Hardcore Gamers - Living In The Past?

Posted by simoniker on Thursday October 30, 2003 @07:39PM from the go-back-to-1982-already dept.

Thanks to NTSC-uk for their editorial arguing that overly nostalgic gamers are failing to appreciate the videogames of today. The writer suggests that "...this breed of 'l337' gamers refuse to look at today's games", and complains about their unjust criticism of titles such as Final Fantasy X, saying of these retro-focused gamers: "It seems, to them at least, as time passes, all the faults and niggles of yesteryear's games mysteriously vanish, as age irons out the flaws. Rose-tinted glasses donned, we can forget the 'far too flawed' modern games, because the 'golden era' of gaming did it better."

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Re:No you morons. Most new games suck. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-30 20:31 · Score: 1, Informative

Mmmm...Hudson Hawk...

Even with uber beer-goggles, nobody can deny the awesome sucking power of that game.

(I don't want to even think about the apocalyptic events that might unfold when you combine the movie and the game)