We spent our entire childhood bored, with the occasional couple of hours of gaming in the shallowest games anyone ever created. (yes because of hardware limits but still)
We look back at all that time spent and lacking any of it, want to go back.
Most of the old games I revisit now do not hold up at all, as much as I want them to.
I will say that modern games often hold your hand a little too much. There is value in not knowing exactly what to do and having to explore a bit. And I think a lot of modern devs focus too much on spectacle and not enough on gameplay mechanics. To be fair, the tools at their disposal now do allow for a lot of spectacle, and as an artist I can see how you could over-focus on that.
That was the 90s for me. I didn’t have that much, I spent most of it walking or pondering or whatever. I did fantasize about having lots of shit… And I kinda do now, so there is that.
We spent our entire childhood bored, with the occasional couple of hours of gaming in the shallowest games anyone ever created. (yes because of hardware limits but still)
We look back at all that time spent and lacking any of it, want to go back.
Nostalgia is the ultimate rose-colored glasses
Have you tried some Roblox content?
Agreed.
Most of the old games I revisit now do not hold up at all, as much as I want them to.
I will say that modern games often hold your hand a little too much. There is value in not knowing exactly what to do and having to explore a bit. And I think a lot of modern devs focus too much on spectacle and not enough on gameplay mechanics. To be fair, the tools at their disposal now do allow for a lot of spectacle, and as an artist I can see how you could over-focus on that.
and save, and restore :)
That was the 90s for me. I didn’t have that much, I spent most of it walking or pondering or whatever. I did fantasize about having lots of shit… And I kinda do now, so there is that.