Thread 718467345

I started replaying DK Tropical Freeze recently. Fantastic game. It made me hope that kids getting into DK now with Bananza will go back and play the old DK games. They are great games that don't deserve to be lost to time. But that got me thinking. All great games of the past and present WILL be lost to time. It's inevitable. The amount of great games is only going to increase. It's impossible to play every great game now, of course, but at least they will be played and appreciated by some. But in 100 years? 1000 years? 10,000 years? Assuming civilization hasn't collapsed by that stage, is ANYONE going to go back and play Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze? Sure, there may be some avid gaming historians who will go back and play the classics. Dabble a little in the early days of 20th/early 21st century gaming. But the vast, vast majority of it will be practically forgotten...

But then I had another thought. Maybe that's not such a bad thing. It would be sad world if people only played old games, listened to old music, watched old movies. No one creating anything new, or appreciating the creativity and culture of their time. As depressing as it is that the things we love will be effectively lost - the other side is that it means new things can have their chance to shine. New experiences enjoyed by new people - yet subtly influenced by the invisible guiding hand of the past.
Of course, even this is only temporary. Eventually, all will be lost. No one will be here to experience anything. So, really, there's no point in worrying at all about whether the things we love will be lost. We already know that outcome. All we can do, is enjoy the experiences we do have, in this time, as much as we can. And for me, right now - that's Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

oh banana

>>718467345 (OP)
>Maybe that's not such a bad thing. It would be sad world if people only played old games, listened to old music, watched old movies. No one creating anything new, or appreciating the creativity and culture of their time.
Nothing new is being made. Everything released is a degradation of what came before.

>>718467345 (OP)
There is only one good DK and thats DK Country 2. Simple As, period, end of story, full stop, mic drop

Tropical Freeze is often touted as a contender for the BEST platformer of all time. If you're worried about games fading into obscurity, I think this shouldn't be one of them.
Another thing that helps is the fact that nearly all modern games will be playable on future systems going forward, since libraries (particularly digital) are being prioritized as incentive to stay in an ecosystem. Also so many games get remasters.
I do also think that we're already seeing younger generations refusing to play older games, so as that carries on it's going to get a little messy. What happens when the kids who only play Fortnite and Roblox grow up?

>>718467870
I'm sure it will continue to be played for a long time, it's just reality that it will fade into obscurity eventually. I doubt many are gonna boot up a switch emulator in the year 2864 to play DK.

>>718467345 (OP)
I'm not reading this

>>718467549
I read this

>>718467345 (OP)
Dude, be grateful you played the greatest 2D platform in existence.
Each life is different, with different experiences from each other.

>>718467345 (OP)
Depressy Kong

I kind of hate that Tropical Freeze is (well maybe 'was' now with Bananza) largely overshadowed by Returns as the 'face' of the DK series for 3(?!) console generations because they did fuck all with the series for a decade and the latter happened to be remade twice, culminating in building an entire theme park based around it because there was literally nothing else to work with.

>>718468527
Returns sold better.

>>718469067
Well no shit it did, it was on the Wii. Doesn't stop it from being the most bland interpretation of DK yet though.

>>718468275
Name one novel or poem from 1186. You don't care for a reason. 2864 will be so far beyond what we have now, Tropical Freeze would be like a limerick carved on a wooden log to you.

Fuck, there are platformers from just 35 years ago still worth playing that have faded to obscurity. Batman for NES, Wario Land, Little Samson. Things just don't last. Enjoy them while they're around.

>>718467345 (OP)
people are already going through incredible lengths to preserve old media. i dont see why that would stop.

>>718470134
idk about that, people still care about The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Beowulf, or The Canterbury Tales, for example. I honestly believe Tropical Freeze's gameplay will hold up just fine in 800 years, provided anyone cares enough to play it.

>>718470134
>Little Samson
I wasn't familiar with this one. Thanks for the rec

>>718467870
>Ninpedo slop
>Contendor to be the best at anything

>>718467345 (OP)
>when your piss keeps separating into two streams on a daily basis but you just don't give a shit anymore

>>718473163
jerk off less

>>718473163
piss and wash up immediately after jerking off.

>>718467345 (OP)
>The amount of great games
anon...

>>718475367
because you've played every great game, right?

>>718477587
I forgot to include "is only going to increase". I think the opposite will happen, as new games keep being the same hyperrealistic UE5 graphics with ubisoft faux RPG gameplay people will turn more and more to old games, you can see how that kept nintendo strong through all these years

>>718467345 (OP)
good things always remain. look at the world, are we still in the stone age? no because the crap is forgotten but progress keeps going.
how many millions of art has been lost? it doesn't matter, the best has been preserved. so many things from centuries back are preserved, even though technology was primitive.

the best games will get preserved. look at game tops to have an idea. obviously not everything will be preserved. anyone can contribute to preservation. it will be mainly games from the 90s, 00s. nowadays games are meant to be forgettable. if you want to preserve them it will be harder.

the problem is not preservation. it's the amount of crap that isn't worthy of preservation that will waste the time of future generations. but there's nothing to do about it.