/vr/ - Retro Games

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>only I can like this!

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All that.

Back in the 90s and 80s the game designers really had to get as much out of their games as they could otherwise people wouldnt buy them. Some companies flatlined and got bought because of making just a couple bad titles. Others were able to make some crap games and not feel the sting much.

Fast forward to modern day, on the heels of ID Software's gamer rush to get the best graphics cards ("because you need the best card to run our game, and it better be geforce because we like them") . . . that has changed everybody's priorities.

Modern games also suffer from Remake Syndrome and sequels are suffering from Gimmicks.

For sequels and series restarts they make the mistake repeatedly of "Lets do this completely different than the original" and that suuuucks. Especially when they Keep something from the original (like Doom 4 has Cyberdemon fight).

I would even put in a mention for Resident Evil 5, 6, Revelations . . . ive not heard anything good about them while RE4 is still Stellar.

And Silent Hill has faded into obscurity even though supposedly they're still making more of them.

Like Hollywood... it seems the Lake is Dry now.

> but the problem is if you focus heavily ON gameplay and fun without making sure the graphics are top notch. . . and it IS a 3D game and its Not cartoony like Mario . . .
> you're going to get fucked because the priorities have changed.

With Retro and sub-par graphics you Know that you're in for needing to use your imagination and suspension of disbelief, and you can set aside the graphical performance.

But if the graphics are trying to be top notch, by god it better be realistic and the Faces of the characters better not look like plastic, because otherwise thats going to really get in the way of enjoyability

> and people will throw tomatoes at it even if it has a good story and its fun

Unless the graphics are obviously bad for what its trying to do, it tends to get a hall pass.

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