>>725042435
It depends. I'd say the more an old game is renown for its story, the more it's not going to hold up on replay. I tried Beyond Good and Evil a couple years ago and it's definitely a chore to get through. But gameplay is pretty timeless. Age of Empires, Super Metroid, Double Dash, and even the original Half Life are still fun games.

The problem is that story and technical showmanship has outsized relevance when it comes to reception in the moment.