I mean, look at The Witcher 3, or MGS5 or even the Farcry games. I think there are absolutely fantastic games these days that are miles beyond what was ever done in the 90s though. And what about that whole FMV phase? Hardly something to be proud of (luckily it was slightly before my time and I wasn't subjected to it). Although I agree JRPGs had their peak with Chrono Trigger and just went downhill from there. I played through FF6 recently and the writing felt like google-translated fanfiction. And the writing in those games, god the writing was so horrendously bad. But when you see what they do with pixel art these days, it puts everything else to shame. I guess the pixel art and animations in Super Nintendo games was pretty great. But other games and genres? No way, try to replay some early PS1 games, they're horrendous. I agree that a peak in gameplay possibilities and interactivity was reached with Thief, Deus Ex and System Shock 2. If the 90s were what video games could do best, I shudder to think what will come next. I love video games and grew up with them like most people here but I'm also aware that they're the lowest form of culture there is. Heh, that title is pretty biased and doesn't really give much room for a debate. So are modern games less involving/ exciting than games from earlier years? Or is it just a jaded perspective on my part? I'm willing to be converted! I've seen the graphics and gameplay demonstrations of newer games on Youtube and such, but I find they don't really grab my attention anymore, or not as much as they used to. The end result is that I couldn't play a post 2007 game even if I wanted to. It never broke down and I felt no need to shell out all that money for a new system. Time marched on and my system gradually got left behind. I managed to play some now almost legendary games like Half Life, Tomb Raider and of course Thief and SS2.

I was amazed at them, I never realised that gaming could have advanced so far. I gradually lost touch with gaming until about 1999 when my brother introduced me to his PC game collection, mostly sims like Grand Prix Legends, Apache Havoc etc.

Yes, even taping copies and giving/ trading them with your friends, so software piracy is nothing new! I later moved onto the Atari ST games and they seemed a big step forward both in graphics and gameplay. I grew up in the UK in the 80s and I can say that video games for the ZX Spectrum were a big thing with the guys in school. I happen to think so, but to be honest I'm not sure if that's just a subconscious 'old fuddy duddy' whinging about the good old days on my part.

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