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You know, the games you absolutely used to love, but upon revising wished you hadn't?
For me:
Warcraft 3. Story is still good but wow, the visuals have not aged well at all, the world feels empty, the units and pathing feel wonky and the voice acting is *horrible*. So many good memories, wish I had let this one lie.
Streets Of Rage 2. One of my favorite games from my childhood. Now feels repetitive and pointless. At least the soundtrack still rocks!
Quake 2. Oh man this used to be the best thing ever (ditto Unreal). Played it endlessly...before I got a graphics card. Once I did the visuals just blew my mind. Now...ugh. Bland, repetitive, ugly.
Far Cry. Again, a game that blew me away graphically, but every time I try to replay it the bizarre difficulty makes me want to eat a kitten and repetitive as hell. The main character is also one of the most obnoxious main characters in a game that wasn't trying to be funny.
Final Fantasy 7 and 8. Both childhood favorites. Graphics aren't actually horrible, even now for some reason. But man, precanned animations make up 90% of this game's combat and everything feels like such a grind.
Resident Evil 1. 2 still holds up okay, oddly enough but the first game...blah. This game was the shizzle pop when I first played it but now it just feels awful.
Earthworm Jim 1 and 2. Another game that I adored as a child, but tried replaying it...still pretty, but far too much of both games feel like 30% excellent platformer and 70% annoying minigames. The controls are also way worse than I remember them.
How about you?
You know, the games you absolutely used to love, but upon revising wished you hadn't?
For me:
Warcraft 3. Story is still good but wow, the visuals have not aged well at all, the world feels empty, the units and pathing feel wonky and the voice acting is *horrible*. So many good memories, wish I had let this one lie.
Streets Of Rage 2. One of my favorite games from my childhood. Now feels repetitive and pointless. At least the soundtrack still rocks!
Quake 2. Oh man this used to be the best thing ever (ditto Unreal). Played it endlessly...before I got a graphics card. Once I did the visuals just blew my mind. Now...ugh. Bland, repetitive, ugly.
Far Cry. Again, a game that blew me away graphically, but every time I try to replay it the bizarre difficulty makes me want to eat a kitten and repetitive as hell. The main character is also one of the most obnoxious main characters in a game that wasn't trying to be funny.
Final Fantasy 7 and 8. Both childhood favorites. Graphics aren't actually horrible, even now for some reason. But man, precanned animations make up 90% of this game's combat and everything feels like such a grind.
Resident Evil 1. 2 still holds up okay, oddly enough but the first game...blah. This game was the shizzle pop when I first played it but now it just feels awful.
Earthworm Jim 1 and 2. Another game that I adored as a child, but tried replaying it...still pretty, but far too much of both games feel like 30% excellent platformer and 70% annoying minigames. The controls are also way worse than I remember them.
How about you?