tl;dr

>>7641
>The problem I have is I can't get that excited about newer games.
tl;dr'd for your convenience.

>>7643

Well newer games are generally not very good so I wouldn't say that's a problem with you.

Sorry about the length. I don't think my main point was so much that newer games suck, but it was more so this paragraph here:

"So, I constantly find myself wanting to try and "re-live" my childhood by going through old games. I was thinking about "simulating" my childhood growing up by say, downloading old scans of Nintendo Power and "pretending" it's all new and exciting, and play through them all again. Pathetic, but interesting, huh? For me, it would also be a way to re-experience it all again, but this time with my waifu at my side. I'd like to get her into gaming more (she already is interseted some just because she hangs out with me all the time) but I think going through the "gold old days" and just "grow up again" might be really good."

Its pretty disappointing that the most memorable moments of our childhoods are usually watching some anime or playing some game or finding porn for the first time. Theres no war, no fun adventures with the other boys, nothing we built with our own hands. Just a kid sitting in front of a screen.

Post edited on 25th Nov 2012, 4:12pm

>>7646
I don't really think that's disappointing. Maybe compared to what "Normal" people did when they were kids, but they are still very fond memories to me. I wouldn't trade them for anything.

>>7646

Nah, it just underscores how boring and shitty the "real world" actually is.

>>7646
Don't speak for me, I remember running in a rocky area in school on a break and falling and hitting my head on a nice rock, and then walking to the nurse and getting shipped to first aid to be patched. 10 years later, the scar's still visible. Oh yeah, I also accidentally rammed into trees with a sled few times, sometimes with another dude sitting behind me. Not to say that I didn't play a lot of video games, but other things happened, too.

>I constantly find myself wanting to try and "re-live" my childhood by going through old games.

If it makes you happy, do it. I dont think its that unusual.

I enjoy a lot of new games but I often feel the same way. I love stuff like Retronauts podcast/blog and Retro Gamer magazine.

Nostalgia is a powerful thing.

When SF4 was made, it was made to bring back the SF2 fans.

Funny that'd you'd mention Metroid Prime. I was a big fan of Metroid series before Prime came out and everything I read about Prime made me want to jerk off. It sounded like my wet dream.

And when it came out all I could think of while playing it was '... oh, that's cool'. It wasn't bad but after finishing it on normal diffculty once I never played it again. Nor have I played other Metroids.

For me gaming died when it turned 3D. I'm not saying games got worse after that or anything but it was almost impossible for me to get into them. The only 3D games I ever really play are s/tRGPs with isometric view because they don't feel 3D to me.

So yeah, you're not alone. Actually the market is big enough to make a game aimed at us geezers every now and then (8/16 bit graphics). It's a shame DS era is done already, DS's weak 'insides' prolonged my hopes of getting quality 2D titles. Playing Gaudia Quest in Retro Game Challenge made me want to cry tears of joy because that's what playing jRPGs felt like 2 decades ago.

But hey, it's not that bad, there are tons of good old games you haven't played, probably even more I haven't played and every now and then someone is willing to throw us a bone. Our 'Golden Age' is long gone but it doesn't mean gaming is dead for us.