Was were the original Tomb Raider game so incredibly soulful?
Low poly is inherently soulfull
>>12391873You were 12 at the time
>>12391879I was about 5? Lara tried to be a better film star than a video game
>>12391879Literally the opposite for me, played it when I was 12 and hated it. Came back to it 3 years ago, honestly the most fun I had with a video game in a long long time. Unfortunately I am not enjoying the sequels as much.
>>12391873Used the type of background ambience normally used for meditation to draw you in and make every area feel realTomb raider 3 is miles better than every other game in the series
>>12391879/threadNostalgia is a hell of a drug
>>12391879fpbpOP raped and gaped
>>12391960>>12391879When I had it as a kid I didn't care for it that much. I played like 2 levels. Only now do I realize how atmospheric and soulful it is.
ESL thread about a timeless game. /vr/ has truly fallen.
>>12391875No it isn't. It's inherently ugly and jank but if devs care a lot and work hard to overcome the limitations and have talent, this will appear as soul.
>>12391879>>12391960These comments are almost never correct. Maybe for Ocarina of Time but even then that is still a good game with plenty of objectively redeeming qualities.
>>12391879The laziest form of dismissal.
>>12391909>>12392172A game can be good and fun without being soulful. I don't think "SOUL!" when I think of Tomb Raider. It's functionally good but not because there's a ton of soul behind it.
>>12392324In older games, lot of stuff is hand crafted. Trees, rocks, patch of grass etc. are meticulously placed by hand. Nowadays the engine generate these automatically, so a lot of games look alike, thus the lack of soul.
>>12392351so, are all old games soulful according to your theory?
>>12392361It's not black and white. Some are more so than others.
Prerendered background stuff was sovl. Old 3d was pure shit.
>>12392361If the creators are talented, it usually is.If they're lazy and incompetent, it's not.Modern assets are often obtained from an open marketplace and then modified to be consistent with the style and theme for the game. The results can be effective for a given game, but lacks evidence of developer passion.
>>12392430Even older 3D games used assets from stock CDs
>>12391873I think because games didn't chase realism and literalism so much at the time they inherently feel more whimsical and magical.
>>12392437Mario 64 isn't a good example because it's soulless
>>12392167>you can only have nostalgia for nintendo games
>>12392575You jeetbots need to get better at reading the context.
>>12392167Nostalgia and personal attachment are the main factors when judging or caring about an old game.I never played Ocarina of Time or Tomb Raider when I was a kid. Both felt meh to play when I first tried them on emulators.
>>12392351>Nowadays the engine generate these automaticallymaybe for the most low level noise there's an algorithm. a tree or anything a player could physically interact with is going to be manually placed.
