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Going back to the roots. (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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New refugee here. Ran away from the chaos that is "new gaming".

I've set up RPCS3, PSX2 and Duckstation (sorry Xbox and other consoles folks. I'm from a country where the PlayStation was the dominant force) and I've been having so much fun. What brought me back is the realization of how crappy most new games are. The infinite chase after those "shadows", "lights", and "details" has killed gaming. All of this made the hardware requirements really high, and good hardware is really expensive. Also, there is no joy in new games (at least for me). It's just all the same.

I've been going through a catalog of old games I've missed out on in my youth, and oh boy! Games were really good back then.

Edit: I welcome all the suggestions if you would like to suggest some good older games.

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[โ€“] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

GOW are classics for sure.

Check out the sly cooper games too, those were great ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Holy shit, thank you for the reminder. I've played one of them and totally forgot. I'm definitely getting them.

[โ€“] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nice, glad to help out! Consider doing some reviews, or just letting us know how you like them :)

Also, Captain Blood is another one to take a look at!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3040220/Captain_Blood/

[โ€“] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This game looks very nice. Right up my ally. Thank you

[โ€“] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You're welcome!

[โ€“] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just wanted to update you. This game is fucking fantastic. I've been having a blast with it. Old god of war games style. Thank you.

[โ€“] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Oh, man that is awesome! Glad to help out and I'll look forward to playing it too, eventually. Lol