>>12037368
> I still don't think that's the right distinction. Everything has a context it was created in and when time has elapsed from that period it is naturally considered aged.
Fair enough, still, just as everything was created in its context and not in a vacuum, for me it is also then fair to ask for these works to be seen as products of their time.
The comparison with how the evolution of language warrants classic works of literature to be 'translated' almost to our modern one doesn't convince me to be honest; people (usually) do not read Chaucer or Shakespeare in the original english because they simply won't understand them, just like they wouldn't understand a french book if they do not speak french or how modern russians don't understand church slavonic, while in games saying something 'aged' is more often than not just a value judgment (see
>>12030616). What is actually happening is that this anon doesn't like King's Field's slow gameplay, tank controls and blocky graphics. I do wonder if he would've really enjoyed it back in '94.
What I will concede though, is in the debate that adjustments to the game's controls are comparable to adjustments to a book's language 'modernization' or outright translation, on what can be lost or what stays the 'same', for lack of a better word. I'd argue that one is more drastic than the other, but still an interesting debate to have regardless.
