Thread 12004736

There is no such thing as "aging poorly". Either a game is good forever, or it's bad forever. Time means nothing. Git gud or get out.

>>12004736 (OP)
frogposting is a good example of something that aged poorly, in the past it used to be novel and even funny but now it's just gay and lame.

True. Why are you posting this in the retro games board, though? If anons disagreed with that statement, they wouldn't be here.

frogposting is a bad example of something that aged poorly, in the past and present it's and even funny.

>>12004736 (OP)
This.
Games don't age.If you play Contra in 2025, it's the same Contra that you played in 1995. Same graphics, same sounds, same levels etc.

Wrong. Everything is relative to perspective and perspective exists at objective points in time.

>>12004736 (OP)
A poorly aged game can still be good, one just needs to lower their standards for them.

Don't take it so personally.

>>12004774
It's definitely a mix. Paradigm shifts occuring from culture change, does cause things to "age poorly", but may eventually bring it back around into popularity in an ongoing cycle. Roman togas get popular every few hundred years, ya just never know. The duality of this situation comes from games that continue to be held in high esteem, not because of cultural popularity, but because they are so well made. Nobody can deny the effect of smb1 on platformers. It took the genre to its heights, immediately. Only a handful of games to this day rank higher than smb or possibly smb3. You take smb1 and then compare it to a game that was popular at the time like skate or die. I remember everyone had this fucking game, I had it and I played it and I had fun ... At the time. Looking back now, it's a janky cock holster of a game.

>>12004819
That's the thread.

Its nuance, complex and relative, and varies from person to person, and overtime.

To me, Shenmue is a masterpiece for the ages, but to someone else it could barely pass as a prototype.

Ultimately things change. We change as people, our perceptions and desires change. Would i love Shenmue as much had i played it for the first time in 2025. Who knows, probably not. Same with Phantasy Star Online, and Banjo Kazooie. All these games hold fond memories for me, yet both would be considered archaic if played by someone age 11 now

smb3 not having a way to save your game is an example of a game aging poorly. there is no way in hell you would release a game without that feature nowadays. there was a cost of a battery to factor in that is not an issue that exists today.

anyone who denies that things can age poorly hasn't looked into a mirror recently

>>12004736 (OP)

TRVTH NVKE

>>12004736 (OP)
true
anyway doom sucks donkey dick and always has

>>12004924
No, doom was good at the time. You had to be there

Incorrect. Your attitude, patience, and tolerance for certain design choices will change over time. Usually this is just a case you not having the right mindset or standards when approaching a retro game, but absolutely your perceptive on something can change.

A game is good if I have fun with it. End of.

>>12004905
Video games are not living beings, retard. They are static and unchanging.

>>12004819
Is that the game aging poorly, or simply your own perspective being limited on the game due to your young age and lack of exposure?

Skate or Die or the NES was also not as good as the C64 version, since the C64 had a dedicated joystick, while the NES relied on the d-pad which was clumsier and awkward.

>>12004736 (OP)
What's changing isn't the game per se but the context in which the game is played.

>>12004749
>frogposting is a bad example of something that aged poorly, in the past and present it's and even funny.
Maybe you just don't belong gay pepe anon

Kill yourself

>>12005147
You first faggot.

Goldeneye was paised by children who had never played an FPS in their lives

>>12005498
This, it's called the Sonic Adventure disorder

>>12004736 (OP)
>Time means nothing
This gotta be the most retarded take ever. Congrats.

>>12005498
No, Goldeneye was a fun objective-based shooter, where previously, most FPS games revolved around grabbing the keys, killing the baddies, and reaching the end of the level.

Goldeneye also technically did in-game cutscenes before Half-Life, all-be-it on a much more basic level.

>>12005671
Retarded zoomie getting butthurt about being filtered by old games.

>12004998
Except everything changes. Has nobody here learned the 4 Noble Truths?

>>12004736 (OP)
A lot of games are only considered good because they did something new, or because there weren't many alternatives to what they do well back then. They age poorly because "when" they got released is as important to their perception of quality as any other factor.

>>12004905
wow... never thought of it like that *tokes*

>>12004736 (OP)
"Aging" means someone making a game that supplants the previous game in every aspect.
It used to happen.

>>12006159
how much time has to pass before i can say a game "aged badly"? if i think a game that was released a week ago is shit, can i say that it hasn't aged well?

>>12004736 (OP)
Frog thread?

I bump.

>>12005498
Truth nuke. Before Halo, there was Goldeneye.

>>12006416
he looks exactly the same as he does 20 years ago except with less hair. that's called aging pretty well

>>12006447
why doesn't he get a transplant?

>>12004743
Faggot

>>12007514
Cause he's ok with growing older and accepts that many many lose hair as they get older. It's a show of character, he's not a narcissistic egomaniac. He just wants people to watch his horror movie content and enjoy it as much as his avgn content, but that's never going to happen and he knows this. Probably why his hairline is receding

>>12004743
There's nothing wrong with frog posting. I can't because I don't know if I have any pepes on my new phone, but it's a holdover of a bygone era. Your father shouldve sucked his own dick and spit you into an old crusty sock, stiff from the starchy dried sperm from the decades of overuse. Not unlike a certain jar with a pony in it.

>game you played before aged poorly
You enjoyed playing crap when you were a little retard
>game you never played before aged poorly
You think you can't play games that were "made for 1980s humans" without rewind

>>12004819
>>12004828
You both make great arguments for the fact that the vidya is not changing because it's everyone/thing else is changing, thus the vidya can't age.

>>12004902
SMB3 with the warp whistles instead of saves like in SMW is infinitely better.

>>12006416
In 20 years time, its likely you will look unrecognisable to how you look now anon

Aging sucks for everyone

>>12007538
You're not narcissistic because you don't want to go bald

>>12007613
Vain is probably closer.

>>12004743
But therein lies the paradox of frogposting.
The gayer and lamer it gets, the funnier it is.

>>12007538
>he's okay with it
>constantly wears a hat indoors
lol

>>12004736 (OP)
What's with reddit frog posters pretending they're fit?

>>12007812
Not him but I look like OP from not only exercising regularly but exclusively eating only green food in excessive quantities

your brain aged poorly if you don't think games get worse as better games get released. nobody is going to play atari games any more, but that stuff was a hoot and a hollar when it was brand spankin' new.

>>12004743
fpbp.
Frogposters aren't old enough to use this board.

>>12007863
I'm the same except carnivore

>>12007863
I think you misunderstand me I do not eat green food for any sort of health benefit I do it so over time my body becomes green like Pepe. I call this frogmaxxing.

>>12008005
I call it piccolo-puberty

>>12004736 (OP)
This.

P.S. Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 were always good.

>>12009120
>muh paid reviews
adventureshit was never good. literally killed the series infact.

>>12007560
>SMW out of nowhere

>>12007514
watch movies made 30+ years ago
tons of actors with bad hairlines

>>12009120
What the fuck is it about these old fucking magazines that makes you compelled to want to look through it?

>>12004736 (OP)
There are rare edge cases where I find the term acceptable, such as Ultima 1. Generally speaking though, yeah good games are just good and shit games are shit and it truly is simple as.