360 was when i started paying attention to shit proper like, especially that was back when backwards compatibility wasn't an arse an and a half because it's like, oh hey, I can catch up to a prev. generation at a fraction of the cost !
the insane thing is for a lot of genres presentation and stuff got worse, lots of PS1 RPGs have way more sauce than modern ones with little presentation flourishes
When I played Wild Arms 3 for the first time, I was blown away with stuff like the characters running around in combat even though it was turn based. Also you still being on horses in combat if you're riding one.
Silent Hill wouldn't be what it is without the limitations of the PS1. It's iconic and the influences can be seen even in the new remake of Silent Hill 2.
It's a give and take between style and readability, theres a happy medium for sure but a lot of devs just aim for pure readability these days it seems.
As someone who did grow up with the 360 you were kinda automatically into (now) retro games, like almost everyone i know had one of those collection packs that would have a bunch of games in it cause they were cheap
to be fair, it's SUPPOSED to be like this with art. You could spend years watching only the best movies of all time. There's 400 year old classic books that people still read. Games are such a young artform. It's a little sad to see these 10/10 games get dismissed out of hand because they're "old"!!
as a Wii U kid, yeah. I mainly play retro games on my 2DS cause with it being portable, I can actually find time to play it between AP homework and marching band, but that generation of consoles are all great for playing retro games
What SNES emulator is everyone using these days? I installed one that was recommended to me but I could never get it to work. I last used ZSNES years ago.
I got the NES in my early teens. I had an Atari too but wasn't spending more than 30 minutes a go with it. But especially how 8-16 bit style games are making a comeback, go back and play those. Yes even the Atari ones. Centipede. SMB 1-3... so many great games!
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Little things like that add so much.
So many emulators, so many old games on my 360, i feel so spoiled.
I'm going to replay it