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0 pointsTeMPOraL11mo ago0 comments

> Video games don't wear out, you can still play the same software you bought in 2003 today.

The way you perceive them does, at least did back in 2023 (or 2013) and earlier.

You pick up, say, original Half Life or something from that time; story-wise it's the same game you remember, but in terms of experience, is nigh-unplayable in its original form now, because you already experienced how decades of progress in videogames look like. Not just in terms of graphics, though that is a big part, but also in terms of UI! Properly mapped controls and GUI behaviors are alone worth looking up/waiting for a remake. And/or, the Nth installment of a game in the same universe.

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msgodel11mo ago

I often play games from the 90s from before I learned to read. IMO often they're better than modern games including their own remakes.

Every good game has odd control schemes, that doesn't mean it's worn out.

alt22711mo ago

> you already experienced how decades of progress in videogames look like

IMO the quality of games has gone greatly downhill, and when I pick up something old like Doom 3, Half Life 2, or Portal, I am staggered by how good they are in comparison to most of the unity based slop which currently passes for games.

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