.

really? nobody thinks Red Dawn or Top Gun feels incredibly outdated in terms of both ideology and message?

 

[SpireOfFire]

dragon age origins. that game was showing its age when it first came out. and now with the 2nd one, i'll probly never play it again.

 

[rgrekejin]

Two games spring to mind for me:

Zone of the Enders (which has become nigh-unplayble... just pop it in and you'll see what I mean) and the first Warcraft. It's just too slow and ponderous to have to select units individually instead of being able to select a group.

Also, if my opinion matters, I'm gonna fall in with the group that prefers Oblivion to Morrowind. Social interaction in Oblivion is greatly improved, and Morrowind's system of using your attack stat to determine whether you hit or missed, rather than how much damage you did, was counter-intuitive and wrongheaded.

Edit: Oh! And Mechwarrior 2. That one has also not aged well.

 

[Liquidcool]

Back in '07 I had bought Oblivion for the 360 when I saw it in a store because it looked like a nice rpg. One of the best games I've ever played, so when I kept hearing about how awesome Morrwind was I had to try it.

Ugh...
Awful combat, too much text, stiff animations like someone mentioned, and it was hard to figure out where you're supposed to go. I mean, I can read a map and follow instructions but partially I was spoiled by the quest compass in Oblivion, and the map wasn't easy on the eyes. I thought the graphics were pretty nice actually, especially for its time, but I couldn't get over the other stuff.

 

[JET1971]

sidescrollers.. any of them. Sorry played a ton of them in the 70's-80's and today i cant play any of them. Sorry yahtzee but your game may be great but I just cant play side scrollers anymore.

 

[SeriousSquirrel]

As some people have already stated, most 1-Joystick based FPS suck when played nowadays.

About two years ago when I went through a nostalgia rush and whipped the N64 out again, I got really hyped over the original Turok (and it's '64 sequels). I watched gameplay vids, talked to friends about it, and my uncle reminiced fondly about how good the game was. So I bought it, throught it in the console and...promptly turned the N64 off about twenty minutes later. Just way too akward to control with 1 joystick.

Also, kind of thinking about tracking down a copy of The Simpsons: Hit and Run. However I'm a little hesitant as I don't want my fond memories of the game affected by poor aging

 

[Lagslayer]

JRPGs in general.

I like most of the games mentioned thus far are ALL for aesthetics.

It works the same way with movies.

really? nobody thinks Red Dawn or Top Gun feels incredibly outdated in terms of both ideology and message?

You misunderstand. I'm saying movies that are all about having the better visuals will become unpopular very quickly. Like "Independence Day" or "Avatar" in a couple of years.

 

[Atticus89]

I'm gonna get flak for this, but Legends of Dragoon.

If you never played this game, it's a massive four disk game for the PlayStation that has really not aged well in graphics or game play. I'm sure it was cutting edge at the time, but even with that in mind it looks like a Final Fantasy VII rip-off (I'm unsure which came out first, so that's probably inaccurate).

The people who like this game are probably looking at it with nostalgia glasses like most hard-core FFVII fans. Then again, Final Fantasy IX is my favorite of the PlayStation era so I'm in no position to be too harsh.

 

[PlasmaFrog]

I'll take up Sonic Adventures, primarily the first one.

Good lord, that game was awful to begin with and was the possible reason for spawning a bastard franchise that ended up ruining the name of Sonic forever. The only real reason behind anyone playing it was is that it featured "advanced" graphics for its time, and that was just about it.

Now that I look at it, crazy-brows and terrible plotting still give me horrendous nightmares. WHY WON'T THEY STOP WIGGLING LIKE THAT!
I DON'T LIKE JIM CARRY!

 

[Raiha]

father time really took a bat to goldeneye and perfect dark.

 

[PlasmaFrog]

father time really took a bat to goldeneye and perfect dark.

Perfect Dark is still pretty solid if anything. They actually came out with a version that featured enhanced textures and models for XBL, yet everyone still communicates telepathically for some reason. Oh well, gives me more incentive to pretend as if I were a wizard that can shoot fireballs from his Super Dragon.

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

Pong.

 

[gamer_parent]

JRPGs in general.

I like most of the games mentioned thus far are ALL for aesthetics.

It works the same way with movies.

really? nobody thinks Red Dawn or Top Gun feels incredibly outdated in terms of both ideology and message?

You misunderstand. I'm saying movies that are all about having the better visuals will become unpopular very quickly. Like "Independence Day" or "Avatar" in a couple of years.

ahh, gotcha.