Why is there such a negative aura around early 3D games?

>>712876860 (OP)
GTA III was grim and gloomy. Plenty of early 3D games that are bright and colorful (Mario 64).

Do you mean societally? Because there isn't, unless you're a zoomer or a games media cuck shilling the latest useless advancement in graphical photorealism.

Because developers didn't understand it yet

>>712876860 (OP)
You need to work on your Media Literacy

>>712876860 (OP)
>negative aura
What are you talking about? They are extremely comfy and relaxing.

>>712878769
Sure, but there's also something ominous about them.

Developers were in the process of learning 3D which led to unintentional abstract environments. The prevalence of fog often set an eerie atmosphere which is heightened by the fact that a lot of early 00s games were already set in dark grimy urban settings.

I'm not sure you can call a game a full decade into mainstream 3d design "early".

>>712878828
It's just the way the game worlds felt dead. Not much content.

>>712878828
>there's also something ominous about them.
Yes. That's exactly my point. They portray a world that seems to have an inherent darkness underneath. Maybe because of the tech limitations. Maybe because of those Y2K grungy aesthetics of urban decay. Who knows. In any case, I find them deliciously beautiful. They remind me a bit of Silent Hill.

>>712876860 (OP)
Don't like to say this but in the case of GTA3 it did not age well. Especially when Vice City and San Andreas were so much better. VC for its 80's miami/scareface vibe and San Andreas for being such an amazing sandbox of fun.

Early 3d games have a vibe, but I don't find anything ominous about it, no.

>>712880304
It's sort of like visiting a dead multiplayer server.

>>712880107
Bitch please, GTA 3 is pure Y2K Sopranos/Matrix/Jacob's Ladder kino. It has easily the most unique atmosphere of the 3D trilogy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTBxuE1ny-s&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoYzntyMB44&t=7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMvODd6SdY4

>>712876860 (OP)
GTA3 just has a certain foreboding je ne sais quoi about it

>>712880107
vc suck donkey balls. gta iii and gta sa all the way.

>>712880459
Yeah. Theyre called single player games.

>>712883359
Maybe with bots

>>712879642
Felt like more late 90s grunge than y2k

>>712880459
>>712878828
>>712876860 (OP)
Zoomer retard

>>712876860 (OP)
What negative aura?

>>712884750
Older than you, lol

>>712884852
It's not "all" games, just a few.

>>712876860 (OP)
Is this you?

>>712884918
It's shitty games.
Good games knew they needed to invite the player into their world.

>>712884975
I think it's more of an "uncanny valley" thing than just games being "shitty".

It's because they feel unfinished and empty.

>>712885556
how many zoomer whiteboy with a lav mic video essay buzzwords are you going to use in this thread

>>712884750
based

>>712886301
Enough to irritate you

Zoomers could never understand, it just reflects what wage drudgers in 90s and 2000s truly feel inside.

>>712886173
this, needs more bloom, anti soul gas, less colors, forced rtx and particles