/vr/ - Retro Games

So, I see a lot of discussion about the uncanniness of early 3D games, like Super Mario 64. But have you ever gotten that sort of feeling from a 2D game?

I've always felt there was something really off about Pokemon Red/Blue. Maybe because I started with Pokemon Silver and mechanically it felt like going back to the stone age (even though I probably only played it a year after playing Silver). Maybe it was the bizarre off-model sprites that looked weirdly shoddy and unprofessional. Or maybe it was the fact that I was that kid with the GameShark and I spent a ton of time fucking around with the game and looking up glitches online. (Which ended up causing a lot of nightmares, I might add.)

In any case, when I play Red/Blue nowadays I have this nagging feeling that the game is going to fall apart at the seams at any moment. It's really unnerving and I hate playing the game because of it.

Has anyone else felt similar about a 2D game?