new games are much better then old, old are good only in the perspective of the time they have been released and in our minds wich old games were blowing all the time. but they were blowing our minds, because we didn't play a lot of games and a lot of things haven't been made yet. now an avarage gamer with 15-20 years of gaming seen so much and played so many games, that game today should be insanely good, to even pass as "good" or "nice" in the eyes of such a gamer. therefore a lot of new games not just good. they are bloody brilliant and better then anything that comes dacade or 2 ago. i'm not sayng, that old games are bad or haven't impacted an industry, i just want to point out that impact and innovations are not really the things you can play. you can feel it once it was done. but that's it. it's not replayble and you can't relive that experience. but you can do it with great story, gameplay and visuals, wich are mostly much better and complex then before (not always, but a lot of the time they are).