post what you've got
>Shovelware and bad games didn't exist in the 90's
Underage please.
>>344814596
i will never understand faggots like, if you think gaming was soo much better than the 90s than fuck off back to /vr/ with this shit
That is just completely untrue, it's more that good games made money then while now they don't and average games with lots of marketing make more money than good games with little marketing.
>>344815690
>Games didnt have interactive movies back then
>>344815475
Dorkly stuff is dangerously lacking in the funny department, it's like family guy "us gamers" edition.
>>344814596
Yeah, I'm sure that all those great movie licence games in '90s were created with exactly that mindset.
>>344816090
This zombie shit is getting fucking retarded, I agree. They should only ever be used as plot devices and nothing else
>>344816090
is this suppose to make fun of both eras?
>>344815908
They were a vast minority and usually were regarded as failures. Whereas today, "cinematic" is a hailed and desired quality.
>>344816595
No. It attempts to show that developers were more creative in the 90s (which isn't true for all developers, or even probably the majority)
>>344816618
sure they were, kid
>>344816383
there were shovelware titles in all generations, but the AAA titles were objectively more consistent in the 90s. They didn't just put out whatever bullshit would sell.
>>344816701
well thats a piss poor way of doing it because that description pretty much describes a shit load of platformers from the 90s
>>344816842
there were a lot of AAA games that were terrible
>>344816902
The image was made by a furfag
>>344816842
Yes, like all those Street Fighter/Mortal Kombat clones
Or Mario clones
>>344816842
>They didn't just put out whatever bullshit would sell.
>for this exercise, we'll pretend movie tie-in games made by AAA producers never existed
>>344817074
>clones
Like which ones exactly? Name me one 'clone' that was actually an AAA title and not just some marketing knock-off that no one remembers anyway.
>>344817118
>TFW I still have the 60 gig version
What are some modern games where the player can figure out a vast range of cool strategies on their own?
>>344814596
not 1990s >make a game we the devs want and hope others appreciate it too
2010 >we need to make money so lets do what that successful game did!
the main change was that companies are more about making money than ever before. I'm sure games originally started as some kind of indie scene where the indie guys wanted to make COOL shit.
Currently the indie scene is a bunch of fags who think they are being deep and creating art.
>>344814829
He obviously wasn't referring to shovelware, but titles from big name developers, you silly cunt.
>>344815937
Which Doom map is that on the left?
probably the only one of these images that has some degree of truth to it
>>344814596
>>344814829
This.
There's a sharp divide on /v/ between people that grew up in the 90s and people that are just baiting.
We remember all the dogshit games that came out and were disappointments along with all the amazing games that have turned into touchstones of the hobby that are still emulated by successors today.
That's what makes these kinds of posts and this thread so funny. The nostalgia goggles are being worn by people who weren't actually there to experience what they are nostalgic for and completely misrepresent what it was like because they can list 5 good games that came out in a given year.
>>344817397
This.
The best indie games are the ones that delve into total absurdity, focusing only on gameplay.
RadicalPlay for example acknowledged that the physics engine they had written was one of the most weird and broken out there, but they went with "if it looks cool and feels cool, it's cool".
Need For Madness ended up being pretty great.
>>344817214
>what is bio freaks
dumb nigger
>>344817397
>make a game we the devs want and hope others appreciate it too
That generally involved making the game good though, priorities were still well placed.
>>344817687
Forgot webm
>It's a "the 90's were totally the best decade ever" episode.
>>344817583
Dogshit games in the 90's usually got called dogshit games and were so generally because they were poorly made. You didn't see them getting praised by critics because critics were still actually critics for the most part.
Games are made for a wider audience today, the industry as a whole has expanded immensely so that means accessibility is the top priority. Complexity took a hit and publishers are more concerned than ever with making sure the game sells well. It's not a black and white or night and day difference but a lot of the trends we've been seeing in the last decade or so have made it clear this is the case to an extent.
>>344818069
>You didn't see them getting praised by critics because critics were still actually critics for the most part.
t. i never read a gaming magazine in the 90s
>>344817892
>it's a 'everything is perfect now and gaming is literally in its golden age' episode
you know it's never black and white. being a gamer now is better because muh choices but the AAA releases were still largely more consistent.
how many classic games were released in the last 5 years that weren't indies? you could count the amount on one hand
>>344814596
hello underage
>>344818110
EGM was sure as fuck better than what we see today from Polygon or Kotaku.
>>344818126
did i say everything is perfect today? fucking retard
>>344818232
that doesnt make it any better
>>344818069
>You didn't see them getting praised by critics because critics were still actually critics for the most part.
So you've clearly never read anything by old gaming critics. Stop being underage.
>>344818069
>>344818110
Like he said the gaming magazines in the 90s were OWNED by the people publishing games. Is gaming """""journalism"""" corrupt and mostly useless now? Yes. But in the 90s it was an entirely different level. There were a handful of sources about new games and they were either owned or indebted to publishers to exist.
There are more casual games now, sure, because there's simply more games now. The industry has exploded in popularity. There are still many complex and deep games today. In fact, I really don't think there's an argument at all about complexity. Modern hardware affords developers complexity that was impossible in the 90s.
You might be nostalgic for procedural generation with the same 3 wall textures but you can have that now too.
>>344817892
Yes and?
>>344818126
>not thinking a decade was perfect means you think the current year is perfect
>you know it's never black and white
This is "Only a sith deals in absolutes"-tier retarded.
>>344818360
It absolutely does, EGM wasn't full of sociopolitical clickbait articles, was about as objective as you could get when it came to reviewing games and didn't take shit from publishers who wanted higher scores. Most bigger releases got reviewed by three different people so you'd get three different takes as well.
You can visibly tell shit went on a big decline after 9/11.
>>344818541
it's meant to be retarded because the initial comment is retarded. The OP's post has nothing to do with gaming being perfect in the 90s, it has to do with the developer's interests purely.
>>344815937
:( this always hurts.
I just want a doom clone
>>344818483
>>344818458
I didn't read those, I read independent magazines, like EGM.
>>344818562
>EGM wasn't full of sociopolitical clickbait articles
Polygon and Kotaku are not the entirety of the gaming press today.
>>344817551
E1M6
>>344817892
>no in game DLCs
>no microtransactions
>no butthurt SJWs and feminists bitching about everything
>games were actually challenging and didnt held your hand like you're an idiot
>devs werent afraid to try new things instead of just remaking CoD a thousand times
>no 2deep4u hipster bullshit
>no kickstarter scams
>no internet drama
I think it was pretty good, anon.
>>344818524
>'80s were the sidescroller decade
>'90s were the platforming decade
>2000s were the realistic shooter decade
>2010s are the sandbox decade
What will the 2020s be?
>>344818673
Good thing he wasn't replying to the OP then.
>>344818673
>it has to do with the developer's interests purely.
It's clearly framing everything older as being better than today.
>>344818686
>I read independent magazines, like EGM.
EGM was indebted to publishers in the same way he was talking about. Quit being underage.
>>344818784
I'm hoping for emergent complexity.
>>344818784
RPG
The two greatest modern vidya directors are now taking a detour from their most successful franchises.
This and monster hunter are the only things keeping me playing video games in present day.
>>344818716
And lots of others do it too, those were just examples. What passes for a review on a lot of these sites is laughable as well.
>>344818784
Interactive movies.
>>344818126
>how many classic games were released in the last 5 years that weren't indies?
dark souls
rayman origins
driver san francisco
catherine
max payne 3
dragons dogma
the darkness 2
metal gear rising
bayonetta 2
mario kart 8
bloodborne
you might want to get your hand checked anon
>>344818784
the vr decade
alternatively, the cinematic decade
>>344818784
Death.
>>344818784
>2010s are the sandbox decade
Give me another game besides Minecraft that makes your point.
>>344818686
>I read independent magazines, like EGM.
please tell me your joking
>>344818743
>no butthurt SJWs and feminists bitching about everything
We had lots of bitching about violence, but the difference was lots of journalists sided with the games and fans and not the cry for censorship.
>>344818957
>max payne 3
>mario kart 8
>dragons dogma
>rayman origins (not a classic, legends maybe)
>bayonetta 2
>MARIO KART 8
shit taste son
>>344818784
The 2020s will be the decade of video games not actually being video games.
>>344818784
switch 2000s and 2010s around
>>344819053
About?
>your
>>344818743
>no butthurt SJWs and feminists bitching about everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOckNOcjh-o
>>344819132
>>344819019
>>344818943
I think we have a winner
>>344819121
Dragon's Dogma is objectively good
>>344818126
>being a gamer
This phrase will never stop being cringe.
>>344818957
Not him but
>MGR
>Bayo 2
>Mario Kart 8
no
Otherwise I can sort of agree, still not sure about Catherine and Darkness 2
>>344819021
GTA V
everything Ubisoft has released in the past 6 years
Memelands 1 & 2
Skyrim & Fallout 4
>but those games are shit!
I never said they weren't, you cum-guzzling faggot. But they sure as fuck are popular, and they sure as fuck sell.
>>344819121
not my fault you have shit taste
>>344819021
>Sandbox
>Open World
the terms have become synonyms with one another.
>>344818957
>missing Skyrim
you might not personally like it but it is going to be seen as a classic as time goes on.
>>344819310
I was genuinely curious, no need to be a fucking defensive sperg about it.
>>344818784
One can only hope the AR decade, but I doubt it.
>>344818743
>no in game DLCs
the dreamcast had dlc
>>344819132
I thought we were already in that decade.
>>344817892
>not playing video/pc games in the 90s
Why live ? Specifically, how old are u, faggot ?
>>344819468
Did the mean man on the internet hurt your feelings?
>>344819446
>/v/ will never accept that skyrim was a great game because it wasn't morrowind 2
shame.
>>344818942
What passed for a review on a lot of older magazines was laughable as well. It's clear you never read much of anything back then.
>>344815937
>people say Doom 4 maps are well designed and non linear like classic mapping
>play it for myself
>just a bunch of arenas and branching paths stacked over each other
>all these points of no return
>>344819570
Relax Todd, you're rich as fuck. You don't need to care what /v/ thinks.
>>344814596
this is a myth
It was always about money.
>>344818232
>unironically taking EGM seriously
>>344819219
It was conservatives that pushed all this hate for violence and nudity in video games in the 90's. And now it's the libercucks pushing this. It's funny how it works. Also this sketch will never stop being amazing, how the hell did they knew that life would end up like this in real life?
>>344819446
Fuck off Todd.
holy fuck screen beens?!
what is this the early 2000s?!
Nostalgia ahoy!
>>344819876
>how the hell did they knew that life would end up like this in real life?
That shit was already happening when the sketch was made. None of this shit is new.
>>344819876
They didn't. They were going through it in their day. We just work in cycles. You'll live long enough for Conservative Busybodies to become the top assholes again, probably even long enough to see Liberal busybodies become top assholes again.
They changed the names but the stories pretty much the same.
>>344814596They don't hope to make a good game now, they hope to make a successful fad. There's more money in a fad than a game.
>>344819495
To an extent.
>>344818784
Everyone will be playing Pokemon GO 2 on their VR implants.
>>344816816
The numbers support his post.
FMV games were really an awesome novelty at the time but because they played like shit during gameplay segments it wasn't very popular.
Nowadays there's a lot less blatantly terrible games so it's easier for those kinds of games to catch on.
>>344820282
>60 years of animation
>5 years of animation
Don't post that picture ever again.
>>344817892
80s all the way to 2009 or 2010 were pretty nice for games.
>>344819760
>all these points of no returnThere's literally only three and one of them is in a level with nothing to find.
>>344820282
>Majority is Hanna-Barbera and Looney Tunes cartoons they didn't make
Nah.
>>344819806
Fallout 4 was a pile of shit and I may never buy another bethesda game new at full price because of it.
But Skyrim was undeniably good and to many people, a great game. It had many flaws that were also undeniable. It also delivered a very good experience all around with no super lacking aspects.
>>344819852
>that formatting
>>344819254
And it's been around since before you were born, kid. Keep struggling to be a special snowflake.
>>344820282
>>344820550
>>344820704
this
that is the shittiest attempt I've seen in a long time.
>>344817572
I played a fan project that was basically the Lettuce DLC expanded into its own entire game.
It was good.
Works great with the Tabasco mod too, though it can be hard to get because those jews at the flavorshop deleted it for being "heat speech".
>>344820710
>no super lacking aspects.
The quest design and terrible writing were definitely super lacking.
>>344820282
Not gonna defend Tumblrtoon Network but the "before" pic has Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. Take that away and it will be almost as barren. It would still have a superior lineup though.
>>344819852
>32x getting 8s and 7s
Jesus fucking christ
>>344818743
>No in game DLCs
Yeah because you had to either buy a completely new version of a game or a new peripheral.
Reminder that the Street Fighter Ultra Championship Hardcore Turbo edition shit started in the 90's. That's not to mention things like the 32x, ROB or Sonic 3 and Knuckles.
>>344820710
Combat.
>>344820873
Only snowflakes use the term "gamer", kid.
>>344819852
>32X getting scored that high
What the fuck?
>higher than the Sega CD
What the FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
I feel complaints like these are always a bit behind the times
I saw someone complain about "brown and bloom shooters" the other day. There hasn't been a brown and bloom shooter in like 8 years.
>>344818784
probably competitive.
esports are going to be huge
>>344818784
VR waifus
>>344814596
This is objectively false
Businesses were still oriented towards making money in the 90s, it's just that people were less stupid then
>>344819852
I don't see a problem with that, the SNES was based.
The only problem I see is anyone rating the 3DO higher than a 3.
>>344821275
I know, right? Fucking WW2 shooters everywhere. Getting real sick of that shit.
>>344821170
Whatever you say.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gamer
>>344821170
Only snowflakes get triggered when someone uses the term "gamer", kid.
>>344817375
Dishonored
Dark Souls
XCOM
Magicka
remember when egm reviews were honest and definitely not paid reviews at all? those were the days man!
The video game market literally crashed in the 1980s because of greedy publishers shoveling out so much garbage. It's not a new thing.
>>344821350
If i play one more doom clone I might shoot up a school
>>344820679
Source, when I played it it felt like way more than 3
>>344814596
LOL, ONLY TRUE 90's KIDS WILL GET THIS THREAD XD
SO RANDUMB OP!! WHAT DOES THA FOX SEY!? XDD
>>344821294
Oh god I can already see the Steam reviews
>Son: Mom how was i born ?
>Mom: Hmm...we played candy crush with your father.
>+sexi anime girls
>+good art
>+You need only one hand to play this game- It's good because you will be doing different stuff with other hand.
>-not realThis is a real review taken from the Huniepop steam page store, if you write something like this, please cut your balls off so your corrupted genes die with you
>>344821675
>>344821441
You are a faggot, kid.
>>344821648
>punk-teen-girl.jpg
>Tumblrs are now punks
>>344821545
>Virtua fighter
>"also try: any other fighting game"
>there was no fighting game out that was even remotely like Virtua fighter, unless Tekken was released before it was ported
>>344821648
Found the butthurt dev
>>344814596
IMO 2000s were better than 90s
90s were good too though
>>344820679
Actually never mind don't answer, thinking back I can remember more than 3. Lying homo.
>>344822034
pre-2009 was like a 90s-lite with better techmore accurately pre-2007
i enjoyed it
>>344821678
I wonder if we can review women on the internet
-Nagware
-Costs too much
-Lack of options in bed
-Intrusive legal documentation prevents modding or customization
-Can get banned from her if you initiate sex without signing in first
We'll probably get shady russian sites offering to jailbreak your woman so she can be modded to your heart's content without the goddamn copyright police interfering for """rape and kidnapping""" or some other corporate thoughtcrime.
Assholes. I paid for the woman, she's my woman, I should be able to play with her however the fuck I want.
>>344814596
>>344822034
2000's is way better than the 90's because it already had the great shit of the 90's and prior + great shit that came out in the 00's as well.
The 90's only had shit from the 90's, 80's and 70's
Hell, 2016 is currently the best year in gaming for that exact same reason.
>>344822923
I want to be a bread loaf and carb my way to victory. No mercy, no jelly.
>>344814596
Okay.
VIDEO GAMES
>>344823578
Q. How come Weedle and Venomoth are girls, but everyone else are boys?
>>344817782
THIS GAME WAS THE SHIT
AND THAT OTHER ONE WHERE YOU'RE A FIGHTER PILOT.
>>344823875
>Venomoth
oh boy
>>344814596
I got you, pham.
>>344823875
Cause trans I'd guess
>>344823578
why does tumblr exist
>>344824019
This is Venonat.
>>344823875
i think its supposed to be an unironic transexual metaphor
kid is born with a concrete gender
ambiguous cocoon stage
transformation complete
>>344824153
It used to give me lots of porn but they've started censoring loli so now ... honestly no reason
>>344814596
But that image is bullshit. Crappy games have always existed and the bottom line is for developers to make a buck. Your games can be absolute garbage but if they keep you afloat financially then you are set.
>>344824159
honestly though what the fuck were they thinking with this
venomoth is nothing to do with venonat other than purple and bug
>>344824183
Girls can become boys, because boys are defined by their ability to fight and build, and that isn't locked to your sex organs!
But boys cannot become girls. Girls are defined by their ovaries and womb and ability to carry children. You cannot change that.
Mentally ill faggots can still be men though, if they fight and work!
But most of them have the qualities of neither a man, nor a woman, and can be safely gassed
>>344818524
I don't mind that Banjo and Kazooie, but I can't fucking believe how terrible the new Conker is.
>>344815908
Stop pretending that's even remotely similar
>>344817583
It happens with pretty much every thing out there. Only the good pieces of media are remembered and properly archived most of the time, so anyone who enjoys media from eras they didn't live through is more likely to find that instead of the bad things - unless they actively look for them. Thus, you get all these people born after the 80's and 90's raving about how good things used to be back then and how shit things are now.
>>344818524
>>344824517
>>344818924
Kys
>>344824338
Crappy 90s games still had more value than modern ones.
>>344824730
>>344824730
Same goes with anime
There's a shitton of really crappy low-budget shit that gets shat out of some corporate asshole, but it never sees the light of day on this side of the planet
The popular shit and the good shit is what filters through, so people assume that all of it is on par with that quality. Meanwhile they get to deal with every Johnny Test and craptacular Canadian spectacle, and get a false comparison between what each nation produces
Don't do speedrunning, kids.
>>344822945
>2000's is way better than the 90's because it already had the great shit of the 90's and prior
That's not how it works. By this logic, every new day is the best one for video games and pretty much everything else.
>>344824807
A kiss back to you too kinda non <3
>>344824939
JOHN
>>344824837
No. Virtuoso is definitely worse than a lot of crap made today.
>>344824837
That's debatable. There are some pieces of fucking garbage made in the 90s. The difference now is that it's much easier to get ahold of games in general via digital downloads and such.
>>344825053
FUCKING
>>344824939
I like TAS.
>>344825094
NUMBERS
>>344825078
Plus nostalgia. Back when we were kids, we couldn't tell shit from quality. Looking back, we only remember the joyous stupidity of having fun because we didn't know better, so we look back with fonder memories and tend to give even the trash from that era decent reviews
>I AM A GAMER, A GAMER IS MY IDENTITY FOR I PLAY GAYMS
>>344824939
What is up with speedrunners and turning into trannies? He is not the first anymore and sadly will not be the last.
>>344824932
That's not much of an issue now that pretty much everything recent gets subbed. In fact, there's now a trend of people claiming that modern anime is shit precisely because we're all finally able to watch every show that comes out of Japan, including the shitpiles.
>>344824072
I'd kiss it
Then:
Wow. I wish I had a handheld device that did everything.
Now:
I don't see why anyone needs anything more than a $10 flip phone.
>>344825298
Escapism
>>344824939
>getting john numbered so har you turn into that
It's so sad to see Steve from Blue's Clues turn into a gay pornstar.
>>344825298
Well, speedrunning IS inherently gay...
>>344821110
this
I think sf5 is going in the right direction with their dlc, and wish other devs did the same
>>344825489
what
>>344814596
If you took a random game from each decade 1990's and 2010's would be probably at least mediocre, this is the best scenario...1980's and 2000's would be really worse
Shovelware through the ages:
>1980- Home computers and atari full of shit programmed by a guy in a week
>1990- Mario-clones, Doom-clones or uninspired racers
>2000- Shitty licensed games or just shitty games aimed at mindless parents for the playstation and gba
>2010- Mediocre gears of war clone or stupid "art" game
Adam Sessler has gone a long way from G4.
>>344822923
That's actually very accurate, never really saw it that way.
>>344819852
>sushi-x
>>344825714
He's fucking awesome, dont believe that cunt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwmtkFPYXsg
>>344821028
4/10 nice effort
>>344826360
ah. you beat me to it.
>>344821319
3DO actually got some good stuff, its biggest problem was just how expensive it was.
Was far better than the CD-i.
>>344825603
Speedrunning is the most degenerate act man has ever come up with.
>>344819852
SUSHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII. what ever happened to him?
>>344826675
Agreed.
>>344826675
There's worse.
>>344825603
>>344826675
>>344826986
Fuck, I speedran Megaman X4 out of boredom a few days ago. Am I gonna start sucking dicks soon?
>>344825935
>>1990- Mario-clones, Doom-clones or uninspired racers
>people that weren't born in the 80s will never know about those 3.5 floppys that had "30 games on them" that were all just really bad mario clones
>and the game consisted of a single 5 minute level
>>344826675
why
>>344827761
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Ju7nel5cQ
Theres a longer version where he actually gets a wr
>>344826360
what a great guy
I don't know if the model shit was real or not, but the Make a Wish bit was great
>>344816116
dorkly is hit or miss, but sometimes they have gems
>>344814596
fixed it for you op
>>344814596
Title of the pic should be "Capitalism: fucking up everything you like since the 18th century"
>>344817118
Its all about compression. Nigger developers dont fucking compress their games anymore so every game is like 40-60gb with a mandatory install.
>>344828192
What is this cartoon even saying?
>>344828192
actually lol'd at the end
>>344818943
Sonys always ahead of the game baby.
>>344828560
are you literally autistic? it's taking a big fat shit on modern superhero 'movies'
>>344828446
If you compress a game, the cpu takes a hit, unless you're just talking about installation files. Consoles really need all the juice they can get from their components considering devs love to push it as far as they can.
>>344818524
Bottom spyro looks like he came straight out of the 90's.
>>344820710
>Skyrim was undeniably good
HAHAHAHA. Faggot.
>>344828192
At least when comic book movies go under, so will Marvel and DC.
>>344828638
It's doing the exact opposite, showing how 90's superhero movies had no vision, budget, or acting. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with the comic but the point is painfully obvious. Check that confirmation bias bro
>>344828638
It's 4.30am and my brain isn't working. I guess I just don't know enough about superhero movies to get the references.
>>344823578
These are actually terrible.
>>344828890
It's all right, that guy completely misunderstood the comic
>>344828741
Is that supposed to be Barbara? I'm pretty sure Bruce does not want to dick her.
>>344828091
Am I stupid or did you not change anything at all?
>>344828850
it's making fun of both actually. knowing dorkly is a cynic in a general it helps get the point across.
>>344829016
Everyone wanted to dick Barbara.
>>344829036
bottom dev is giving the middle finger
>>344829016
>implying
>>344829151
i laughed
what's the next step of your master plan
probably the only dorkly comic i like
>>344815937
Old level design may have been complex but the route you took to get through the level was effectively the new level design.
>>344829151
>it's the same picture
>>344828741
>Batman being the one to use emojis and not Superman being the oblivious fuck trying to fit in with the newest human culture
One. Job.
>>344828034
can't relate to this as i've been looking game info up since i can remember. i remember printing out a big guide of tips and tricks for super mario rpg and thumbing through it as i played
>>344826062
Whats a TS girl?
>>344827684
fuck CalArts
>>344827861
>speedrunning is the biggest godamn meme on the planet
>>344829573
How is CalArts to blame?
>>344827684
so they were always shit?
>>344829558
Trannies.
