cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13809164
Ignoring the lack of updates if the game is buggy, games back then were also more focused on quality and make gamers replay the game with unlockable features based on skills, not money. I can’t count the number of times I played Metal Gear Solid games over and over to unlock new features playing the hardest difficulty and with handicap features, and also to find Easter eggs. Speaking of Easter eggs, you’d lose a number of hours exploring every nook and cranny finding them!
You are just wrong with both things in the title. Game mechanics weren’t better, that’s just objectively false. And replayability is very much dependent on the game, no matter when it’s from.
My guess is that it’s one of or both of these things that make you say that:
• You only play AAA games, the most surface level boring shit that never does anything interesting.
• You’re under the spell of nostalgia, only remembering the very best from back when and not taking your memories into account for comparison.
There are so many great and interesting games being released, more than ever, with mechanics that couldn’t even be imagined before. And as said, replayability is completely depending on what game, both old and new. There are tons of new games with infinite replayability, both with and without mods. There are so many games now that have so much, both in depth and wideness, that replaying them can feel like completely different games, that just couldn’t exist before.
It’s sad that so many of you seem to think this post is true, you’re missing out by either not evem trying to find the good newer good stuff or being so deep into your nostalgia holes that nothing will ever be good. I feel sad for everyone who is stuck in both or either holes.
I’ve never sold any of my old games. I still have them all. I also still buy new ones. They’re all good and I play them all. Sometimes older games are better, sometimes newer ones.