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What games can you not get into because they feel too outdated? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by limeaide@lemmy.ml to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Are there games that you tried but just couldn't get into because they feel outdated? Games that, in theory, you would enjoy, but don't because the controls, graphics, writing, or mechanics just don't feel good anymore. Games that, compared to today, just don't hold up to your standards.

I recently tried playing Heroes of Might and Magic III, and I realized that a lot of the invisible language used through game design from that era, I do not understand. There are many things that the game didn't explain, and I assume they were just understood by players. Not only that, but I imagine there was a lot of crossover between video games and board games back then, so maybe that language was used as well. I ended up downloading a manual and putting it on my second screen and I get it and played it, but it just wasn't for me.

I also dropped Mirror's Edge, but this time it was because of the graphics. It looks and feels great, but the graphics give me a headache. There is way too much bloom, and for some reason, there are some parts that look like the imaginary lens has been covered in Vaseline. This didn't bother me before, but my eyes are not used to it anymore.

There are also games like the first two Tony Hawk Pro Skater games that I can't fully get into because they're missing mechanics from the later games. The levels and controls feel great, but they don't feel complete without those mechanics. It keeps me from enjoying the games as much as the others.

Please share yours!

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[–] remaniac@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Watch Dogs 2. It was going cheap on steam, but it feels so outdated, the most generic game-themed game with all the game elements you've seen before.

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Emperor: Battle for Dune was a solid Westwood RTS but it only allowed for one-button controls, rather than the two-button system that arrived with Age of Empires 2 which dominated all RTS games since.

Also from AoE2 the idle peasant button.

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[–] sgibson5150@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

These days, for me the absolute minimum is full controller support due to the wife acceptance factor. She loved Dragon Age Inquisition so we tried to play Origins a couple years ago, and even though I'd cloned the displays, me sitting behind her at my computer instead of next to her on the couch was a deal breaker.

There are other plusses in terms of WAF, full voice narration and a good story being chief among them. There's a reason the only soulslike I've ever really played is Fallen Order. 😆

For me playing alone (which I almost never do anymore), one example I can think of is trying to go back to Dark Age of Camelot after playing WoW for a while. That was...painful.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 3 points 11 months ago

Zork I guess. Or IDK.

[–] braxy29@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

shin megami tensei III nocturne. the lack of useful information in combat compared to what's available in other smt/persona games i have played is frustrating (strange journey, smtv, p4, pq, p5)!

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I bounced right off Super Metroid because of the controls. Mind you I first picked up the game in 2016. It's a game that wants more than a SNES pad, really overusing the shoulder buttons. I didn't grow up with that one, and I just can't get a feel for it.

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[–] dolle@feddit.dk 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I got the PS1 anniversary edition which had Metal Gear Solid on it, and I don't get how that game was ever as popular as it was. The handling is super janky, and the graphics is so dark that you basically cannot discern the environment and the enemy unless you stay still and watch for moving pixels.

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