• @Lootboblin@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Older games are better (and still popular) because the devs pretty much had freedom to do what they wanted to do. In modern games the suits tell the devs what they have to do. That’s the point when the games started to suck.

  • mox
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    34 months ago

    Their metric for “older” is two years or more.

  • @Redkey@programming.dev
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    34 months ago

    I wouldn’t be surprised if book readers spend 92% of their time on older books. Or if music listeners spend 92% of their time on older pieces.

    • 7.1% of the total hours spent were on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive / Counter-Strike 2
    • 6.4% were in League of Legends
    • 6.2% were in Roblox
    • 5.8% were in Dota 2
    • 5.4% were in Fortnite

    Proud to say I don’t play any of those. Screw live service games, there are plenty of other gems out there to keep me entertained.

  • @steeznson@lemmy.world
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    There is something satisfying about going back and cranking Far Cry 2 or some other older game to max settings / 4k with an extremely modest GPU.

  • @CuriousRefugee@lemmy.ml
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    What counts as an “older game?” Surely not… thinks about the games I played last week …Tie Fighter or Dune 2?

  • @CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    I’m building an arcade stand I can put in front of my TV so I can play emulated games with my kids. I could not care less about most of the new games coming out these days.

    GPU prices priced me out of the top of the PC gaming market, got new hobbies now.

  • Tim_Bisley
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    04 months ago

    I’m playing Bloodborne for the first time (emulator). Before that I was playing Far Cry 1 for the first time as well. Far cry was much harder, so far at least.

    • @kboy101222@sh.itjust.works
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      04 months ago

      What emulator are you using? Only one I’ve seen was PCSX4 and according to a lot of stuff I saw online, it’s a pretty outright scam

      • Tim_Bisley
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        04 months ago

        Yea ShadPS4 is great. PCSX4 is a scam not sure why thats even a thing.

        • @kboy101222@sh.itjust.works
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          13 months ago

          Any chance you could also recommend a place to find a totally legit copy of bloodborne? Couldn’t find anything on the yo ho ho subreddit

  • @Gurei@sh.itjust.works
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    A lot of my friends weren’t into the shift from Fallout 3’s third person open world to the original game’s isometric perspective; Understandable, but that’s what I grew up on. I enjoy revisiting 1 & 2 every other year or so. Also, Sid Meiers Pirates hadn’t adapted well to modern systems, but has a clean gameplay loop that I enjoy revisiting.

  • loaf
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    04 months ago

    Baldur’s Gate 2 forever. 🖤

      • loaf
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        14 months ago

        Been playing that one on PS5 lately. I feel bad for neglecting BG3, but it’s such an investment, and I know I’ll get distracted.