/vr/ - Retro Games

Meh. If "Generic Platformer: Electric Boogaloo" exists in a time where there are only 100 video games in total, it is on the "Top 100 video games" list at the time.
As more games release over the years, each having a non-zero chance of being better than this one, Generic Platformer: Electric Boogaloo could ond day be pushed out of the Top 100 list.
And that is where context has changed, there is more stuff to compare the game to.
The subjectivity now comes in if you judge Generic Platformer: Electric Boogaloo to be less enjoyable than it was back when you played it first.
The game hasn't changed, so really it should be as enjoyable as back then. And the "correct" judgement would be that there is now a much greater selection of games, many of which as as enjoyable or more. It "got worse" relatively speaking, if anything, not absolutely.
But of course humans don't work that way. If someone buys a new car and love it, they might be less happy with it once they see their neighbour buying a faster, bigger and nicer-looking car all of a sudden.
Now that's how I see the situation, but whether it justifies the term "aged badly" or not, anon can judge for themselves.
At any rate, I think it's easy to understand what is meant by it and probably not worth getting one's panties in a bunch or anything.