/vr/ - Retro Games

Okay /vr/, real talk. Are the best retro games truly generally better than modern games? Do you play both or only retro exclusively?

I think the retro is definitely better, no doubt. Far greater sense of accomplishment when you beat them and they were based more purely on gameplay and challenge. The game length wasn't defined by a standard, streamlined 4-8 hour experience and there wasn't even a guarantee that you'd beat them. You only overcame them if you acquired the skill necessary to do so and the challenge defined the game length.

Nowadays vidya has turned into a bunch of interactive movies that you can play while half asleep. It's all gone to shit. There are some games I've enjoyed this gen but it just ain't what it used to be. Thank God for Demon's/Dark Souls though. These two games pretty much saved the generation for me.

YOUR THOUGHTS?