Note: I deleted the last post and resubmitted it since it was less than an hour old, so I thought it’d be okay. I deleted the last post because the title was less representative of the actual content. The new title is wordier but better speaks to the idea of the post.
Introduction
So I did this 2011 Retrospective about a month ago. As I was writing it, it reminded me of how many series disappeared or lost prominence after the 7th generation ended. Some of these were probably right to end when they did, while with others I’d have liked to see further iteration in the series. For this post, I’m going to list 50 series with two or more entries from the 7th generation that (1.) had no 8th generation sequels or spinoffs (Example: Dead Space series), (2.) only had mobile spinoffs (Example: Rayman), (3.) or produced a comparatively small number of new title entries (Example: Mass Effect series), – I was actually surprised while making this list to see so many mobile spinoffs from big …
Title sums it up. I guess I’m not sure what else I can do, if there is anything. Slightly longer story is that my account was compromised. A hacker then bought currency in their country (Russia, I’m in US), got onto FIFA with EA access (a game I’ve never played before) and cheated, which banned my account. I reached out to EA to appeal the ban and get my account back two months ago and had no response. They said it would take “up to 14 business days” and it’s obviously been longer than that, still haven’t heard anything. I did put in a regular support ticket as opposed to a ban/hack appeal or whatever, and they responded with “they’re busy, sorry.” (more or less)
More than anything just a rant post I guess. It’s upsetting that hundreds of dollars of games have been locked off from me due to no fault of my own, and any attempt to get it back is ignored.
Do you have any examples of popular old games thag people have good memories of but if you actually play them today they aren’t that great?
I’ve played a lot of old games quite recently. Some that were brand new to me and some that I had enjoyed previously.
For example, Heroes of Might and Magic 3. Had good memories of it but hadn’t played it for ages. Even without any mods the default games is still fantastic. The art style stood the test of time and gameplay doesn’t feel dated. Some technical aspects definitely reminded that there’s been improvements in gaming but the gameplay was still amazing.
On the other hand I completed Rainbow Six Vegas and it’s just… ok. People seemed to praise that game so much that I was curious how good it could be. Unfortunately the gameplay just hadn’t aged that well. It’s not bad but not great either. Not sure how it compared to other games of its era but playing it now, there’s been so many …
I recently saw that post talking about how some old games aged poorly, what old games do you think aged exceptionally well?