/vr/ - Retro Games

Why do you need to know?

>>3643246
Extreme curiosity. I personally prefer old games but tend to play more new ones. Though after how bad ff xv is im seriously considering strictly playing retro.

>>3643242
Current. I've played every old game worth playing. Many are fun to play over and over again. But there is so much new stuff coming out all the time that even if one in a million is good I couldn't play them all. And new games usually take a lot longer

I play current fighting games, and retro everything else.

Single player games are mostly hot garbage nowadays, with very few exceptions.

Even plot based games aesthetics and writing are better in older games. I don't know why.

Early 2000s games aren't retro on this board so current.

Since I play a certain game competitively, current wins overwhelmingly by number of hours.
But if we measure by number of titles played, it's a pretty wide mix. I play whatever looks interesting on whatever system.

>>3643254
>after how bad ff xv is
Did you already played it?

>>3643295
>Even plot based games aesthetics and writing are better in older games. I don't know why.
Because you are delusional.

>>3643480

great points you convinced me real good

Retro by far. Modern games have too much time-wasting, non-gameplay crap for my liking. That, and theyre piss easy.

>>3643242
I prefer games from the early 2000s but also newer stuff.

I hate console-style FPS-games, i hate WoW-style combat-systems, i hate health regen, i hate empty open-world games, i hate modern RPG's.

Modern games i enjoy: CSGO, Minecraft, AOE2HD.

Other than that, give me some Baldurs Gate or Quake 1, braeh

>>3643242
Retro more. Newest console I own is a wii. I might get a PS4 tho.

>>3643295
This.

No heart or challenge in modern games, just grindy scammy handholding bullshit.

"Oh look we made this sweet 3d-engine"

"unfortunately were going to cover it with a bunch of useless UI-elements for retards that cant use the already implemented minimap"

>>3643496
This'll be a good lesson for you.

>>3643496
Holy shit, her hair is all over the place.

Retro. New games are mired in /tv/story bullshit and bad controls and gameplay. There are just a small handful of games that have been released since 1995 that are even a little bit good, and that's sad.

I have so little time for gaming these days I think Im happier playing games I know I like. I have quite the large collection

>>3643242
Retro. The only newer games worth playing are Eastern European.

>>3643496
>>3643560
wat gaems

Retro because emulating is a hell of a lot cheaper than buying new games. There are plenty of modern games I like though, you just have to wade through the psuedo-open world AAA trash.

More Retro. Except for some things like bf

>>3643572
> New games are mired in /tv/story bullshit

Exactly. Even with a fun concept, you have to wait through or listen to sooo much story just to play the damn game

>>3643242
About even. Because I like all kind of games.

>>3643569
Because it's set in the 80's

>>3643640
This too. I feel like I can pick up retro games for shorter sessions of play time

Retro. I don't usually invest in the market of modern day gaming since it tends to get costly and most modern day games tend to bore the shit out of me. My tastes in both modern and retro would probably give proof to that statement.

Another reason is because of how massive the libraries are of older consoles. I'm still finding games made over 20 years ago that are interesting and cool as fuck. Granted you can do the same with the likes of Steam or other indie developed titles (especially how lots of older games are being ported to Steam over time/ re-released in a collection or something), but the retro library has range that spreads on an international scale and you just can't find that anymore.

>>3643242
I play mostly retro but some modern games.


When it comes to retro i play the games i missed or the games i am too poor to buy or too lazy to set up my NES.

And when it comes to modern mostly just early 2000's games.

>>3643242
Depends on what I feel like, so both.
Just got the starcraft 2 trilogy yesterday as a deal and decided to replay starcraft 1 including the broodwar expansion.

It was nice to play the campaign and how they brought back old units in sc2

>>3643242
I'm in the mmo/burning my life away phase. I have plenty of new games I could be playing. There are several retro games I want to play/replay. But I just don't feel like playing them.

>>3643892
Brandish VT and some Japanese VN.

>>3643242
Going by the rules here it's about 50/50. I just like games and there are games from every year I like, it just depends on my mood and what I'm looking for do decide what to play on a given day.

>>3643295
>>3643543
Monster Hunter is still pretty rad while being challenging.

>>3644553
Early 2000 isn't modern, lmao.

>>3645016
well, that's not retro either. So if it's not modern or retro, what is it???

>>3643242
I mostly play 90's games.

>>3643242
Retro

New games cost money and I need money. Also I typically can find something on a emulator or a download of some pc game that keeps me entertained. Only new console I own is a 3ds, everything else I have is sixth gen or older.

Also new games appeal to a larger, casual crowd. I get they need money but having my hand held is terrible. Even in something like kirby I have more freedom then in some ofvthe stuff today.

>>3645016
It sure as hell ain't modern.

After how disappointed i am with waiting for ff xv so long, im seriously considering play retro for the rest of my life

>>3645850
jrpg baby opinions

>>3643540
>i hate WoW-style combat-systems
i never played WoW, what does this refer to exactly? are there specific game mechanics that wow made popular that ended up in everything, like Halo with regen health?

>>3643242
I've been playing a lot of early 2000 games lately.

Silent Hill 3 and The Thousand Year Door specifically.

>>3645029
just "old"

>>3645016
Yes it is. ~1995 was the start of games that had a "modern" sensibility to them -- style over substance as a deliberate design decision marketed to the gamers of the day that actually wanted such games.

It was the takeover of what used to be real gaming before 1995 or so by Sony and Nintendo (following Sony's lead) to pull new "gamers" into buying these so-called games to make more money and concentrate more on graphics and story, which are easy, instead of quality gameplay, which is hard.

Honestly I tend to go back and forth. For the most part I play modern stuff but sometimes I get "the itch" and want to play nothing but retro stuff. I'll spend about a week or so playing (binging) mostly older stuff. But usually I play more semi modern games with an occasional retro title thrown in the mix.

I have no interest in modern games. AAA shit is so manufactured now that it feels lifeless. There is no joy in downloading a game and missing out on box art, manuals, and physical media.

That's not to say that indie devs don't make great games, it's just that those are rare and hard to find. Shit like FTL, nethack, and Dwarf Fortress I find to be a lot of fun.

>>3646123
AAA doesn't mean "good" anon, it means "We splurged a fuckton of money on shit".

SO STOP FUCKING BUYING HOLLYWOOD SHIT

>>3643242
Retro because they're smaller in scale, the action is more instantaneous, and I feel oddly calmed listening to the same 8 bit music for hours on end.

>>3646190
Also because I think spending money on video games regularly is fucking retarded so I only buy hardware and Everdrives.

>>3646125
this pretty please

also dont pay for cable tv or dish, hollywood is ruining the world.

The only new game I'm looking forward to is Cyberpunk 2077.

Well I buy a cheap copy of Battlefield 1 to play with friends? Yes, but it's not a game I look forward to playing.

>>3646417
>>3646125
I don't own anything past the Gamecube/PS2/Xbox gen. My computer tears ass around my room, but even that is mainly for work/compute, not gaming.

>>3646427
battlefield vietnam was the best in the series tbqhwyfam

>>3645864
He means team based where you have to pay attention to roles like DPS, tanking, healing, buff and debuff management and overall strategy.