I'm Officially Retiring from Modern Gaming...(Get In The Thread for the Last Time Ever)

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I gotta point out that if you like retro stuff, there are many brand-new games coming out that ape the "older" style of game design.

And I'm not only referring to indie pixel 16-bit clones whatever. We are getting a lot of b-tier and AA offerings from modern devs that remind me of the PS1-PS3 eras. For instance:

- Signalis and Crow County, for you PS1 old school RE fans

- Outcast 2, Sand Land, and Rise of the Ronin for you fans of PS2-3 style action adventure games (like Way of the Samurai, Mercenaries, Tenchu)

- Let's Build A Zoo and Against the Storm for you Rollercoaster tycoon and Sierra city-building fans

- Kena, Penny's Big Breakaway, and Bakaru for you action-platformer fans

- the whole gamut of boomer shooters like Dusk, Ion Fury, Neon White, Ultrakill, etc

I can understand the desire to "go retro" but if you like that style and you ignore modern offerings, you're leaving a lot of good games on the table
 
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Alcedor said:
I'm kind of already there. I regret buying a PS5, especially since I got the shitty, digital only model. I don't feel like buying a Switch 2 after all the recent news about it, unless I can get one that is hacked/modded.

I'm more interested in retro devices now like the Odin 2 Portal/Retroid Pocket 5 or the recently announced Retroid Pocket Flip 2

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I would also be pretty excited if someone did a consumer friendly VR gaming device.
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Oh this looks badass. Bet it runs Dolphin like a motherfucker too- looove the Gamecube inspiration
 
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DonDonDonPata said:
I gotta point out that if you like retro stuff, there are many brand-new games coming out that ape the "older" style of game design.

And I'm not only referring to indie pixel 16-bit clones whatever. We are getting a lot of b-tier and AA offerings from modern devs that remind me of the PS1-PS3 eras. For instance:

- Signalis and Crow County, for you PS1 old school RE fans

- Outcast 2, Sand Land, and Rise of the Ronin for you fans of PS2-3 style action adventure games (like Way of the Samurai, Mercenaries, Tenchu)

- Let's Build A Zoo and Against the Storm for you Rollercoaster tycoon and Sierra city-building fans

- Kena, Penny's Big Breakaway, and Bakaru for you action-platformer fans

- the whole gamut of boomer shooters like Dusk, Ion Fury, Neon White, Ultrakill, etc

I can understand the desire to "go retro" but if you like that style and you ignore modern offerings, you're leaving a lot of good games on the table
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Boomer shooters I love them. I just don't like the let's go retro and let's make the game NES level of difficulty that a lot of retro pixel art games do.

It's the always online or MTX laden gaas style of a few of the modern games I don't like also I feel a lot of games are just getting complex with gameplay or design. Love the Witcher 3 in theory but I feel the depth and amount of jumping around inventory reading crafting repairing etc is just too much for me. My personal taste. But I am starting to prefer a good gameplay loop and a simple/streamlined design. I just find them more fun so boomer shooters scratch that itch.
 
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teezzy said:
the hobby is much different from it was when most of us grew up, but so are we
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I haven't changed. I still like the same types of games as I did when I was a kid/teenager. What fucked everything up is gaming going mainstream. Developers designing their game to sell 10 millions copies (otherwise it's a failure) instead of catering to the people who actually play their games. Obviously it isn't all games, but most aren't designed with "hardcore" gamers in mind. We're not their target audience anymore.
 
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macapala said:
I haven't changed. I still like the same types of games as I did when I was a kid/teenager. What fucked everything up is gaming going mainstream. Developers designing their game to sell 10 millions copies (otherwise it's a failure) instead of catering to the people who actually play their games. Obviously it isn't all games, but most aren't designed which "hardcore" gamers in mind. We're not their target audience anymore.
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you shouldnt be the same person as an adult as you were as a teenager
 
Getting back into gaming as a general hobby, im realizing a lot of my general knowledge of games is fairly dated

My coworker who just has his kids' old Xbox One S, i snagged him Doom 2016 for his birthday in the Xbox spring sale for like $5 digitally. He goes "oh yeah, i loved Doom!" And i explain "this is the new one" - not realizing the game is almost a decade old at this point and there's already been a sequel with another on the way

X-com enemy unknown, sniper elite 4... i was just looking at Elex 2 thinking "oh yeah i meant to play that"... shit came out in March 2022! Idk man there's just so much which still feels new to me and is a decade or older at this point... like what do you mean Witcher 3 isn't still the be-all end-all?!

Even trying to keep up feels irrelevant when really, im perfectly fine with dated graphics and UI, etc

So yeah, inadvertently retro, there's more to life than keeping up with the industry and when something looks cool my 3090 still clears it... and im finding it hard to believe ive had that since december of 2022 (and bought it used, at that). Without generations proper, PC and Steam sorta blurs new and old together

Like how the fuck old are my ps5 and series x? Jfc
 
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teezzy said:
Getting back into gaming as a general hobby, im realizing a lot of my general knowledge of games is fairly dated

My coworker who just has his kids' old Xbox One S, i snagged him Doom 2016 for his birthday in the Xbox spring sale for like $5 digitally. He goes "oh yeah, i loved Doom!" And i explain "this is the new one" - not realizing the game is almost a decade old at this point and there's already been a sequel with another on the way

X-com enemy unknown, sniper elite 4... i was just looking at Elex 2 thinking "oh yeah i meant to play that"... shit came out in March 2022! Idk man there's just so much which still feels new to me and is a decade or older at this point... like what do you mean Witcher 3 isn't still the be-all end-all?!

Even trying to keep up feels irrelevant when really, im perfectly fine with dated graphics and UI, etc

So yeah, inadvertently retro, there's more to life than keeping up with the industry and when something looks cool my 3090 still clears it... and im finding it hard to believe ive had that since december of 2022 (and bought it used, at that). Without generations proper, PC and Steam sorta blurs new and old together

Like how the fuck old are my ps5 and series x? Jfc
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This so much. We're in the singularity at the end of time — everything is everything it will ever be and it's been the same generation of games as far as your thumbs can tell for a decade or two.

Just embrace it. Being able to fuck with old UI, "dated" graphics means you can navigate this era as you see fit, not be taken for a ride. "Modern gaming" has always been a taste-shaping lie about what's good and what we want anyways.
 
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I remember building my first real gaming pc so i could play witcher 3, and now you can play it on any modern handheld 😅
 
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For me gaming has never been better. More to play and gets released than I ever dared imagine. The size, scope and enjoyment of games has increased dramatically. That been said I also do acknowledge there are huge problems around the industry also, especially relating to first party exclusives, political activism, pricing and consumer rights.

I think it helps that I play on PC where nearly every new game gets a release and almost every game ever made is available to play (in some form or another). Ultimately the good FAR out weighs the bad.
 
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