With digital circus coming out recently I realised the 2000s game aesthetic can actually be kinda cool and endearing

It feels like games nowdays are kinda soulless and generic though, glossy and modern (Obviously except for indie games)

Will the 2020s aesthetic be microtransactions and lootboxes?

  • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
    1001·
    1 year ago

    Nostalgia happens because you remember the good and forget the bad. People remember Mario 3 but forget Mario is Missing.

    In 20 years, people will say, “Remember when they made good games like Baldur’s Gate 3 rather than the trash that is Baldur’s Cash Grab?” Kids today will wax poetic about how the 2020s was the last good decade for gaming.

    The truth is, there will always be good and bad games.

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      37·
      1 year ago

      I’m nostalgic for playing Among Us with extended family members during the pandemic, and that was just a few years ago

      • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        Yeah but you won’t have nostalgia playing among us in 2038 when the servers are shut down

    • flashgnash@lemm.eeOP
      5·
      1 year ago

      Larian have always been pretty good really hope they don’t go that way

      That said they’ve got that wizards of the coast money behind them too

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Mario 3 is still a good game today, and I know some kids that weren’t anywhere near born when it came out that still loved it.

      Nostalgia isn’t the only reason to enjoy old games and “the bad” shouldn’t be assumed to be there for purposes of false equivalency platitudes. Even just counting predatory monetization, the modern game industry is worse on average than it used to be and its desired profit margins and methods of profit are different and worse than before with a more focused exploitation model.