Why is modern gaming so frustrating for zoomers? Do they really prefer old stinky games?
>>740462848Yes. Modern games suck.
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>>740462848>Nostlaiga bias is re-ACKKK!!!!!!!!!!How are they going to explain this one?
>>740463307those are like 25 years old, hell even the wii U is almost 15
>modern gaming sucks ass>the new gens go to older gamesis this REALLY supposed to be news? is ANYONE actually shocked by this?
>>740464194Basedlenials and Boomer Investors are.
>>740463236because their childhood was garbage
>>740463236What? Isn't the psp a zoomer console? I still have mine from when I was a kid.
>>740462848i heard some gen Z talking about lord of the rings and they were saying how its crazy to them how much better older movies are than the newer ones coming out today. old good new bad isnt just jaded boomer thing apparently.
>>740463330Easily: zoomers end up having different tastes in retro games because they have a more objective taste due to not growing up in the era. They don't have to deal with only being limited by what they can run or what they can afford, along with having hindsight from both the industry and community works developing since then.Speaking in the FPS space, I've seen zoomers absolutely tear the living fuck out of Half-Life and put Unreal on a pedestal instead. They'll love Doom 1 and 2 for its mechanics but consider them absolutely shit as actual map packs. Quake is absolutely loved more than it was originally although how honest that is is up for debate, considering how much they exclude the Shambler and Spawn from their map packs.And for retro consoles and handhelds, I've seen things like them absolutely loving how they slap in a cart and the game is on and going in seconds, but then proceed to only play romhacks. It's nuts.
People like new things, and old things are new to them.This isn't exclusively some zoomer thing. Chances are you've played a game or watched a movie that takes place in the past and you enjoyed the aesthetics of it.
>>740462848Out of all the retro options why would you pick the original game boy?The only worse experience was those cheap tiger handhelds
>>740463236Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for broccoli hair?
>>740464194I'm a little surprised Gen Z still has some taste, yes.
>>740462848but... new good! right?...
>Slowly rolls up into the thread in a windowless van with "VINTAGE VIDYA" crudely painted on the side door and opens it to reveal a single Atari Lynx on the STUN Runner splash screen sitting on the stained carpet inside
>>740462848The gameboy is shit outside pokemon and a handful of other games like Link's Awakening and Tetris. GenZ has no taste at least run a GBA.
>>740467127>>740466881The Game Boy had plenty of games that I like but it was the worst piece of mass produced hardware in existence, it's the only thing that's completely surpassed by emulatorsThey prioritized it being>inexpensive>battery efficient>resistant to sunlightand in dead last they put>being able to fucking see it
>>740467418>it's the only thing that's completely surpassed by emulatorsThe Nintendo Switch would like a word with you.
>>740462848Gen Z gamers (well gamers in general) have high enough IQ to realize they missed the golden age and it's better to go back and experience it than to accept modernslop. It's like trying to get into modern comics. Of course you would rather go back and read them when they were actually good. Duh.
>>740467839They need just a little more IQ so they know how a fucking file system works so they can run emulators on some $100 shitbox computer then god fucking damn it
>>740462848Yes, many games are more annoying than fun. I just want to relax for a bit and not be bombarded with the world as it is. Also, I'm sick of all the advertisements and gambling industry tactics, I need peace occasionally.
>>740462848Put yourself in their shoes.Literally all of gaming as you know it has been live service slop, dlc slop, subscription slop and season pass slop by every company profitmaxxxing to the detriment of literally everything else.Then you look at a game boy.You pop in the tetris cart.It's tetris.It's yours.No downloads.No online checks.No ads.No mandatory updates.It's just tetris.And that is mind blowing to you, ass if you've just been struck by a revelation and can suddenly see all the bullshit around you.
>>740468141cant they just ask chatgpt to spoonfeed them? sounds like a non issue
>most played games are modern games>boomers pick out a few outliers that play old shit and pretend its everyone Why are old fags like this?
>>740462848>Need for Speed carbon was almost 20 years ago
>>740469643>meanwhile
>>740467418>the worst piece of mass produced hardware in existenceYou must have not heard of its less-known imitations, like the Supervision, the Game Master, or the Mega Duck.
>>740468141Original hardware has more sovl.
>>740462848>>740463330>nostalgia is a boomer thingsince the dawn of fucking time young generations romanticized the past.especially in the current generation, where people shun enjoying things sincerely, zoomers are gonna have an easier time running to the past. it's also safer and easier to play the 5 games everyone already nitpicked as being "good" instead of entering a store and having to pick yourself.picrel is a movie about a guy who romanticized 19th century poetry, and was actually teleported there, only to discover the poets at the time were romanticizing another era 100 years ago.
>>740462848the display on the OG gameboy was dog shitGBC was way better
>>740466245An EARLY zoomer console.
>>740474124What you're missing is that the further back you go the better things were, and everything you believe that points to the contrary is just brainwashing to make you more accepting of the enshittification of humanity.
>>740462848>>740463236>Hardware you actually own>Games you actually own>Gameplay is more important than chasing ever diminishing returns on graphics>Don't have to be connected online 24/7>No DLC>No micro transactions>No battle passes or dailies that turn the game from a activity to a skinnerbox 9-5 job and invoking FOMO>No politics>No censorship>Just put the damn game in and playHonestly it's a mystery.
>>740473793Emulation and fan ports can bring huge improvements.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aetsSOfMRq0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POqy92edBSsAnd when you're talking about handhelds, remember that old LCDs were terrible, dim and blurry until the late '90s/early '00s.
>>740474467>no censorshipThere was definitely censorship on consoles. You are only free from it on systems that don't rely on an unified ecosystem.
>>740462848I call bullshit on this. I haven't met a single core or late Zoomer who is in to retro. I know some early zoomer (aka Zillennials) who are into retro games, but their tastes typically only go back to the 5th gen.
because games should be brief breaks, not second job
>>740471969That comic was from 2014. Now you don't have to force your kids to like old things because all old things are being rehashed for new generations.
>>740462848Couldnt it be a phase? I remember that when I was at that age, plenty of us kids in high school emulated snes and neo geo. I still do from time to time, but at that age it was really common. Anyway, they could also get a switch since it cant do anything outside of playing games.
>>740462848Do zoomers not know how to pirate?Why are they buying old consoles?
>>740462848I found my new love with GameCube and Ps2 as well as GBA Games. Yes you hate us for creative games with infinite replayability like minecraft, roblox and fortnite and yes its true fornite got us battlepasses, but in the end, you guys ruined gaming with YOUR money.>average gamer is 35-37 yo>millennial boomers ruined gaming>they buy every "AAA" slop (preorder deluxe btw)>they complain every day (still buys the game)>they don't actually play the game (look at trophy/achievement %)Total millennial boomer death, you guys grew up in the best era and now you fuckers support slop.t. playing a fire red romhack right now, enjoy your movieslop
>>740462848Well OP, do you want to play a game or do you want to watch a movie with some QTEs? Because modern gaming is shifting more and more towards the latter.
>>740475139bro you had piratebey and we have fitgirl and myrient piracy never died
>>740475249Then why are you buying consoles instead of emulating?
>>740475270I buy consoles and get game cards I noticed when I just download the games on emus I just collect them instead of playing them
>>740475312So you're a retard.No one zoomers find it difficult to buy a house.
>trying to emulate Resident Evil Gaiden on a 3DS with a dumpfile flashcard>combat is a little bit frustrating and nearly running out of bullets every 3 zombies despite hitting all my shots >random crash when going down stairI wish I could enjoy emulation, if only compatibility and random crashes weren't so infuriating and killing my enjoyment
>>740475351Cope and sneed. I just modded my Wii and I'm playing wind waker gc with an original gc controller on a crt
>>740475425You're not actually a zoomer.You don't need to larp so hard.
>>740475425play real games like pn03, viewtiful joe, fzero gx, chibi robo, wave race bluestorm etc
>>740466881I got the original gameboy for christmas when it was brand new. I still have it somewhere, every couple of years I'll find it, and then spend 72 straight hours playing tetris until I actually go blind from eyestrain, and in disgust I hide it from myself and forget about it for a few more years.
>>740475156jarpigs are walking sim movieslop
>>740475465I think you guys think zoomers are like 14 but I'm 21.>>740475506never heard of those except fzero
>>740474467>>No censorshipOH MY CAR!
>>740463185This is sort of bullshit. Yeah, 90s tropes were cool, but us zoomers need to remember what we grew up with.
>>740475156>unironic generational shit-flingingUseful idiot. Executive committees ruined his hobby before you were even born, not your imaginary boogeymen.
>>740475543pokemon is the exception for me I will try otheer gba games. I love the artstyle it still looks good in the big 26. aged much better than 3d consoles
>>740474124>it's also safer and easier to play the 5 games everyone already nitpicked as being "good" instead of entering a store and having to pick yourself.Not that anon, and I'm a grown ass man, but it is super fucking rare I play anything that is newer than 5 years old. Modern stuff doesn't interest me as much, and I don't give a shit about multiplayer so its just so much easier to separate genuine shit from fun/good games if you give it a little time.
>>740462848>Do they really prefer old stinky games?Everyone does because modern games are shit.
>>740467418>worst piece of mass produced hardware in existenceAnon, a thousand years from now aliens will land on earth, sort through the rubble of humanity, and they'll find an OG gameboy that still works after they blow the dust off it. Also don't forget that there was a massive market for peripherals. I remember having the big fat fucking magnifying glass thing you clipped onto the screen. And as long as it wasn't too dark, high contrast was fine to see. The problem is your eyes would just go fucking numb after too long, but thats just a problem of staring at a tiny screen. It was also 1989 and big LED displays like that weren't exactly common in consumer goods. Before that it was tiger handheld games.
>>740475156It's surreal having zoomies crawl here from reddit and twitter then blame us for dumb shit they've been doing.
>>740475156>>740476152ladies please, bad taste isnt a generational thing.its simply a matter of being an NPC that can be shilled to, and not being an NPC.
>>740476152I don't use reddit. But threads and greentext is over X. And you brought looksmaxxing, chuds, goatis, terry davis and ER to TikTok how exactly is that my fault
>>740476339>bad taste isnt a generational thingYes it is.Zoomers have terrible taste (minecraft, fortnite, etc) and are the dumbest generation to date.
>>740476426>you brought looksmaxxing, chuds, goatis, terry davis and ER to TikTok Damn, I did that personally? My bad, sorry.
>>740476431you reek of someone that sold america to the jews and now holds spite for younger generations because they wont sell their lives for your retirement.
>>740476479Okay I'm sorry I didn't mean to be rude
>>740476521It's ok, it happens
When are you people going to wake up?Millennials and Gen Z prefer the games millennials grew up with because THEY WERE JUST FUCKING BETTER.They were made by game design artisans at the peak of their craft, they weren't fucking slighted at every turn by middle management and Anita Sarkeesians saying "games need to be more accessible and inclusive and this and that and the other". They just made games, with actual talent and vision. And the suits let them because they made money.Nowadays the suits and lawyers and Sarkeesians want to be involved in every stage of the production. The artists can't just make art anymore. They've forgotten how to make a good burger and now are just forced make a corporate grey slop burger with jeets they hired off fiverr.Gaming can be good again but you need to take it into YOUR hands.
>>740476495I'm just spouting facts.Science has shown that Gen Z is the first generation to be dumber than the one that preceded it.Zoomers can't even type on a keyboard.
>>740476679sold america to the jews and now filled with spite for those who dont want to sell their lives, got it
>>740462848I bought a DMG GameBoy for 40 dollars, it came with Super Mario Land.
>>740476716Zoomer confirmed. Kill yourself for being a drain on society.
>>740476758whats wrong, boomer.scared that your retirement will run out because younger people arent buying into the scam?
>>740476679This is a jewish d&c canard. Correct for race. Gen Z is the brownest gen.
>>740476807I'm Gen X. Not Boomer.
>>740462848they want to be millennials that's why they hate them so much
>>740476871same shit, different pile.
>>740476927Good job proving zoomers are the dumbest generation.
>>740463236>>740475156trvke I just got a ps3 they don't know how good they had it
>>740477008>jojoI'm absolutely tired of pretending Jojo isn't a shitty fucking manga/show/whatever.Jojo is fucking retarded.
>>740476942you still had time to undo what the boomers did to america, but you didnt.
>>740477054Typical zoomer. Blame everyone but yourself and refuse to do anything to help.
>>740477090>its the zoomer's fault that american society is shit!>just ignore the fact that they literally couldnt vote while we were helping boomers ruin everything and make the only path forward extreme violence.
I want to apologize in the name of my fellow zoomers. Current gayming is fucked, I think we can agree on that. Millennials and zoomies have to stick together
>>740477180>he thinks the solution is votingGen Z really IS the dumbest generation ever.
>>740477220>and make the only path forward extreme violence.read the whole post before you call someone else retarded.
>>740477304>read the whole post
>>740477182You're right, playing generationball on an anonymous site is incredibly stupid since we're all presumably here because we don't have an overwhelming love for the normalfags of our respective generations.It's a shame 4chan is 24/7 shitposting, raiding and baiting, but at least there are altchans where Y/Z can get along much better.
>>740477324so rather than taking in the whole idea, you simply read until you hit something you agree/disagree with and disregard the rest of it even if it provides important context?and yet you have the audacity to call other people retarded.
>>740477449I just don't care about zoomer posts.Cope and Seethe.
>>740463307Only uncs have this image saved.
>>740475629You grew up with an extension of the 90s, which is what the 00’s were
>>740474467>No politics>No censorshipThis zoomer retard doesn't know majority of Japanese games were censored when they were brought over to the west, story and characters were completely rewritten and censored.
I looked at the new stellar blade with the little girl and I think it has too much graphics
>>740477641what little girl
>>740477449Stfu retard zoomfag
>>740477740He means Evie. Who is not a little girl but a grown ass adult.
>>740477740>>740477830I think she kind of looks like a little boy actually. Like if you just see the head
>>740475629i was born in 02 and grew up with a nintendo 64 along with a hacked wii (which i mostly used to play pirated 90's games)sadly that wii hasnt been powered on in forever so the database is probably gone.i can just emulate what i want anyways but a database as big as that had value.
>>740466245The youngest zoomer is an adult. Th oldest zoomers just entered their 30s.
>>740477324Retard
>>740477894hello fellow twitter enjoyer. I, too, saw that hit tweet.
I like old games because I was poor and grew up with them
>>740477621>>740475592>>740474936Until DS became popular, many releases were country specific and translated on site.This made some local versions of handheld games unchanged compared to ENG.
I was going to buy a Retroid Pocket 5 but I've seen complaints that they're starting to crack
>>740463314>>740462848My cousin is trying to get their kids to stay away from phones. Been thinking of bringing some old systems over next time we see them at their grandma's house.
>>740480180i wonder if thing like "analog only camps" will become a reality. we lived for so long without pocket computers, we need to go back
>>740462848>Do they really prefer old stinky games?No, their influencer friends are affecting their mind.
>>740462848>Why is modern gaming so frustrating for zoomers?Many of them are NEETs and can't afford modern hardware, or games.
>>740482476Look, look, look everybody! Look at this tagged post in its elite syntax. I bet they get the new Iphone every year too
>>740464194Kinda. Gen Z has been the most corpo bootlicker gen since the baby boomers.
>>740475629>but us zoomers need to remember what we grew up with....social media, clickbait and doomscrolling?
>>740462848it's dirt cheap.
>>740466694On the other hand, most of them are far more heavily curated thanks to years and years of nitpicking.NES has a fucking monsterous library. A lot of shovelware for sure, but also a lot of hidden gems. How many of those you suppose gen z is on top of, as opposed to the constantly crowed about games, and whatever's for sale in the e-shop/preiinstalled on babby's first mini?
>>740463236keep your filthy zoomzoom hands off our consoles!!
>>740462848I think it's just a trend, more like a fashion statement than anything. I have never in my life seen some teenager on twitter posting his SuperMarioWorld gameplay or anything but i've seen like a hundred images of people posing with a Ds. Also if they really cared about the games they'd just emulate them to play the entire library for free instead of dropping hundreds
>>740462848Zoomer hereI only play heroes 3 and wow classic on private servers like my father
>>740462848I thought old games weren't actually good at all and it's just nostalgiaZoomers make up their mind
They just buy them to take pictures of to post to Insta
>>740462848Gen Z frustrations like...?
>>740469643There's nothing worse for a child than thinking their parents don't even like spending time with themOf course whoever made this dogshit comic would never be in that situation
>>740464109Still not retro, gen 6 is when modern gaming was cemented.
>>740469186>Literally all of gaming as you know it has been live service slop, dlc slop, subscription slop and season pass slop by every company profitmaxxxing to the detriment of literally everything else.Well then I'd just stick with indies and Nintendo who don't do that.
>>740462848nobody likes modern gaming. it's full of far left activists and retards pushing agendas.
>>740486127they don't know how to use a PC let alone being able to emulate
>>740477487>>740477778These are your average tards who cry about this hellhole's traffic.
>>740474467>>No politics>>No censorshipThey're so naive
because it's all hero slop now
>spend $1000 on a console and $80 on every separate game (DLC and Season Pass not included)>spend $30-80 on a chinkheld and get an SD card of thousands of games for free, or if you know what folders are you can cultivate your own SD card (high concept for zoomers but millennials buy these things too)
Maybe because mobile gaming is exclusively monetization nonsense using touch screens.Playing a game without it begging for your wallet, forcing ads into your face, and just being a screen is annoying as shit.
>>740462848I was born in 06 and grew up with a Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo handhelds. I also had a 360 and a PS4 but they were FIFA and LEGO machines I barely cared about. I feel like games older than my generation (third to sixth generation) have more to do with the stuff I used to play as a kid. No online multiplayer bullshit, no DLCs, no woke and so forth. They're simply just better in general. But you faggots should stop thinking this is exclusive to videogames. Old music, old movies, old animes and old cartoons have never been more popular amongst the younger generations. I only listen to 60s-80s music and pretty much only play 80s-early10s videogames.
>>740462848Old games were about having fun, not pushing a woke agenda and trying to rob you blind with DLC and microtransactions.
>>740466694>I've seen zoomers absolutely tear the living fuck out of Half-Life and put Unreal on a pedestal instead. They'll love Doom 1 and 2 for its mechanics but consider them absolutely shit as actual map packs. Quake is absolutely loved more than it was originallyBased taste. Half-Life shares the blame with Metal Gear Solid for killing gaming.
>>740466694Older zoomer here, played Half-Life 1 for the first time last year and mostly enjoyed it. Felt inferior to Doom and especially Quake, and Xen's quality drops off a cliff, but overall solid shooter with a nice sci-fi narrative that doesn't outstay it's welcome.I couldn't stand Half-Life 2. Gave it a few shots but it's too much moviegame. The gimmicky physics bullshit wasn't fun to deal with at all and the story disappeared up its own ass. Big disappointment after how much glaze it's gotten over the years
>>740486406It'll astonish you to learn that the guy who made that comic is an outspoken vegan and half of his other comics are condemning how capitalism has industrialized animal murder
>>740488098I'd say the hate for Half-Life and other games in positions similar to it stems a lot from it being hard for younger audiences to judge them on their first playthroughs.Like it's not apt for that post to say that zoomers are experiencing them more objectively. Many of them are having to play through such games with pretty high expectations and an entrenched, rabit fanbase to deal with. That creates an environment that's often ripe with constant disappointment and a knowledge that it will generally be pretty hard to actually voice those complaints and explore them in discussion, as you're going after the sacred cow.Personally speaking, as an older zoomer that's turning 30 this year, I was genuinely enraged by the original Fallout when I played it a couple years back. I was viscerally angry. Character limit and thread relevancy will keep me from going into detail, but I simply found basically every facet of it to be a disappointment. That the leap to 3D wasn't as much as a downfall as the grognards at NMA would like to make it out to be, and that in the space of squad-tactics CRPGs, it didn't stand out amongst its peers in a year as late as 1997, and the genre has evolved fantastically even moreso since then. This hate became amplified knowing that memes would make it near impossible to actually discuss it for what it truly was.But, after I let my head cool off and become more level, I was willing to give it a couple more playthroughs. I certainly didn't think it was any better, but without that initial disappointment, I was more able to appreciate it for what it was. Its simplicity and shallowness did well to play as a day-game, especially reinforced by its very short playtime that got even shorter on replays. I would still say the sacred cow should be slaughtered, fed to pigs, and then have them and their feces be burned, but the game that would be left would be worthy of calling at least playable and worth discussing.
As someone who grew up owning a Game Boy, where are you nostalgic for worse SNES games with limitations? It was only cool because it was portable.
>>740489357https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4vIBijzg4w
I just bought a saturn on ebay and the disc drive doesn't work. I have to take it to the doctor and pay a 50 dollar diagnostic charge because I even know how much it'll take to fix. That being said, I also bought a genesis and a flash cart and I'm having a lot of fun. Retro gaming rules ON THE CONDITION that I can save my sega saturn for less than say a hundred dollars. Otherwise FUCK retro gaming I hope it fucking kills itself to death
>>740469643>Modern gamesLets take a look shall we>6 year old entry in a 22 year old franchise >9 year old game>13 year old game in 30 year old franchise >20 year old game >16 year old game>Yearly sportsbal game>Chinese game>Game based on a 40 year old movie>Sportsbal>Game based on a 50 year old movie Not many zoomer franchises here
>>740475629Fortnite and LoL are still played today.
>>740462848>gen z… so young adults? the oldest “gen z” on this arbitrary age range is turning fuckin 30 bro. worry about gen alpha if you give a shit so much. it’s all just another form of cultural division, probably because it suits the jews.
>newer generation starts to appreciate old shit you grew up with and/or also enjoy instead of falling for modern slop>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO MAKE FUN OF YOU NOW???????it's okay to gatekeep a bit in order to keep major faggotry out sure, just don't go crazy with it niggas
>>740490403GB2R
>>740490502kys nigger
>>740462848Zoomers are not the children. Zoomers are pushing 30. A person born in 1999 is 27.
>>740490745zoomer = younger than meboomer = older than me
>>740490862>genspammer not higher than a schooler age
>>740489761beyond grim
decades aren't real. only zodiac signs are real
>>740463236>asian eyes>black nose>white skinMake it make sense.
>>740474707>muh grafxYou'll never get it.
>>740475139You can play pirated games on old consoles, dumbass turdworlder.
>>740477045Why did you ever pretend in the first place? Because you know your opinion is bad? Pussy.
>>740489761>ermm its based on old thing, its sequel to old thing!!Holy copium
>>740475156Why is cum flowing out of her Pokéball?
Modern gaming is shit, so of course we are going back to older games. The modern industry is a fucking toxic radioactive wasteland.Pic unrelated.
>>740463185>everyone collectively hates the 2010'sI thought it was just me.
>>740494408>He sees no problem with zoomies being hooked on decade old gamesThis industry is done for
Get a GS36C retroclone for $25
>>740462848Don't believe it. Zoomers still play the same f2p live service shit they have played their entire life.
>>740463236The fuck is that thing?
>>740474467Precisely this. Any naysayers are unironically industry plants trying to dishonestly manipulate public opinion>OH NONONONONO THEY DEFINITELY CENSORED GAMES ANONPathetic cope, grasping at straws>>740475156This is also true. Gamers ruined games, but they also had nothing else to buy. They're so bedazzled by technological advancements from 20+ years ago that they're still buying new games expecting to have their minds blown. In reality, they're just blowing modern publishers for free
>>740499684Normies exists in every space, anon. It's kinda like saying gen Y average gamer only cares about ball and gun.
>>740462848>>740463236They don't play them, they simply collect them and see them as investment.I speak for everyone when I say we don't want fucking zoomers in gaming at all. Fuck off.
>>740469501no, they think it's what terminator was warning them about
>>740464194Given that zoom zooms have been the ones actively going against piracy over the last couple of years yes
>>740462848Zoomers found the 30 dollar r36s ewaste handheld on aliexpress and shilled it on tiktok
