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The golden age of consoles
2016-03-30 23:40:14 Post No. 332570996
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The golden age of consoles
Anonymous
2016-03-30 23:40:14
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The sixth generation of consoles is the greatest there ever was.
>games didn't cost 200 million dollars to make
This is probably the most important point on the list. I couldn't find a number but somebody find the percentage of FPS games on the ps4. It's fucking depressing. 6th gen games were free to explore anything they wanted; classics like katamri damacy and super monkey ball where the joy is in simply rolling a ball around. There's a huge variety of genres and MANY games to explore. The ps2 had over 2000 games for Christ sake. They took risks and didn't follow a formula like Sequalitis Shooter #14 or a modern Ubisoft game
>the graphics had style
6th generation games had to stylize because they weren't good enough to be photorealistic. It's still a joy to boot up Okami, wind waker, super mario sunshine, shadow of the colossus etc. its a fuck of a lot more interesting than 50 shades of brown nowadays.
>no dlc
developers actually released a full experience. they wasn't any incentive to leave shit out and sell it twice. another awesome thing is that there were no patches so games had fantastic quality assurance; no game breaking bugs from day 1.
>the games expected much and you rose up to the challenge
Games have been getting progressively easier as time goes on. The 6th gen still had dignity in difficulty. You had to develop a firm grasp on the mechanics if you wanted to win, unlike modern games where they believe everybody should see the credits.
>6th gen emphasized games as interactive experiences
Games nowadays are cinematic and too interested in making you always look cool. 6th gen placed a lot of value in meaningful player input, they made interacting the main draw and the fun. Videogames are ultimately about interacting with the screen of course. Fzero GX, Godhand, soul calibur 2, Shadow of the Collossus, Ikaruga, Spartan: Total Warrior and the rest of the gens greatest games stand as some of the best interactive experiences the medium has to offer.