I tend to like older graphics more, any of you too?

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Einhander:

--- Quote from: Quazimoto on October 24, 2014, 08:07:15 AM ---Are you perhaps artistic in other aspects of life?

I'm the same way as you. These modern graphics are nice and all, but there's nothing left to the imagination. I've always found that artistic people tend to gravitate towards things that spark and engage their imaginations, so it's really no wonder that most would find themselves leaning towards a more classic graphical feel than what we typically find in modern games.

Of course, I'm sure nostalgia plays a role in it too. I know I grew up with the hyper colorized sprites on systems like NES and Genesis and the blocky polygons of PSOne, so there's always a nice twang of familiarity and comfort whenever I play those systems again.

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I'm not sure if I'm ''artistic'' in other aspects. But I do love nature, I do like paintings and old buildings. Sure, nostalgia plays a role, but I've also found myself playing PS1 games I never played before, and enjoying them. When I play PS4 for a while, there is an adjustment period where I have to look at my CRT for about 5 minutes to get used to the older graphics, but once I get passed that, I'm fine. I appreciate them. The music was much more unique in older games. For instance NBA Hangtime on N64 vs NBA 2k15, where they just use modern, mainstream, commercialized music. I feel that the older games were more geared towards gamers and now it's more for the mainstream and each game is starting to feel almost the exact same. There is nothing left to the imagination. Just looks like you're playing real life graphics, except they are much more downgraded compared to real life, and if anything I'm disappointed in the graphics more so now, because today's games almost require great graphics and framerates in order to carry them and make them stand out. The more realistic the graphics get, the harder it is for the game play that can match it. So even though it's starting to look more real, it doesn't feel more real. One example? Drive Club. I have that game and have almost no fun with it, but that's just me. It seems like it's even funner to just drive outside in real life.

Vajkeskaer:
hmm allways falling back into old games.

like now, NES,SNES running often.
and when i play on the computer, started to play the Command & Conquer games, from the beginning to the last one.
allways samething, old classic games never dies :)

quickfingers818:
I agree with you when it comes to older graphics. They have a unique charm to them that is hard to explain. I too tend to gravitate towards older games even with all these new gen hype. Games just aren't make like they use to make them

Jeff:
I like how modern games look, but I never got the hype for realism. I like it when modern games have some kind of surrealistic style like Mirror's Edge does. I also like fantasy games like Dark Souls where the environments are something I couldn't go outside and see for myself.

Old games have their own kind of charm, but I recently played Sonic 4 ep. 2 and was blown away with how good some parts look. It looks better than how I imagined the originals looked as a kid. But like most everyone here, I agree gameplay is more important than graphics and I tend to enjoy playing sprite based games more than 3D ones.

Leatherrebel5150:
I never liked "modern" graphics. Games are supposed to be something you play to escape the real world. Which is kind of hard to do if everything looks real.

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