But also legitimately. Like remember how good games would get near the end of a console's lifecycle? Then a new console generation would drop and the games would look sharp, but also a bit wonky, until enough years has past, and thennn... another new console generation would drop, and the constraints would disappear again. Always too soon, I thought - just as the games were getting truly good again!

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Heh, yes, I still have fond memories of the late 16-bit generation and early fifth-gen games that didn't get on board the 3D bandwagon. Sprite-based games started to look mighty sexy until everyone decided that untextured polygons were the way to go for a while. 😑

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Always preferred Duke 3D to Quake. The later is way more sophisticated from the technical standpoint (though Build does allow some neat tricks) but Duke is just so vibrant and fun. Destructible environment, original weapons, large enemy variety and proper bosses... Meanwhile Quake is just... brown.