Quote Originally Posted by Lacquer Head View Post
Better storytelling is subjective, not everyone likes higher quality sound, which isn't even a proper argument for the music, which would STILL be subjective, not everyone cares about graphics, bigger how? Games like Dragon Quest VII were ****ing massive.
If storytelling is subjective as you say why the hell do you claim newer games have lamer stories in last paragraph pointed to me.

Seeing doesn't mean shit. A game can look cool and play like shit. Today we have emulators to test older games out.
Indeed, unless you try it out as well, you know, demos, pirate bay, at friends home... lots of way to try out a game these days.

Well, older games aren't relevant because they AREN'T BEING MADE RIGHT NOW. But I still personally enjoy the good games of the past more so than today by far, up to the PS 2. The difference is that the bigger companies were releasing cool games. We're basically getting clones with better graphics and lamer stories, but companies still hold onto their cash cows. Instead of new and unique games, we get Pokemon White 2, Resident Evil 17, CoD Black Ops 5, Super Mario Multiverse, etc etc. Back when these games were they, they WERE game changers, but the companies just keep milking them and milking them, utilizing large amounts of funding for this shit.
You can't point out flaws in newer games, though at the same time keep a blind eye at the same flaws if not worse of those you compare them to, so yes, older games are indeed relevant to this discussion, otherwisse you're just another hypocrite. You seem to forget just how many video game series were milked by the time PS2 was still kicking, Sonic, Mortal Kombat, Dragon Quest, Contra, Mario, Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy, Street Fighter, MegaMan, Castlevania, Need for Speed, FIFA, Crash Bandicoot, Dragonball, Star Wars... this shit was huge back in the day as well, it's another thing entirely you wish to ignore it. As for newer games, tons of new IP's (I do suggest you check out some short list of newer games that came out these last few years), tons of great sequels (some even better than originals, hard to believe, I know), tons of bad games of course, shame though you spend more time moaning about those instead of trying few good ones.