Thank you for highlighting this. People seem to think you're crazy when you tell them that games from nearly two decades ago commonly sported more dynamic interactions than almost any modern game today. Developers have totally lost sight of why people play games to begin with. If it's not for the JOY OF INTERACTING with the media, then what the f* is it?!🤷🏽‍♂️

God….. The PS2 games are better than PS5 games , This is explained because no one has made a remake for PS1 on PS2

bro really asked the question if its for better or worse. i knew before clicking on the video its worse now

Far Cry 2 was so underrated

and even price is higher than it was back in 2005.

Sometimes if I see some new AAA games I also scream AAA

that crackdown 1 main menu music, just perfect

*Killzone 2? I think you should have used "Black" on ps2 to really shove it in their ass..*

Companies realized people will buy garbage and spend more money on skins that take half the work. I don’t blame them for not caring about quality anymore. Why put work into something when you can produce half baked garbage. Sell it for 80 dollars. Then make millions from a skin that took someone an hour to make? Y’all asked for this shit. Now enjoy it.

even the damn online games had an offline mode...

early 2000s: Umm hello? IM GAMING! now: Ugh... why did I bother playing this game.

4:50 what's with those gay animations?

This video made me so sad... Our beloved hobby was murdered.

Nahh. There are still plenty of incredible games being made. In so many ways, games have never been better. They're just not coming out of the companies that used to make great games. A ton of the AAA mainstream slop has a AA or indie alternative that isn't a data leech or battle pass ridden wasteland (The Finals compared to Battlefield being a perfect example). All that said, a ton of these older games hold up so well. Timeless. Just go play them.

I don’t care what they say, but I think we didn’t simply grow out of games as we get older. The truth is, games just aren’t as fun and immersive as they used to be. Even with all these fancy new tech and graphics compared to 20 years ago, it’s just crazy that modern gaming companies can still manage to make something so boring.

Comparing modern games to games like Crysis is not fair on modern games.

Man… we really had it good. 😔

paid by players = > made for players paid by investment funds => made for their own delusions

At least in recent game they have learned to program much stronger trees and building. These early games environments were so weak, nothing held together, trees falling, building collapsing. It is much safer now.

13:06 I miss johnny gat... he was just a murder machine 😂

Yeah if you cherry pick games to show and not to show to make it look like old games are insane this is what you get

Fuck

now im sad

And that's not even counting the work of japanese devs at the time in less mainstream games

F.E.A.R. mentioned

I might be a psycho, but I want the proper dismemberment physics back. Soldier of Fortune was the shit.

Area 51 was one of the best fps games i played as a kid. Still to this day i think it ine of the best story games going

It is better for consumers to repurchase old games, that is, make a push of good old games and not buy anything new or pre-purchase. If a game is cool in 2024, then you buy it but not the others. Thus, in the end, video game creators will have to go back to making old-fashioned games with good physical history and everything else, and of course with current graphics. Thus the video game boom will return. Instead of calling 2020-2030 the worst decade of video games in the future, it will be the "best" era of video games.

You compare a mediocre modern game to absolute classics, only compare the elements that are better in the older games, and think it's a fair comparison? Modern games might actually be worse than the old ones, but it's apparent you're biased. Therefore not objective. For example, you compare Starfield (however mediocre it is) to a dozen games in different genres to show how they did certain elements better. Do you think it's objective? You expect a game as big as Starfield to do all of these things better than all other games?

The groundwork for all these modern games was laid in the past. With DEI unqualified people have access to these tools & it definitely shows.

When they were making Red Faction Guerilla, the devs complained the physics engine was making all their buildings fall down. Management responded by making them take architecture classes.

This is why gaming is not so exciting for me anymore. In the 2000s there was so much technological progress, so much experimentation, so many new experiences. But today? Nothing I haven't seen a million times before.

The seventh gen was the last truly great generation of gaming

KillZone2 the Greatest FPS Multiplayer Game I’ve Ever Played I spent A lot of Hours Playing Online I Miss it Dearly we need a Remastered

Yooo phantasy star online

Modern games focus on thing that doesn't matter - 4K Photorealistic graphic that cannibalise game performance. Older games focus on things that matter - gameplay and fun factor.

the fidelity went up but the level of interaction went down

Multplayer games with toxic and cheater gamers, loot boxes and hurry development to deliver a failed product are destroying game industry.

You know something is not ok with a game if you have to be online to play single player.

F.E.A.R. remake/remaster would be really nice now

I refuse to upgrade my rx580 to play new games until the new games are considered the old good games.😅 For now I stick with the seemingly endless supply of old good games.

Devs went fukin lazy these days...

ngl i quite like farcry6

Modern "Realism" vs "go ham on everything".

They couldn't find better things in the asset store. It's incredible to compare the slop to the soul most games had back then. Support indies and AA if you want things to improve.

3:42 i don't think SQUAD need destructabillity, cuz the fps gonna be low as hell

After 2000s its just the "woke virus" infecting slowly over the years and now symptoms starting to appear in a chronic manner

to quote Rab featured on charlie brookers games wipe ....... "games are shite"

The main reason lies with the players. Many continue to buy games, showing bias toward certain titles, which assures developers that their games will sell regardless of quality. Moreover, companies today prioritize churning out games for profit over delivering high-quality experiences.

Online schmonline, i torrent all of my games. I've been playing boomer shooters recently. And emus are awesome. I have the NeoRage5 with all 178 games. I love gaming. I also have 4tb hard drive with sooooooo many games from all years. Again, I love gaming.