ITT: Overrated boomer games
>>725962609Nice try EUROPE
>>725962609"instant death trap trial and error" is probably the worst genre of video games that exist. Another World, Dragons Lair, I Wanna Be The Guy, all shit
>>725962609A lot of games made an impact on people, it doesn't mean they were good, it's just that people remember them. It's not the same thing as saying it's good or that you should play it, and you should be smart enough to tell the difference.
>>725962609The first prince of persiaThat one samurai game whose name I forget every fucking boomer brings up as being monumental for cinematic storytelling in video games
>>725963410Do you mean International Karate? Yeah bongs bring that up a lot when it's a really terrible playing fighter.
>>725962609Prince of Persia, the original one.
>left or right>left>wrong, you diedAnd other bad game mechanics
>>725963410Oh wait no it wasn't a samurai game it was a karate game. It was called karateka. God what a piece of shit. God 9/10 times games that get shilled by some western industry youtuber as some end all be all of game history just turns out to be absolute garbage. Now a retro game that actually holds up is fucking Blaster Master. That game despite its flaws was solid.
>>725962609I don't think it's overrated. It's always brought up as being visually stunning but kind of ass to actually play.
>>725963669Ah yes, Karateka. They really like sucking this one's dick for some reason despite the fact that no one who made it ever went on to do anything. And the game sucks.
>>725962609This is a Gen X or Boomer game.
>>725962609Nobody is going to bat for Another World. Beyond a "it's weird to have any strong opinions on it" way.If you want a real bait take on cinematic platformers, you say Abe's Oddysee is an abysmal piece of shit to play, I think some people actually finished that one.
>>725963850>>725963410Oh, I thought it's about Shenmue.
>>725963636The very first one was rather cool for its time. Now I' not sure why would anyone young want to play it if not for the historic value of it.
I can't think of any good Atari game besides Tempest.
I played through it many times on my Amiga 1200, mainly because the visual style was unlike anything else at the time, and the simple story captured my imagination. It wasn't until quite recently that I learned there was a sequel, exclusive to Sega CD. Anyone play it?
>find red key to open red door>good now go all the way back
>>725964565Pong.Breakout.Marble Madness.
>>725962609the sequel is better.
>>725962609I love this game, then again I don't suffer a small ego death every time I die in a videogamewas able to beat it fairly easily when I was a little kid
Myst, jesus fuck just write a book series if you want me to go through a fucking library.
>>725964752it's only overrated today because people went into it thinking it's complete garbage since that's what boomers used to say about it. it's a competent shooter but also a very different one to q1, both in tone and mechanics. i still love it but i won't claim it's amazing or anything and i definitely can see why the og players bounced off it. that said, whoever says it's better than 1 is out they DAMN MIND
>>725964630What the hell, first time I'm hearing about it. Yeah I think zooms don't like the game because it's hard, which is the reason for their opinions 99.9% of the time. I never beat the game but it was still very enjoyable because of the atmosphere, which I guess some people don't know how to enjoy.
>>725963669I had it for the gameboy, quite good but super short.
>>725962609I actually liked Another World, it was a cool game that wasn't all that punishing compared to, say, Prince of Persia, which had a real-time time limit.t.Completed both as a kidOverall - cool style, cool setting. It reminds me of Rain World in a way, or should I say, RW reminds me of Another World.>Overrated boomer gamesColossal Cave Adventure.It's good for its time, sure, but it's not THAT good. You can't spit in the text adventure community without hitting someone deepthroating Colossal Cave Adventure.
>>725964752There's a reason Quake went full multiplayer after this one. Q2 was actually really innovative back in the day, breaking from the mold of all of id's previous fps. Its just that the innovations generally made the gameplay worse, all in pursuit of a really bland and one-note attempt at an immersive story and world. Then HL came out the next year and completely mogged it.
>>725962609https://web.archive.org/web/20240224021311/https://www.actionbutton.net/?p=431
can't believe boomers actually played this shit and thought they were good games baka
>>725964630I read about it and it sounded like a complete shitshow that missed all the reasons the first game is good
>>725967362Why didn't you use AI to generate the covers?
>>725962609i wanted to try this but i wont play as a ginger
This thread is garbage
>>725962609great game, the only game I've speedrun a little bit
Speaking of trial and error, one of the underrated T&E gems of the era is The Immortal.
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>>725962609>uncs really thought this was fireSo glad I grew up with Fortnite and Roblox
>>725967806Hey...that's OUR word.
>>725962609I got filtered by the fight with three fucking guards at the same time.
>>725967362The original half-life was overrated shit even at the time.
>>725968524My first girlfriend had this and got mad that her fat anxiety-ridden mother managed to beat it in two days.
>>725971121>fat anxiety-ridden mother managed to beat it in two daysthat's actually impressive
>>725971251I know, that worm-detector puzzle was no joke amidst all the other fuckery.
>>725962609Altered beastDouble DragonToki
>>725962609Humiliation ritual
>>725971518Even when it came out people only liked the arcade version of Altered Beast because the sprites were huge and people hated the Genesis port.
>>725965729This is a pedo vore fetish game I suspect
>>725972035Nice projection
