Time was a cruel mistress to these 15 games
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James
MyGaming Alumnus
I remember when Unreal came out...
My dad had recently kitted me out with a Pentium 2 MMX, which with my limited knowledge of WTF I was doing, I managed to "overclock" to 450MHz. It had 512MB of RAM if memory serves.
The real grunt came from the totally sweet Voodoo 2 8MB GPU.
When I fired up unreal and saw that Nali Castle fly-by my mind was blown; it really was like Voodoo magic or something. How far we have come!
My dad had recently kitted me out with a Pentium 2 MMX, which with my limited knowledge of WTF I was doing, I managed to "overclock" to 450MHz. It had 512MB of RAM if memory serves.
The real grunt came from the totally sweet Voodoo 2 8MB GPU.
When I fired up unreal and saw that Nali Castle fly-by my mind was blown; it really was like Voodoo magic or something. How far we have come!
Tsar
The thing that should not be
I remember when Unreal came out...
My dad had recently kitted me out with a Pentium 2 MMX, which with my limited knowledge of WTF I was doing, I managed to "overclock" to 450MHz. It had 512MB of RAM if memory serves.
The real grunt came from the totally sweet Voodoo 2 8MB GPU.
When I fired up unreal and saw that Nali Castle fly-by my mind was blown; it really was like Voodoo magic or something. How far we have come!
My uncle installed this on my first pc(was my first pc game) and my moms comment was its like a movie :O
But personally I don't think some of these games aged to badly.
I mean they old games. There are a lot worse aged games out there
OmegaFenix
The Legendary Troll Hunter
This article is a cure for Nostalgia.
Dohc-WP
Ron Burgundy
I remember when Unreal came out...
My dad had recently kitted me out with a Pentium 2 MMX, which with my limited knowledge of WTF I was doing, I managed to "overclock" to 450MHz. It had 512MB of RAM if memory serves.
The real grunt came from the totally sweet Voodoo 2 8MB GPU.
When I fired up unreal and saw that Nali Castle fly-by my mind was blown; it really was like Voodoo magic or something. How far we have come!
I personally Hated voodoo cards since i had an ati rage pro 4mb card and direct 3d games looked very inferior to the glide games back then ! and some games only supported glide in hw acceleration mode
OmegaFenix
The Legendary Troll Hunter
I would say they aged badly visually. Gameplay wise Deus Ex & Half Life, maybe even Doom still hold up.
Azimuth
New member
It's for fun. Smile, I'll pay for the reconstructive surgery*.
*But seriously, I won't.
Graal
New member
Yes, you quite clearly did miss the point. It's nothing more than a fun article poking fun at the graphics of beloved games of yesteryear.
OmegaFenix
The Legendary Troll Hunter
Kind of makes you wish some of these would get the Halo Aniversary treatment. A Purely aesthetic overhaul to bring them, visually, up to todays standard, with the build in ability to switch back and forth between old and new.
Though on second thought I dunno If I want to re-buy all those old titles.
Though on second thought I dunno If I want to re-buy all those old titles.
Graal
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Gameplay > graphics is a statement I've had an issue with for a while now. There's a lot of people who would like to make it out that visuals don't matter at all, when this is simply not true. Sure, it's true, great graphics can't save a bad game, but graphics actually have a major impact on your game experience as well. I'm not going to skip a game because of graphics, but it really is nice if while you're enjoying an amazing game you've got equally amazing graphics too look at.
Note, though, I don't necessarily mean photorealistic. Borderlands is still one of the better-looking games released in recent years, in my opinion. Art style is very important.
Edit: Also, I think 2D isometric games also age pretty well. Looking at something like Divine Divinity or Nox, they can't really be called ugly. I still find them visually pleasing.
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OmegaFenix
The Legendary Troll Hunter
See I would call that Art Style more than Graphics. A Bad or bland art style can be a damaging to a game as bad gameplay. But terribad, eye bleeding, graphics can distract from a games enjoyment.
MOnk
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Use the word aesthetics rather than graphics. 
Aesthetics being the creative choices about how the game looks, which includes everything from character models, environment to the UI. Graphics being the technical capability of a game.
Good graphics gives the designers more tools to work with in creating the aesthetics of a game, doesn't mean they'll know how to use those tools properly.
Aesthetics being the creative choices about how the game looks, which includes everything from character models, environment to the UI. Graphics being the technical capability of a game.
Good graphics gives the designers more tools to work with in creating the aesthetics of a game, doesn't mean they'll know how to use those tools properly.
Azimuth
New member
Uh. No. That's still pretty hideous.
Jan
Grand Poobah
Ragging on Half-Life I can handle, but the slight against System Shock 2 I cannot abide.
For stomping over my childhood dreams you must be burned!
LFG 4 Azi run. Need 2 tanks and DPS.
(I was torn between thanking you for thinking of System Shock 2, or firebombing you for it. GladOS gets all the love nowadays when Shodan is over 9000 times cooler. Anyway, in the end, being the violent male gamer stereotype I am, flaming won out.)
For stomping over my childhood dreams you must be burned!
LFG 4 Azi run. Need 2 tanks and DPS.
(I was torn between thanking you for thinking of System Shock 2, or firebombing you for it. GladOS gets all the love nowadays when Shodan is over 9000 times cooler. Anyway, in the end, being the violent male gamer stereotype I am, flaming won out.)