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Posted April 13, 2012
The common theme I'm seeing in pretty much everyone's posts is "It comes down to the UI/controls".
Posted April 13, 2012
One thing I've noticed is that games that went for realistic graphics have aged much more badly than those which went for stylised looks.
Posted April 13, 2012
This usually doesn't bother me. Althought there was one game..
Not too long ago I decided to go back and finish the first Driver game. Its not available at GOG, but anyway. I've always considered to be one of my all time favourite games, but never actually beaten it. So decided to go and finish it finally. And must admit it did tarnish my view of it. Controls better still than many modern racing games and visually it is still very functional game. The thing that pretty much killed it was the level design. Especially the last one. Which is just messed up. Some of the earlier ones like the one with Golden Gate is not so much better.
Posted April 13, 2012
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mistermumbles: I recently gave up on MDK because the controls were just bothering me. They're not horrible by any means, but they didn't quite click with me.
Their defaults bothered me as well. That's why I changed them.

They allow you to re-map your controls on your mouse/keyboard.

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timppu: For my part, I never understood what's so great in Metroid, Megaman or Castlevania series. Seems like generic platform jumpers to me. :)
The NES titles didn't age that well and feel dated (however, I still have a soft spot for Castlevania 2... love the 2D platforming RPGish element and it was a challenging RPG too requiring more guesswork than your average "go and fetch" RPG).

The SNES renditions of those series aged far better (especially Metroid and Megaman).
Post edited April 13, 2012 by Magnitus
Posted April 13, 2012
For me, the old Sierra Adventure games hold a special place in my heart...I played the original Hero's Quest (before they were forced to change the name) and Police Quest on a friend's ancient huge "laptop" with its tiny blue monochrome LCD screen (this was around 1990). When I got my own first home computer around a decade later, I looked for them, and eventually (after something like two years) I found Quest for Glory I - IV.

Sure, the graphics may be "primitive" by today's standard, especially QfG I and II, but they still are great games, and I enjoy playing them t this day, and also regret that I've never been able to play QfG V. There's something about them that I haven't found in many other "modern" games.

I don't understand why Sierra hasn't released a modern QfG compilation like they have with King's Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, and even Leisure Suit Larry. I've played all five series, and in my opinion QfG will always be the best.
Posted April 13, 2012
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Poulscath: One thing I've noticed is that games that went for realistic graphics have aged much more badly than those which went for stylised looks.
Definitely. I have a feeling that in 15 years, TF2 will be considered to have far better graphics than Crysis.
Posted April 13, 2012
Nearly all the games I've gotten here, aside from Two Worlds, I know from having them in the past, or at least knowing someone who did. So yeah, for the most part, nostalgia tends to direct my purchases.

This doesn't include the free games here, most of which I've never played, and I find it hard to do so now due to graphics and gameplay. Some games are just a bit too dated and clunky to be enjoyable, though I've tried.

EDIT: But I'm glad to see some newer games here. Can't wait to sink my teeth into Grimrock. Old school but with a modern approach. It would be great to see some older games updated.
Post edited April 13, 2012 by DieRuhe
Posted April 13, 2012
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paedraggaidin: For me, the old Sierra Adventure games hold a special place in my heart...I played the original Hero's Quest (before they were forced to change the name) and Police Quest on a friend's ancient huge "laptop" with its tiny blue monochrome LCD screen (this was around 1990). When I got my own first home computer around a decade later, I looked for them, and eventually (after something like two years) I found Quest for Glory I - IV.

Sure, the graphics may be "primitive" by today's standard, especially QfG I and II, but they still are great games, and I enjoy playing them t this day, and also regret that I've never been able to play QfG V. There's something about them that I haven't found in many other "modern" games.

I don't understand why Sierra hasn't released a modern QfG compilation like they have with King's Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, and even Leisure Suit Larry. I've played all five series, and in my opinion QfG will always be the best.
You realize that Sierra does not exist in any way any more, right? The name is still owned by Activision, I believe, but they haven't released anything under that name in years. Blizzard used to release games with Sierra as publisher, but not since the early 2000s, if I'm not mistaken. Really, Sierra died around the turn of the millenium and Vivendi then Activision puppeted their lifeless corpse and used their good name to increase sales on random titles, until people forgot what Sierra was...
Posted April 13, 2012
I got the 2 Fallout games here about 4 years ago, having no nostalgia at all, and now they're some of my favourite games.
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