Great games..... I really feel that peak gaming was in 90s/early 2000s.
You had C&C, Total Annihilation, Age of Empires, Quake 1/2, Half Life, Pro Evo Soccer, and so many more in the PC side, and probably a SNES or a N64 around. Super Mario (all of them), Golden Eye, Mario Kart, Street Fighter 2, Final Fight and more
Online gaming was crude but fun (Age of Empires, Quake, Unreal Tournament, Half Life, had a great online implementation). LAN gaming parties were coming in my dorm.
Games had a well defined start, end, and progression that was dependent on your skill.
Now games are just a way for you to spend money in loot boxes, dcls, and cosmetics, or 'upgrades' so you can escape the artificial grind. Tutorials everywhere, handholding to the point that destroy any type of mystery or fun of the game.....
Or maybe I am just getting old.....
You had C&C, Total Annihilation, Age of Empires, Quake 1/2, Half Life, Pro Evo Soccer, and so many more in the PC side, and probably a SNES or a N64 around. Super Mario (all of them), Golden Eye, Mario Kart, Street Fighter 2, Final Fight and more
Online gaming was crude but fun (Age of Empires, Quake, Unreal Tournament, Half Life, had a great online implementation). LAN gaming parties were coming in my dorm.
Games had a well defined start, end, and progression that was dependent on your skill.
Now games are just a way for you to spend money in loot boxes, dcls, and cosmetics, or 'upgrades' so you can escape the artificial grind. Tutorials everywhere, handholding to the point that destroy any type of mystery or fun of the game.....
Or maybe I am just getting old.....