/vr/ - Retro Games

>Is it just a hobby? Sheer nostalgia? The modern gaming industry failed you?

A bit of all three, for me at least.

because there are a lot of old games I want to play and I like to discover new things.
I was never able to keep up with the gaming industry so I work my way through history at my own pace.

>>1362068
>/vr/others, why are you retro fans?
Why wouldn't someone like old games?

>>1362093
There are a lot of idiots in the world, that's the only answer I can give.

>>1362068
A combination of all three, though I don't exclusively play retro games. I do think I enjoy them more though.

Because there's a quirky charm you get from them that today's FPS-heavy, multimillion dollar industry has lost sight of.

Just like how people love 80s and 90s music, we get to discover and enjoy the very best of those decades. If you have no qualms about not paying for them, the games are easily accessible and at no cost. Retro game design can be a completely different world compared to modern games. Note I'm not saying retro is better than modern, they're just different.

There's more great games out already that I haven't played than there are new games coming out I'm hyped for.

I enjoy them more than I do most modern games.

>>1362068
Games are games, OP

>>1362068

In order to know where you're going, you need to know where you've been.

I play games. I don't care if they old or new. Though I can't deny that old 2D games have a certain charm new games lack. Still, I also play new games as long as they fun.

>>1362068

Well, since the internet opened up big time in the mid 90s and emulators started being developed by smart peoples...we can retroactively play every game ever made.

Back in the day i used to get a video game from my parents on birthday and crismass...and in between those times you had to save like 3-5 bucks to rent a game for 2 days.

Back in the day i only had nes and snes...no genesis, turbo graohx, etc. so i could only play like a fraction of the games to begin with.

now i can play 100% of games on 100% of systems (from atari to wii era)....and there's a A LOT of selection here that i am not always finding myself giving 2 hoots about what games are being released next week.

5 years from today i will search google for "what games on PS4 were good?" and meta critic will list me the 20 best rated games and i will play them on my 2019 ps4 emulator.

Right now i still have a wide selection of retro games to kill my time.

Because modern games don't have you as a robot maid riding a robot cat that's riding a missile while you're being chased by a wolf on a transforming motorcycle.

>>1362068

I play all vidya, some of it is old.

That's pretty much the end of it.

>>1362147
That was beautiful to read.

>>1362152
That game was so DAMN rad.

>>1362141
Agreed, to be honest I became a retro gamer mid-7th generation, for some reason the whole HD cinematic thing aliniated me...

... And then came Dragon's Lair HD, aka Heavy Rain. So much technology, so much potential of making huge expansive games closer to our imagination when we played our SNES/Genesis/NES/Master System... And we're still suck with QTEs... That pretty much made me give up on modern gaming, with some exceptions (i.e. 3DS and Wii games, since those look like 6th gen... I know, it's still not retro, but it was the last generation I felt comfortable with).

You know what I also miss from older generations?

Crazy-ass box arts. Pic related.

Well I'm only 20 but I did grow up playing NES/SNES games so there still could be a nostalgia factor involved.

Though IMO it's because games of the late 80s and throughout 90s focused on allowing the player to pick up the game and play it for a little while without getting too in depth but still adding tons for you to master if you wanted to.

After getting home from work or just a general busy day, I can't be bothered with some melodramatic cinema experience, I just want some raw gameplay in an imaginitive setting. Fuck realism.

The modern industry focuses on immersion and non-linear worlds which I do not care for. And most people miss the irony that the more "grown up" games have become the worse and easier the core gameplay has become.

>>1362171
Are you me, anon?

You sound like me.

I especially agree with the irony part, I find the supposed "mature" games incredibly immature.

Videogames were supposed to be escapism, why are they now suddenly all trying to be realistic movies, and unnecesary human dramas?

There are a lot of hidden gems out there in retro vidya, the number of which only multiplies when you factor in things like JP only games. That being said, a good number of my favorite games are non-/vr/.

>>1362068

>Is it just a hobby? Sheer nostalgia? The modern gaming industry failed you?

Yeah, I don't like paid online. I'm probably picking up a Wii U this year, though.

I got burned out on cinematic experiences and online shooters. The novelty has worn off and they're just not as rewarding to play as the older games.

>>1362185
Because that's what's hot for the lowest common denominator.

Its easy to say to others check out how tight these graphics are in the latest pay to win. I mean design philosophy is so stagnated wer still using glorified quake mods.

Because I grew up with them.

I still enjoy modern games, I enjoy gaming in its many facets, but I started with retro stuff and generally go back to it a lot.

>>1362218
I believe, you're right, speaking of the low-

>Then, it came to me, as I was typing this...
>Zelda 1 commercial, the dudebro going "WOAH, NICE GRAPHICS"
>That's the entire reason for the lowest common denominator to play a game, them graphics, screw gameplay.

... D.... Did Zelda 1 commercial predicted the future...?

My favorite kind of game is short, high quality, high intensity, high challenge, arcadey action games that I could replay a million times just for the sake of replaying a million times.
The modern gaming industry almost completely fails to provide this outside of the occasional scrolling shooter from CAVE or whatever.
I still play tons of modern games, but games really aren't made for me anymore. A shitload of people nowadays only seem to care how many hours they can squeeze out of a game, regardless of the quality of those hours, so they can get their money's worth. People often say they wouldn't be willing to pay full price for a Star Fox game these days, or it would need something like RPG mechanics or customization or whatever to keep them interested.

This is more of an opinion, but I also feel like older games were more willing to take risks - do things that hadn't been done before, or do old things differently.
The whole industry feels much more "safe" now. Games seem much more likely to be based on other already successful games, rather than being something unique that someone just really wanted to make. I notice a lot of gameplay elements being included just because they were in other games, whether or not they suit the design of a specific game. This is really noticeable in something like L.A. Noir, which seems to have shooting segments just because HEY, GAMES HAVE TO HAVE SHOOTING, RIGHT?
Everything just feels like it's being homogenized, and I don't like it.

Not to sound like an asshole, but how many times are people going to ask this damn question?

I like video games.
Retro games are video games.
Therefore I play retro games.

>>1362229
Graphics have ALWAYS been important.
Hell, I'd argue they were more important in the past, because back then, for a developer to pump out the kind of graphics you'd see in a game like Batman (NES) or Gunstar Heroes, they had to be very familiar with the system and know exactly how to get the most out of it, and they were usually good with systems like that because of years of experience in the industry. You could generally count on a game with great graphics having great gameplay and great music as well for those reasons.

Old games are made for gamers. New games are made for people who want to mindlessly stare at a screen for hours at a time.

>>1362294
>mindlessly stare at a screen for hours at a time.

Sounds like old games to me. Contra isn't a particularly cerebral experience.

>>1362296
I think what anon meant, is that, to take your Contra example, you actually did need some mind-finger reflects, very quick ones, since you were a one-hit wonder.

Nowadays, many games are press X to win, or bribe your way to victory.

>>1362296

With Contra you have to plan what you're going to do in advance and memorize enemy layouts. With most new games, you just follow an arrow and then watch a cutscene.

>>1362304
>With Contra you have to plan what you're going to do in advance and memorize enemy layouts.

wat

Contra is a twitch game and the vast majority of enemies you fight are randomly spawned.

>>1362310
Thanks for confirming you don't know what you're talking about.

>>1362310

You're wrong, but I don't think you can be convinced to believe otherwise, so I will not waste my time arguing with you.

>>1362315
I've beaten Contra (and most of the other games in the series) several times over. The majority of the enemies you fight, the cannon fodder, are randomly spawned on the screen.

>>1362317
If you aren't going to bother explaining why you think someone else is wrong, don't bother posting in the first place.

So please, tell me what's so erroneous about my statement.

>>1362294
This. Modern developers treat players like retards who don't know how to breathe. Case in point:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHd2ftZQc_k

The seventh generation killed the video game industry and any chance it had to become a legitimate art form. The eight generation is just beating the dead horse. There are no worthwhile games made after 2006, and any single one mentioned I can probably mention 10 retro ones that have better mechanics.

That's why I play retro games. Because video games are dead now.

>>1362327

Some bad games exist now

Some bad games existed then

Some good games exist now

Some good games existed then

Stop buying AAA trash and get a handheld

>>1362320
If you've done that, then you should be well aware that unless you know where enemies can come from, and where to stand to best dodge attack patterns, and so on, you're going to fucking die.
Randomly spawning enemies generally aren't that big a threat in Contra as long as you keep moving, especially when you know where to expect them to come from.

>>1362340
>Stop buying AAA trash and get a handheld

Real talk.

The 3DS is the best "next gen" purchase you can make right now, and the Vita has some solid niche titles.

>>1362340
Why spend money on new stuff when old stuff is good and cheaper/free?

>>1362343
>If you've done that, then you should be well aware that unless you know where enemies can come from

They come from off the screen.

I hope you aren't going to imply it takes planning or a genius to see that those running football dudes might come from the right side of the screen, running on the same chunk of land that you are.

The randomly spawned part comes in that they don't come at you with the same pattern every time. That's what makes it a twitch game.

>>1362323

It's been awhile since I played a Contra game, but if I remember correctly, the enemies spawn from the same location, it's not random. There are also gun turrets that are in the same location every time. And then there are the bosses who have attack patterns. It all requires planning and on the fly decision making. You can't zone out and mindlessly make your way through a Contra game. You got to stay alert and figure out the best way to attack any given obstacle.

>>1362359

Randomness refers to the density of the spawn. Enemies do not always spawn at the same rate or the exact same place.

Old games are fun. I like fun. Therefore I like old games.

Nostalgia plays a role, but I just like good games, old or new.

>>1362348

That's fine too

I'm just saying don't say that every single modern game is shit because you played some bad AAA games

Because retro games don't suddenly spring QTE's on you

>>1362365

Whatever. All I can tell you is that I have played through many modern games while half asleep or while in a veged out state without much problem due to a lack of difficulty. But when I try to do that with older games, I fucking die over and over again, and little to no progress is made.

>>1362136
>>1362116
These guys knows what's up.
Just cause modern games don't suit to your tastes makes them bad.

I play both old games and newer ones, and I enjoy both.

>>1362358
I just don't see it.
As long as you are constantly moving forward, you rarely need to do anything more than hold right while holding the fire button, and occasionally turn around for a split second when an enemy spawns from the left. Sometimes the stage layout will require a bit more from you, but in most of the Contra games, the randomly spawning enemies aren't a big deal in the slightest.
It's the fixed elements - stage hazards, turrets, enemies that are always in the same place and ambush you, enemy spawners, and especially bosses - which pose the real threat, and those things very nearly REQUIRE memorization.

When I was a kid the most popular games were platformers like Mario, and fighting games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat.
Later as a teen I got into turn based strategy games like Civ, and turn based rpgs.
That kind of game is far less popular nowadays than when I was a kid, so I play a lot of older games because of that. Although I do play the new fighting games like Street Fighter IV, and the new Nintendo platformers if they get good reviews.

I haven't played a first person shooter since the late 90s, when I tried them for the first time and didn't enjoy them. Don't hate them, just not my kind of thing.

>>1362068
>The modern gaming industry failed you?
Pretty much this one.

It's not 'a hobby' it's a lifestyle. Gaming is what I do. Always has and always will be. But modern gaming for the most part is shit.

>>1362229
Everyone likes graphics. Graphics are always a plus.
The issue is not having good graphics but in shitting on gameplay for it. It also goes the other way. Having shit graphics can make gameplay worse as well.

>>1362320
>The majority of the enemies you fight, the cannon fodder, are randomly spawned on the screen.
They spawned at specific spots and repetitively so and at regular intervals. You could essentially play the game twice and have the enemies pop out at the exact same intervals and places.

You can even take your sweet time in advancing. The only thing that makes it a twitch game is because you make it that way by bumrushing it. The game lets you play either way.

>>1362340
>Some good games exist now
Sure but they're rare as shit.

>>1362470
naw, you just don't know where to look

buy a handheld and get a steam account

>>1362470

Not as rare as you might think. We get at solid 10 or so great titles every year, at least if you're looking across every platform. At least, by my appraisal.

Maybe once a year will one of them grace the cover of a magazine.

>>1362068
>The modern gaming industry failed you?

This one. There's actually a bit of nostalgia of course, but by far it's mostly being unhappy with contemporary gaming.

I actually play and enjoy a lot of not-/vr/ games that were made between 2000-2009. I really like the 6th gen (PS2/XB1/GC/Windows XP) era games.

While there already was a steady decline going on for some time, for me it was around mid 7th gen that the industry really went to shit for good. I guess it was when DLC, online multiplayer and casual gaming started becoming huge.

>normalfags ruining everything they touch as usual

Because no matter how old a game is, if it is fun it is fun. I still love grabbing a stack of NES games at a yard sale and unearthing a gem of a game that didn't get the recognition it deserved.

I like games. New, old, whatever. A good game is a good game, regardless of when it came out.

Yeah, a lot of modern games are shit, but there's some good stuff out there.

But the main reason I come here is that it's the only video game board that hasn't gone to complete shit.

I like good games and there are many old games that are good.

>>1362594
>10 or so great titles every year

Yeah, sure, if you look across every platform under the sun, including portable, Android and iOS, maybe in the year of our lord and savior Jesus Christ 2013/2014 you still get up to 10 good games a year.

It's too little though, I would never buy every fucking platform there is because each one of them gets 1 or 2 good games every year. Hell, in the good old times every platform would get 1 or 2 great games every month.

>>1362964
>every platform would get 1 or 2 great games every month.
>1 or two great games
>every
>month

Okay now THOSE are some serious rose tinted glasses.

>>1362973
I'm certain I could prove it if only I could bring myself the work of looking it up.

Anyways that's obviously an average. Even back then I remember there having slow periods when nothing interesting would come out for 1, 2 or even 3 months, but then in the space of 1 or 2 months lots of great games would come out.

>>1362068
I feel like the games are better designed, easier to pick up, and aren't overproduced. Newer games try too hard to be like movies for my tastes. I have some exceptions like the Metal Gear series (The ultimate movie game, ironically) but I like to stick to arcade-style games that are fast paced and are built around gameplay. I also think retro RPGs are cool, since they fit such complex stories in limited hardware.

>>1362827
>it's the only video game board that hasn't gone to complete shit.

also this

>>1362068
I run alot of old hardware in terms of my PCs. Emulators are easy to run with limited resources.

In addition to nostalgia, etc...I play /vr/ literally because I'm a poorfag.

>The modern gaming industry failed you?

Yes, unfortunately.

I know a lot of retro gaming because I grew up through most of it but at the same time I feel like I know so little so it's fun to search for forgotten titles that I never new existed that are awesome.

>>1362986

Jesus fucking christ that's a generous average.

I suggest you actuall go fucking look and realize how terribly wrong you are.

>The modern gaming industry failed you?
Somewhat. I like indies a whole lot more than the big budget stuff now.

But retro will always be where I'll stay. It just has a feel that most games of today don't capture so well. Could be nostalgia, could be an effect of the time they were produced.

Though really I'm more of a hobbist than anything with games in general.

I just like the nostalgic feeling of popping in the carts and using your imagination with shitty graphics than modern games. Plus I feel more casual on old school games. You can argue that there are games for the modern consoles that try to replicate the feel of old games, but why play those when you could just play the real thing

>>1362152
This. Modern games have these completely ridiculous scenarios, or at least not as much.

>>1363297

You should play some W101

>>1362068
All three of those.

My disappointment in modern games is what keeps me coming back, but collecting it has been a hobby for a long time, and the nostalgia keeps me loving the shit out of every minute.

Such an easy answer. The difficulty of retro games hooks me eveytime

>>1362327
>That video
Jesus fucking Christ, that actually exists? Are they really that afraid of offending people with challenging games?

>>1362068
Because game today feel like a choose-your-advanture-flip-book.

>>1362374
I have multiple retro games that are literally nothing but QTE's.

>>1363513
What was the last game you played

>>1363512
Most retro games aren't on the Sega CD.

>>1363516
I think it is farcry3/dead island.

The last game that I really enjoy is chocobo dungeon (wii), and mario galaxy 2.

I like shooters that aren't bullet hells, JRPGs that are grindy dungeon crawlers with turn based combat, and action-platformers, and they type of 80's/early 90s synth music that you won't hear in very many modern titles (its in a few).

I play plenty of modern games, though. Mostly strategy.

>>1362068
Being a fan of retro games and being a fan of modern games are not mutually exclusive things. You can be both.

That said I'm a fan of genres that were more popular in the past and less so nowadays. It feels like the genres dominating the market now are either point and click MMORPGs or FPS games.

This just goes for me personally but retro gaming has a charm that can't be matched. The graphics, the imagination. From the N64 era on back, there's just something about the look and feel of the games. The primitive music and stories show the creativity of groups working together to truly bring something special to the medium.

Gamers these days want on a "cinematic" experience. It's all about graphics and HD. Everything has to look realistic and carry real world themes. It's like no one has enough imagination anymore to create something like Bomberman or Donkey Kong. Which is why I applaud games like Minecraft and the Pokemon series.

>>1362068
Old games are consistently challenging and don't bullshit me with the pretension of being a cinematic artform. Most of the time, anyway.

>pol/ack b/tard here
>clearing out clutter and crap
>see these

so does anyone want any of these snes super famicom jap games

which one you want and why you deserve it. or make me an offer

also what the fuck is the game top left with the samurai guy? it's mint condition

When I was a kid we were poor and the only console we had was a Famiclone, so I missed out on a lot of good games and I decided to catch up on them.

>>1362093
It's a side effect of this "gamer" thing as a whole. You can't just like to play games anymore, you need to be part of a group and the culture.

This is one reason why I prefer retro. Why can't you just sit down and play a goddamn game? It's all about having fun.

>>1362347
3DS is only good for the handful of retro games you can play it on

It's not really a retro thing for me.
I just plain like videogames and a fair amount of them just so happen to fall under the "retro" tag.

It's like watching films from the 50s, quality doesn't age

>>1362147
There is no way in hell you're going to be playing PS4 games via emulation in 2019. You'll be lucky to see rudimentary PS3 emulation.

>>1364279
>implying quantum computers

>>1364309
It's not only about processing power though. Even if we had affordable quantum computers _today_ it wouldn't change anything, like the other anon said I doubt we'd see anything more than rudimentary PS3 and Xbox 360 emulation by 2019, even with quantum computers.

Consider in perspective that we still don't have proper Atari Jaguar and Nintendo 64 emulation, and only recently 3DO emulation became decent. Even if we had computers powerful enough to emulate PS4 and Xbox One, the problem of hardware documentation and complexity remains, just as someone willing to take on this task for free.

>>1364242
>3DS is only good for the handful of retro games you can play it on

that's a good joke

>>1362068
>Is it just a hobby? Sheer nostalgia? The modern gaming industry failed you?

All three plus older games that I've missed out on. The modern gaming industry has really disappointed me when I think about older games like Deus Ex, System Shock, or Radiant Silvergun.

>>1362327
Jesus, I thought that video was a parody at first.

>>1363505
>>1367480
it's a time trial game you dumbasses

>>1362068

It's a mix of just wanting to experience my childhood on the hardware again with a little mix of being a collector.

Modern gaming is fine and I am an Avid PC gamer.

>>1363305
i played it,it wasnt radical

>>1367498
Obviously, but the time trials at the beginning of the video were hilariously simple ("Take the sword?" "Restore your life gauge?" "Enter the dungeon?"), and the whole package with the mismatched transitional music and overlaid graphics was quite garish. It seemed like an "If TLoZ was released today" style parody.

Because modern gaming is 97% fucking garbage, and there's more old games than I'd ever be able to play in my lifetime.

Honestly, there's no point in making new games any more. It's all disappointment and bullshit.

>>1362068
I don't care whether a game is retro or modern but of the genres I like most of the best games are retro.

>>1362068
I like the aesthetics of older games. Since the 6th gen graphics hit a wall where they were more than good enough for me. I'll still occassionally play some modern games for the gameplay, but graphics no longer impress me.

Also nostalgia.

>>1362068
My grandparents got me a Wii as a graduation present in '07. I got bored with every game I purchased, except for Super Mario Galaxy. I didn't want a 360 or PS3, so I started playing my PlayStation again. Doing a lot of Goodwill searches the past 6 months has held my interest in the console.

Pic related is my new favorite game on the console; just got it for Christmas.

At least when it comes to multiplayer games, I feel like there is no point in continuing a series after it makes a great game. For example I didn't care about any bomberman after I played Atomic Bomberman, and I didn't care about any worms after Worms Armageddon

Because the majority of vidya genres/series have gone to shit,plain and simple.

I don't have anything against nextgen games.
I like videogames in general.
So I come and go between new games and retro games.

Many think that the industry today is close to having a "crash" as the 1983.

If that happens (I doubt it) there are a lot of things I have not played yet and I have many years left to experience all that vast library of videogames.

Not just retro games but I'm into everything retro in general.
Maybe one day I can convince myself that I don't live in this terrible time of mediocre entertainment and be in my own little bubble void of the correct year.

>>1371668

The person who made that image is retarded and the same type of person that goes to dadrock videos on youtube and desperately posts comments from approval from his older "peers"

>>1371668
I blame websites with focus on social bullshit.

>>1364341
not to mention consoles don't have distinct identities like they did in previous generations; a lot of the good titles end up being cross-platform. However if you look back to retro games, with the sega megadrive and snes for instance, they had entirely different libraries.

I'm grew up in the arcades and modern gaming has failed me in a multitude of ways.

>>1371668
>>1371690
retards are a vocal minority on the internet. in reality there's plenty of normal people.

>>1362068
Well one reason is music. Some games I would play for the music alone, like Phantasy Star IV. The boss battles had some sweet music, and the music during Dark Forces' fights was eargasmic. But I also love it because I like a challenge, and some of the dungeons in that game are difficult enough even when grinding, but trying to complete them underleveled really builds your critical thinking.

>>1371705
But normalfags are automatically retarded

>>1371715
>>>/jp/

>>1371705
Are you suggesting normal people don't flock to sites with lots of social bullshit to them?
Do you have no idea how big Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and so on are?

>>1371719
>implying /v/ doesn't hate normalfags

Fuck off normalfag

>>1371723

We aren't on /v/, vermin.

>>>/v/

>>1371728
I meant /v/ and its spawns ;)

>>1371729
>;)

>>>/mlp/

>>1371723
>>1371729

We aren't on /v/, homeboy.

>>1362442
it's not necesarily the graphics, but the aesthetics, case in point, gameplay aside, Yoshi's island looks 9000 times better than modern shooters, but modern mario games look better than old ones, because they use graphics to make better aesthetics.
good graphics =/= good looking game

>>1371749
Sure, but the technical quality of the graphics determines how well realized the aesthetics are allowed to be.
Using your own example, without the Super FX 2 chip, Yoshi's Island wouldn't be able to look even nearly as good as it does. Lots of sprites on screen? Sprite scaling? The processing power to not slow down worse than Gradius III? None of that would be possible without that chip.

I can't enjoy any video games unless I played them as a child or teen. Don't feel much if any nostalgia. The modern gaming industry has failed me time and again. Haven't tried a new game in over 10 years.

>>1371767
>I haven't played a new game in a decade
>But I know they're all bad

>>1371767
>I ONLY enjoy games I played as a kid
>BUT IT'S NOT NOSTALGIA
u wot

>>1371774
I've watched them and tinkered with a few. All bad.

>>1371776
Just because you like something from your childhood doesn't mean you like it now only because of nostalgia.

>>1371803
>Just because you like something from your childhood doesn't mean you like it now only because of nostalgia.
Of course not, but if that's literally ALL you can enjoy, and even similar older games you didn't play as a kid do nothing for you, then there aren't very many other options.

>>1371827
I don't like new games because they're bad.

Childhood nostalgia(Nintendrone who obsesses over SNES). Also there is a certain asthetic and magic to SNES games that don't exist in games nowadays outside of the indie community. I blame the internet.

>>1371868
Disregarding that you yourself have admitted you haven't played a single game released since at least 2004 and have real means to judge all modern games as a result... I explicitly said this:
>if that's literally ALL you can enjoy, and even similar older games you didn't play as a kid do nothing for you
The old games you didn't play as a kid are, I can assure you, the MAJORITY of old games. If you cannot enjoy even a single one of those old games you did not play as a kid, then your issue is not that new games are worse. Your issue is you.

>>1371879
I said I've watched and tinkered around with a few. All were bad. All shooters are bad. All new RPG's are just interactive movies.

I've played old games that I didn't play as a kid. Most are good.

>>1371894
>All were bad. All shooters are bad. All new RPG's are just interactive movies.

Dare I believe you've actually played these games or are you just copy and pasting stuff you read on /v/. I wonder...

>>1371898
No, that's how I feel. I can't believe how many FPS games there are. Boggles my mind.

Turok Dinosaur Hunter was fun, but Halo and other games like that are crap.

>>1371915
Halo and Turok. The only two FPS games!

90% of my gaming time is spent playing retro games simply because there are thousands of them and they're all trivial to obtain. Modern AAA games are far, far more enjoyable than retro games but there's only a small handful of them that interest me releasing every month. If the catalog of modern games rivaled retro ones, I'd never even consider touching the later.

>>1371927
>Modern AAA games are far, far more enjoyable than retro games
How?

>>1371917
>ignores "and other games like that"

If you like literature, most of the books you own will be classics written by people who died decades or even centuries ago.

The same applies to videogames, it makes a lot of sense to play mainly "the classics".

I don't think modern videogames are horrible. I bought these modern games last year (Mario 3D World, Rayman Legends, Punch Out Wii, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Pokemon Y, Fire Emblem Awakening, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Zelda Link Between Worlds, Civ V Brave new World, Expedition Conquistador) and they were all quite good or even great.

But the game I enjoyed the most was Link's Awakening on the 3DS virtual console.

>>1372740
I don't know that you can really compare it to literature.
Literature has literally been around for thousands of years.
Video games have only been around for about 40 years. And when most people talk about retro games being better, they're usually focusing on stuff on the NES, or newer, which cuts that down to 30 years. So you're basically just comparing two decades to one decade. That being the case, things shouldn't be so lopsided.

its easy to just into them at any time as there wasnt alot of backstory and character dialogue that you would need to get through before starting the game

>>1362068
Because "Retro Games" are games, modern games have become something else.

I wanted to talk about video games on 4chan but /v/ is shit, lol.
But really, I like modern and retro games, but theres always a small amount of great games compared to bad games, and naturally the amount of great games combined in all of the retro generations is larger than the amount of great games in the 3 modern generations, so I look to the retro generations for now. The past and now unused styles and tropes of retro games also interest me. I only started getting into gaming during the modern generation, so there's no nostalgia in it for me.

I just like video games.

Retro video games aren't "old" to be, they are just video games. If I'm in the mood to play a game, I'll play it. Retro or not.

>>1371521
Mod that Wii, try out every game as possible without the regret of spending bad money.

If you like it enough, buy the real game.

It's also a wonderful retromachine for those whose wallets are to tight/empty for getting the actual things.

>>1371521
Why haven't you tried Sin and Punishment: Star Successor?