/vr/ - Retro Games

>Why do you play oldschool games?
Why do people play video games?

>Is it nostalgia, or do you feel games were so much better back then?
I do feel that they were better back then, or at least much more were better back then because of their design philosophy. When looking at action games the game would usually if not always pressure the player thus the player was pretty much always doing something with very little dead space in which all the player does is watch what is happening or having a few minutes to travel from one location to another. You are constantly platforming, avoiding enemies, and killing enemies while you progress.

Technically they are shorter games compared to these days, but the great action games trimmed the fat to the point in which all you play are the good parts.

>Do you primarily play games you already played, or is your favorite game now one you never grew up on?
Shinobi III was amazing and I thought it was going to be fairly average at first when I was playing the first level. Though I personally don't have a favorite game since genres can vary so much that one genre can't do what another genre does well.

>What's the one game you keep coming back to?
Rocket Knight Adventures

Maybe RPG's aren't for you then.

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You know what this gets me thinking, I haven't seen any maps in which you have to destroy something that isn't a monster. Like putting in a switch that activates when shot and the thing deteriorates or something to the best of the ability of the engine, then something opens up by doing it.