Old gamer thread

2007 representing, fuck off oldfags >:)

>Hoping for a Dragon's Dogma sequel announcement this year, too.
However much I liked that game it had all the shit I hate about Japanese games. Weirdly dated brown and dull textures, a million menus, even a fucking menu when you quit the game which you have to enter to be able to actually quit the game, time-limited events in a SINGLE PLAYER GAME.

If they ever make a sequel I hope they avoid all this. But I bet they won't, and it'll still feel like a console game from 2005.

Some of my favorite games were from the Tony Hawk and SSX series. The gameplay just felt so right. The board under your feet felt like an extension of your fingers. I haven't found that feeling since

Man... I might have to play some fable im bored as hell.

The menus I and texture complaints I can understand but
>time-limited events in a SINGLE PLAYER GAME.
What RPG doesn't have sidequests that become unavailable when the main plot progresses too far? That's common across the genre, not just in japanese games.

No see, progressing past a certain point and missing out of something makes sense, that'd your own choice. What doesn't make sense is having to show up at a particular time in-game without being told so, otherwise you miss out on something. That's just nonsense. It feels straight out of Harvest Moon when you have to show up at a certain game location before Thursday the 18th or March (or something similarly specific) to see the magic pixie. Time sensitive quests the player has no control over have no business in an RPG, in my opinion.

>I can't really keep up anymore
>in future, I'm just going to focus on the massive backlog that I've accumulated in the last 25 years.
I'm a 90s fag and I'm the same

>What are you playing?
I don't play games anymore

>What are your thoughts on the games of today in general?
They are shit but people like them, so good for them.

When you do, try to get your combat multiplier even higher.

I see your point. I'm fine with that sort of thing if it's something simple like a day/night cycle with some events only happening at night and other during the day. Dragon's Dogma has a few of those and it's easy to trigger whichever you want since you can rest until morning or night.
There are a couple of instances I can remember where you need to talk to an NPC who is only around during a certain timeframe, like early in the morning, and you have to wait around doing nothing until they show up so you don't miss them. That does suck. If you could just rest until a specific hour of the day it wouldn't be a problem but at least it only comes up like twice.

Playing NWN2, God of War, Nioh2, Odin Sphere and soon I'll try out the new Spiderman
Just finished a Mass Effect trilogy playthrough with a bunch of mods, always enjoyable
Also just finished up the entirety of NWN1 and the entire God of War series except Ascension. It's amazing how likeable Kratos can be as a character, thanks to the psp games humanizing him a ton, probably my favorite protagonist next to the nameless one from Gothic

I think video games are in a weird spot right now. It's completely baffling to me how shit like Fallout 76 happens repeatedly and how these companies don't go bankrupt on principle. It's always a good laugh though. Can't wait for the Xenoblade and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles remasters, two of my favorite games

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>browsing a video game board when you don't play them

Having an NPC that only shows up once a week and missing it by a few seconds even though you hurry as fast as you possibly can is such an incredible downer in a game.

Graveyard Keeper was a good game but had far too much of this. In the end you just sat meditating for a whole week straight to get to talk to one dude.

86
Just got done with FF7R, playing a decent amount of Tekken 7 and finishing a Divinity run through. Video games passed what I could imagine in my wildest dreams years ago, and every year it gets better and better. I remember seeing PS2 games running in person for the first time and thinking "holy shit this is the pinnacle". I remember those first few hours playing GTA3, and being fucking blown away. I honestly pity the man who genuinely thinks the state of gaming is in any way bad in this day and age. Games are much, much cheaper, the variety is incredible and all those old games you loved or never had the chance to play? You can play them on this handheld supercomputer which can store every Megadrive/SNES game in existence and a good chunk of the PS1 library too. Oh it can connect to the internet as well and you can just plug the fucking thing into any TV, or just do it through the fucking aether with wireless magic. You want a controller? They don't need wires either. Oh and VR headsets are a thing now. What a fucking time to be alive.

did you miss the only point of this thread or

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80s here, Been playing Wild Arms 3 and WoW.

I usually hate the boomer mindset that "Everything sucks now and everything was better when I was 12" but I've also never touched a new AAA game in over a decade either with a few exception of some niche JRPG series. So maybe I really don't care for them even if I haven't given them a fair shake because I don't want to sink $70 into something I might enjoy for a few hours before getting bored of it.

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1990 here, recently became a part of the 30+ club. Right now I'm playing Sniper Elite v2. Quite fun.

I often get a bit pissed at the consumer mindset. There's not much originality in stories or gameplay. Big publishers focus on graphics and shit just to squeeze money out of people, which many fans will gladly pay. I'm also pissed that I'm pissed about it. If people are having fun with a new CoD or TLOU, why does that bother me? Let them have fun.
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Yeah but I already played a ton of NES and SNES titles when they were brand new. It feels like most nostalgia today is faux-nostalgia. It's easier to become hyped for something you never experienced.
Like classic world of warcraft. I already played that, why the hell would I want to go back to that? It wasn't better, all we wanted at the time was new content and more to do.

>WA3
If you use a guide for the block puzzles or abuse Finest Arts you're a faggot. Play it right.

Don't get me wrong, I love plenty of games coming out and I'm always playing and enjoying new shit, it's just incredible to me that people think the state of gaming is getting worse when we get both a huge influx of new games every year, and it gets easier and easier to play older games you may have missed out on (with notable exceptions like online only stuff).

What mods would you recommend for Mass Effect? Never thought about doing that, but it sounds fun.

They're not just graphical, right, there're gameplay changes?

most of the grousing on this board about 'new' games is just them raging that theyve been left behind culturally
which happens to everyone sooner or later

1986. I'm playing mostly Paradox Games with overpriced DLC or Total War ones. I used to play a lot of different genres many years back but not anymore. My focus is on RPG or strategy games, particularly the later one. I still miss good RTS from back then.

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>Boktai

My absolute nigga

i play a bunch of eu4, the knights are a fun faction. i typically just fuck off to colonize the new world and let christendom fend for its damn self

You ought to give some triple A titles a chance, stuff like Dark Souls, DMC5 and Dragon's Dogma (does that count as AAA? probably not...) are all incredible

It's mostly graphical enhancements but there are a couple content mods and other such things that do improve the game, if only a little. A complete rework of the final level in ME3 or a new ending for instance

I find the gameplay in the ME trilogy to be pretty decent on its own though

'86
>What are you playing?
Pokemon Sword. It's fun. Battling and collecting are more streamlined. Lots of cute trainers. But it could have been so much more.
What are your thoughts on the games of today in general?
Plenty of decent Japanese games out there. Western gaming died some time near the millenium. Don't play indie tranny shite.

1989.

I've been playing Final Fantasy VII Remake. I think Late 90's-Mid 00's was the best time for games, but I still find games I enjoy being made today.

I never got around to playing Arx Fatalis. A game I would have loved if I had known it existed in '02.
I recently began playing it and I realized I've been so spoiled by modern graphics that I'm having a hard time enjoying it.

But games which I did play at the time with similar graphics, like Enclave, I have no problems with.

hi. im under 30 and i like video games - i think some are still ok today, not many amazing ones. but games are still fun.

How are you feeling about the C&C remaster coming soon?

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Think you're in the wrong thread.

1982 here, jerking it to shitty hentai games while my dick still works.

I still have fun with the majority of games I play, but maybe my standards have dropped a bit as I only tend to buy games when they're on sale now.

87 here.
Quit gaming a few years ago because it turned to absolute shit, I'm a mobilefag now.

1988 here. Gonna be 32 next week.

I'm both playing the Uncharted trilogy and FFVIIR a little bit every day, and going through the first Broken Sword right now, something I do pretty much every year.

Got Live A Live and Dropsy on my backlog after this, and the next game I'm buying is gonna be Street of Rage 4.

I don't have much to say about games these days, except that I keep playing them dispite not having the same magic they used to. But I do find that there are some absolute truths:

- Cool old shit you never played back when you were a kid will always exist
- It'll always feel amazing to go through it if it's actually good, regardless of age

So I'm not worried. I hate new stuff more and more, but there's a world of great games I've never played if I dip even a little bit into older stuff, from arcades that my town never got, translation patches to japanese games that never got localized, even to 90s obscure PC shit that's fun to go through. It's endless and it'll always be there.

1990... Thinking of playing through Chrono trigger

fuck you i'll be 30 in like five months grandpa

I'm a puzzle-fag so the block puzzles are legit the icing on the cake for meso far, no way I'm using a guide for them.
I kinda wish more jrpgs would make use of moderately challenging puzzles like the Lufia series did but I know the majority of people seem to hate that stuff.
That said, I played the La-Mulana games too and those are on the polar opposite end with "write everything down or you're fucked" which is too much for me.

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I haven't paid much attention to that. My cynical side may tell me that it is nostalgia-bait (+ EA), but I may indulge myself this once. It's been a long time.

I'm spending more time on puzzle games and sims now.
I've played 911 Operator for 33 hours most recently.

Im only 23 here. oh god i dont want to end up like you pathetic degenerate oldfags still here in your 30s. how do i escape this place before i reach my late 20s?

89, just bought battle brothers, but considering refunding it and pirating it because the world's going to shit and I kind of want to keep my $30. Been playing some bannerlord recently but pretty burned out on it.

Fallout 76... Not even close to enjoying it. I hate myself. Then again, playing is a word I can't even accurately say. My son just started teething (at 3 months... How???) so during quarantine, since I'm not at work, my wife and I are basically sharing the load of responsibility. We don't even care have time to clean, much less play a game I can't even pause. The nano second my ass cheeks touch my chair something comes up. Kill me. I just want to relax.

Currently playing pokemon yellow on my 3DS. My coworker friend and I bought each of the opposing pokemon games and are going to try and catch all of them as legitimately as possible.

Go /lit/. It's the staircase out of this pit.