Be honest, do you play more, the older or the modern gen games?

[Jotaro]

idk why, even though, next gen games, have hd graphics and all

for some reason, i still go back to ps2, ps3, nds, x360 or ps vita, for gaming, the amount of new games i play is very limited, seems, emulation truly won this fight, among the fans, it's not about boomers or zoomers, it depends on the mood and all, but with the emulation on the game, the older gen of games, truly got an actual update on traffic

at least, for me, i don't game as i used to, because in real life matters more, and we all got our schedules and life as adults, but in that free time, i am in the middle of going back to the older games, or, playing later a bit of tekken 8 or sf6, lol

how you feel? it depends mostly on how you feel/mood, or, you partially feel, this generation of games, is for the most part, a mess and incomplete?

discuss

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

I do a mix of both, it really just depends on what I'm in the mood for at the time. The genres I tend to enjoy most lean more Old-School and Indie however.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I don't go higher than PS3 because that's as far as I can afford either owning or emulating.

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Mostly older, if its modern, its likely an indie game.

 

[Parasite_Steve]

A good mixture of both depending on my mood. I rarely touch anything before the late 80s or the entire ps3/xbox360 generation though.

 

[RageBurner]

Older games by far. The only modern games I keep up with outside of indies are Monster Hunter games, and even then I prefer the classic era still.

 

[Ezri_Muldoon]

Fun fact. The "Year in review" generation by steam shows that only 15% of steam user actually played new releases in 2024

I played none lol

 

[Kamako]

Older games, but I try to keep up with the big new releases once they've gone on sale

 

[VidiyaGaemer]

Mostly classic games. I still regularly replay classics like Sonic 3 and Knuckles and Megaman X4. For modern games, it's usually stuff made by creators of classic stuff that I enjoy.

 

[Kamako]

Fun fact. The "Year in review" generation by steam shows that only 15% of steam user actually played new releases in 2024

That's cool never realised that was a thing - Thanks!

 

[ClarityZero]

I mean, I hate to be "that guy" but older game are usually just way better in general. It has nothing to do with any objective qualities or technical aspects or "this generation was better than that generation, blegh..." They just have more love in them. Corny as that may sound.

Like, don't get me wrong, games made today are still good, and some of them even manage to be great. But for the most part, modern games just don't have the same... Charm, I guess. For lack of a better word.

It's like, most modern games just feel like products to be consumed and then discarded, rather than actual works of art meant to portray their creators' hearts. Does that make any sense to anyone?

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Quite a nifty feature.

 

[OmegaPunch's iconOmegaPunch]

I've completely stopped playing newer games entirely.
I only play game from 10-30 years ago, because they're better.

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

I have a Switch and I keep up with some "Modern" games that come out on the console (Not that Switch games are on the cutting edge of technology). But for the most part I stick to retro. There's so many old games to try out that I don't think I could ever run out of options.

 

[Jotaro]

It's like, most modern games just feel like products to be consumed and then discarded, rather than actual works of art meant to portray their creators' hearts. Does that make any sense to anyone?

i know what you mean dawg, a next gen aaa game can have 8k graphics and all, and still, feeling worse than a ps2/gamecube game, because the games back there, when they were made, the devs were making them with creativity and ''passion'', they didn't have artistic restrictions or the trend of patches/dlc's

a game had pros and cons, but the game was complete, that's what matters, and that's the bottom line

 

[Elwiwi]

60%new 40% old I'd say . I don't know were to put games like recollections or the remake of dragon quest 3

 

[ClarityZero]

i know what you mean dawg, a next gen aaa game can have 8k graphics and all, and still, feeling worse than a ps2/gamecube game, because the games back there, when they were made, the devs were making them with creativity and ''passion'', they didn't have artistic restrictions or the trend of patches/dlc's

a game had pros and cons, but the game was complete, that's what matters, and that's the bottom line

Right? I would even argue that the technological limitations in those days actually helped breed more creativity. "Restrictions breed innovations." Or something.

Incidentally, for my part, I reckon the late 90's and early to mid 2000's was pretty much the peak of gaming as a whole. Hopefully it won't be the last one, but that's the most consistently excellent era so far, I think.

 

[riccoco]

I am definitely going old school, from Atari to Nes, Snes, Genesis, PS1, PS2, psp, Xbox360 and some old titles for PC. There's just something "magical" in these eras that hardly can be matched by newer games. The newer games may have all the bells and whistles but in the end you want to play a game for the fun factor and the game should not feel like a 2nd job. Just recently I discovered that even the old games had "depth" and they needed time and focus too, but as a kid back then in the 90's I couldn't really see it. And just like Waffles, I can't and I am not willing to afford the newest consoles and games, in my humble opinion they are too overpriced and the quality of the content is not something really special. Just my opinion.

So I 'll just stick with the old gold. ;-)

 

[Samatonic]

Technically speaking, people are tired, and by tired I mean disappointed with the new releases of games that are already bugged, not completed, not fun, miss the mark completely or are ~Rigged from the start~ . Don't get me wrong, there are a few games that are worth it, Monster Hunter, Ghost of Tsushima (New), etc. are great and all, but the original flare is technically gone. Old games pushed the boundaries with new ideas, characters, styles and imaginations. Companies began reusing the same stuff over and over again. Old games had verity in them. Today, Indie games have shadowed larger games, with Stupidly large budgets. For me, I personally play out games, just for the fun of it.

Assassin Creed looks great and all and I might play it once, but it won't give me the satisfaction of the real deal. Here I go, Ranting again.

 

[J.F.C]

I play like 40 games a year and only 5 or so of those are non retro games. And at least 2 of them are the yearly Yakuza game and the yearly Megami Tensei title.

 

[FreshDinoBone]

Not sure what I play more of per say. I just like playing games new or old if they interest me.

 

[ClarityZero]

I am definitely going old school, from Atari to Nes, Snes, Genesis, PS1, PS2, psp, Xbox360 and some old titles for PC. There's just something "magical" in these eras that hardly can be matched by newer games. The newer games may have all the bells and whistles but in the end you want to play a game for the fun factor and the game should not feel like a 2nd job. Just recently I discovered that even the old games had "depth" and they needed time and focus too, but as a kid back then in the 90's I couldn't really see it. And just like Waffles, I can't and I am not willing to afford the newest consoles and games, in my humble opinion they are too overpriced and the quality of the content is not something really special. Just my opinion.

So I 'll just stick with the old gold. ;-)

Truly, I have found my people! XD

 

[OmegaPunch's iconOmegaPunch]

I am definitely going old school, from Atari to Nes, Snes, Genesis, PS1, PS2, psp, Xbox360 and some old titles for PC. There's just something "magical" in these eras that hardly can be matched by newer games. The newer games may have all the bells and whistles but in the end you want to play a game for the fun factor and the game should not feel like a 2nd job. Just recently I discovered that even the old games had "depth" and they needed time and focus too, but as a kid back then in the 90's I couldn't really see it. And just like Waffles, I can't and I am not willing to afford the newest consoles and games, in my humble opinion they are too overpriced and the quality of the content is not something really special. Just my opinion.

So I 'll just stick with the old gold. ;-)

You're the greatest!

 

[Jotaro]

Right? I would even argue that the technological limitations in those days actually helped breed more creativity. "Restrictions breed innovations." Or something.

Incidentally, for my part, I reckon the late 90's and early to mid 2000's was pretty much the peak of gaming as a whole. Hopefully it won't be the last one, but that's the most consistently excellent era so far, I think.

if we go full technical, in this gen of games, the creativity should had reached its peak, but at this point, nah, it went back, many steps back, actually, why? woke and sjw shenanigans, i don't need to explain more, we all get it

mainstream big devs are afraid to break the limits, like before, that's why the indie era tries to replicate a bit, of what the older games were doing, on their own way though, despite having lesser budget and marketing

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

I play older games, free multiplayer & all of that good stuff.