plants

6mo

to me, movies and music

there's never been more people alive making more things. just means you gotta be more keen in your search

Block Muteson

6mo

I watch a lot of new movies. Last year was pretty strong.

There were times you didn't have to search high and low. The dominant form was much stronger.

plants

6mo

ye im more just saying that for people who complain about movies but only watch hollywood

MrMudManMood

6mo

@Butters1017 @nightingalexo what hardcore bands/scenes are you f***ing with right now??

Tuneout

6mo

No restrictions are what creates great art. It’s the tech restrictions that made the games so great. The biggest thing the tech held back was just the amount of pixels on a screen.
When you’re not falling back on pixels, the writing, game design, aesthetic, mechanics, music are what you have to rely on and those are the true inner workings that make good games.
Now developers ignore all of this and just use high res assets and people go oooh pretty game. Like one of the big Nintendo guys said “Americans just want to kill stuff, in HD” it perfectly encapsulates what’s wrong with videogames today.
Not to mention videogames today are still usually ugly as s***. Stuff clipping through armour, ugly facial animations, unreactive environments, ugly aesthetics. It’s terrible. 99% of games today are hideous compare to Yoshi’s island for example, despite the tech difference. Nobody working on hollow knight would say that game is better than super mario world, island, the old Metroid games, etc.

Bayonetta has nothing on God of War or the big action games of that era and owe every bit of their success to them. Nobody that worked on bayonetta would think it’s better than half life or god of war or any fo the games I listed, I would bet money on it. I have never heard anyone but you claim Yakuza is the best game series of OAT lol. Which is fine, it can be your favourite. But those old games really are considered by most people, especially those that lived through both era of games being released, to be a lot better.

Also the tech in its day was way more revolutionary than the tech is today. Progress has stagnated. Look at fallout 2 compare to fallout 3, that tech developed in 10 years. 10 years ago games look pretty much the same as they do today, with just higher resolution textures. The tech was way way more impressive than what we have today.

Are Vr games just better than none VR game because the tech is better? Is whatever garbage action movie in theatres today better than Star Wars because the tech is better? Like the tech is irrelevant. Or at the very least, is one of many many factors that go into a game and is far from the most important one.

Also you’re the one scoffing at literally the most important videogames ever created, not me!

I would really suggest, if you want to have an incredible time, is put aside the pixels and play these old games. You’re very lucky to be able to play them for the first time.

Free YoungBoy

6mo

@op why do you think MMA is getting worse?

Undecided

6mo

F*** no lmao

Any Country music from the 90s and before blows whatever the f*** is on the radio now out of the water

leekers17

6mo

I beg to differ. Morgan Wallet has a gift.

Undecided

6mo

You ain’t from the south baw

You don’t know country

leekers17

6mo

That’s like saying someone doesn’t know hip-hop cause they ain’t for NY.

Fever

6mo

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leekers17

6mo

That’s like saying someone doesn’t know hip-hop cause they ain’t for NY.

Fever

6mo

ill try again

leekers17

6mo

Who is that?

Fever

6mo

adrianne lenker, country singer from new york

Undecided

6mo

You ain’t from the south baw

You don’t know country

HURRY UP K DOG

6mo

I'm choosing current "country" pop over real country music any and every day lol

Fever

6mo

johnny cash got some blassics come on

HURRY UP K DOG

6mo

I'm choosing current "country" pop over real country music any and every day lol

Tuneout

6mo

I don’t agree with this. Graphically yes, but game design wise, writing wise, aethestic wise, no. 2010s did have some great games, but most were in the first half riding off the 2000s gaming wave.
Mid 1990s-2014 was the peak gaming era
The technological restrictions meant that games couldn’t get by on “looking good” (which is subjective and a lot of graphically powerful games are still ugly looking with just high res assets nowadays)
They had to rely on other ways to make games great, like writing, gameplay, aesthetics, sound design etc.
Most games nowadays are lacking on that stuff because the games will sell regardless.
Also there were a lot more risks back then, with the smaller budgets and teams.
2000s games laid the framework for pretty much every single successful game or genre today, it’s insane.
There are no 2010s game (def not 2020s game) topping half life 2, wow, Warcraft 3 or bioshock. Games like that birthed gaming today.

HURRY UP K DOG

6mo

I'm choosing current "country" pop over real country music any and every day lol

YzYyZyWhatisgood

6mo

I agree with some of your points like older games setting the blueprint for today, but that kind of goes for anything lmao

Also sounds like you’re being ignorant of the surge of indie games ie Balatro Cocoon Animal Well Heartbound Neon White Undertale to name a few.

I do agree that Half-Life is peak and nobody has done a story game better (except maybe valve again with portal lol). But they also pushed VR along in a positive with Alyx. Admittedly though, again, no one has done anything nearly as great with VR as they have.

It also sounds like nostalgia has bit of chokehold on you which is okay, it seems we all have memories of late night Halo 3/mw2 lobbies which probably was peak multiplayer since there was gacha bs.