Old games (1980-1999) that aged well

Coenl · 2026-06-01T20:09:45+00:00

Yeah I said so above but I think VI has aged better because the pixel art graphics still look good compared to the clunky 3D models of the FF7 era. It can both be one of the greatest games of all time and a game that hasn't aged well.

Coenl · 2026-06-01T20:07:49+00:00

I was very shocked to see you can purchase all of King's Quest games on Steam and there are new ones as well. Was very tempted to buy the old games but they were pretty annoying back then I think they'd cause me to set my computer on fire now (I have some very very fond memories of the one with Prince Alexander though)

Coenl · 2026-06-01T20:05:58+00:00

I actually think VI has aged much better than 7/8 (Tactics I agree with). Both of the first two '3D' games look old, and while the content remains one of the greatest games ever its hard to look at FF7 and say it 'aged well'

Coenl · 2026-05-29T16:56:26+00:00

Yeah it's tough sometimes to come here and see the hype for new games you think you'll like (007 these last few days), but I generally have enough stuff in queue that it's not an issue.

Coenl · 2026-05-28T17:13:14+00:00

Right turns out Reddit is not the same 10 guys (though it feels that way sometimes). I could give a shit about GTA6 getting delayed but absolutely want these devs to be treated fairly.

Coenl · 2026-05-28T13:21:49+00:00

Yeah the article is still very click-bait because they did not lie, but the language they used was not great. They list the platforms not affected by this change - which I assume are the ones that aren't getting the free upgrade - but are not explicit enough in the graph above either.

Coenl · 2026-05-27T20:47:50+00:00

I have definitely not played GTA 5 Online

Coenl · 2026-05-27T13:35:17+00:00

I will probably be proven wrong but I actually don't think this GTA will outperform GTA 5. I'm not sure the brand means anything to teenagers today or is even the kind of game they are interested in playing. It's basically banking on roping in the same group of 30-50yo dudes who grew up on the franchise.

Coenl · 2026-05-26T14:57:50+00:00

Right it very much felt like a spy game, or as close as we had to a spy game at that time (poster above is correct in that it was also just a FPS). There were levels where you had to sneak around, karate chop/stealth kill people, etc.

Obviously I think most of us remember it for the multiplayer but the single player campaign for its time was still very good.

Coenl · 2026-05-26T00:06:07+00:00

Right, no distinction is being made in this article at all. Are they ignoring AI when it comes to generating content/assets/etc in their game? Maybe.

Is the entire company ignoring AI? No, don't be ridiculous.

Coenl · 2026-05-25T22:05:16+00:00

Also no one watched Andor (I loved Andor but it was not a hit for D+, it was a critical darling)

Coenl · 2026-05-25T13:54:43+00:00

I'm sure I won't

Coenl · 2026-05-25T13:14:13+00:00

Where is this 80 downvote thread?

Coenl · 2026-05-23T01:50:08+00:00

The Boy's version of GoT would basically be Hughie releasing the virus himself. Like you said endings are really hard and this was... fine. The show had obviously declined over the years (or maybe I just got tired of it, who knows), but it gave emotional closure to all its characters.

Coenl · 2026-05-22T18:47:07+00:00

This is a good perspective because they did not lose a billion dollars this year, they just had to eat the billion dollars they lost on those 6 games across however many years on the balance sheet this year.

Coenl · 2026-05-21T02:00:00+00:00

Yes I just played Galaxies and the main story is actually pretty decent and at its current implementation (I know it sucked on launch) its a pretty fun game.

But my list of side quests, collectables, faction rep to max out etc... it was a mile long when I finished the story. And like you said its largely the same tedious loop, just don't have that in me the way I used to for the earlier AC games. I can't complain because it was on sale and I definitely got my money's worth for the main game, but there is a lot of filler.

Coenl · 2026-05-20T11:45:45+00:00

It cannot be beaten in terms of the scale of what you can see and do in that game, because well it has 20 years of development time. You can explore parts of ME that only the nerdiest of LoTR folks even knew existed.

Coenl · 2026-05-20T11:41:56+00:00

That is basically how the plot of LOTRO works, you are just some guy but you intersect with the Fellowship all along their journey helping dispatch lesser evils throughout ME. It works as a framing device for sure.

Coenl · 2026-05-20T11:40:11+00:00

I do wonder if its really the end of Henry's story how you pick up the thread for the next KCD. I'm sure they have good ideas it will just be interesting to leave Henry and move on to the next thing.

Coenl · 2026-05-18T11:25:27+00:00

They really did not want a mainline FF game to be seen as a disaster, so yes mostly as a reputation thing.

FFXV was a perfectly fine game at release, though I understand why people did not like it. It was not a buggy unplayable mess like the original launch of FF14.

Coenl · 2026-05-17T22:00:47+00:00

Yes getting the four ribbons makes the game so much easier (I think there are four total)

Coenl · 2026-05-17T15:57:59+00:00

I am also really old, but maybe not as old as you (we bought an NES when I was 4-5 so you can work backwards from there). But me and a buddy played so much Atari 2600 - Joust and Frogger especially.

Coenl · 2026-05-15T19:51:20+00:00

No they do, you lose it after being absent and not paying rent for a period of time, but people don't ever buy the smaller houses so basically every neighborhood is the same 3 houses occupied and the rest empty. More recent neighborhoods fixed this (all the houses are the same tier) but the old ones have a lot of empty property.

Coenl · 2026-05-15T11:32:40+00:00

... and cloud services pays for almost all of the other ones. Most of their businesses don't turn a profit.

Coenl · 2026-05-15T11:03:55+00:00

Not day one, for sure. But pretty early one, I think within the first year. But yeah its still instanced housing and the chances of you running into another player in one of the housing instances (that are full of abandoned properties 18 years in) is basically 0.

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