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post 1698049273 02-18-2024, 07:55 PM
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Is retro gaming the future?

Hardly any games in the horizon. Hardly any exclusives. Gaming getting more expensive. Microtransactions and DLC galore.

Do we just go back to the old CRT's and consoles at this point?



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post 1698049813 02-18-2024, 08:08 PM
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You don't even need new CRT's if you're smart about it. With Series X you get 4K resolution up-conversions with enhanced graphics and 60fps boost, good for original Xbox, 360, and One games. Heck outside of that we now got loads of good tech for old tech like HDMI converters for old consoles that enhance graphics with the original games and hardware.
post 1698049953 02-18-2024, 08:11 PM
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Been that way for me lately. I'm not a huge gamer, but now that I'm getting back ino gaming, not many of the new games really interest me..besides the fact that I can pick up older games or even a couple years old extremely cheap these days.

Played through DOOM eternal..loved it
Played through AC Black Flag and Odyssey..enjoyed them both

Right now I'm playing through Jedi Survivor..it's not bad, a little gimmicky but enjoyable, next I'll play Mad MAx and possibly get into CyberPunk come summer, but I'm not sure if that game is really my style even though I love the GTA franchise.

Older games just seemed to have much more depth, storytelling, and even difficulty to them. Nowadays every game is telling you exactly what to do, where to go, X-ray vision, and just seems to hold your hand that for me completely breaks immersion
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Originally Posted By JayJ350⏩
You don't even need new CRT's if you're smart about it. With Series X you get 4K resolution up-conversions with enhanced graphics and 60fps boost, good for original Xbox, 360, and One games. Heck outside of that we now got loads of good tech for old tech like HDMI converters for old consoles that enhance graphics with the original games and hardware.
Yeah but i am wondering do we just go backwards at this point because i'm not seeing much in the horizon. Something dumb is going on with gaming and it's gotten a lot worse the last few years. None of these games are playable really.
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post 1698051663 02-18-2024, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted By eod8989⏩
Hardly any games in the horizon. Hardly any exclusives. Gaming getting more expensive. Microtransactions and DLC galore.

Do we just go back to the old CRT's and consoles at this point?



Define "hardly any games on the Horizon"?

South of Midnight
Hellblade 2
Avowed
Fable
Ava
Rise of The Ronin
Stellar Blade
FF7:Rebirth
Helldivers
Palworld
Star Wars: Outlaws
Dragons Dogma 2
South Park: Snow Day
Black Myth: Wukong
Stalker 2

That's just from memory and I believe about 90% this year. That's a lot of games brah. How many games do you need to play a year?
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post 1698052143 02-18-2024, 09:09 PM
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The future is gonna be 150 dollar video games filled with microtransactions.
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I mean, most gamers probably haven't played all the good games there have been over the past 15 years unless they are getting paid to game.

I'm loving BG3 atm, will get the new Horizon (PC) when it comes out next month. I for sure don't feel like I can keep up with gaming releases tbh.
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post 1698054523 02-18-2024, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted By LogicalLifts⏩
I mean, most gamers probably haven't played all the good games there have been over the past 15 years unless they are getting paid to game.

I'm loving BG3 atm, will get the new Horizon (PC) when it comes out next month. I for sure don't feel like I can keep up with gaming releases tbh.
What the last 3-4 years of gaming has been abysmal tbh.
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post 1698054773 02-18-2024, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted By Fang2⏩
The future is gonna be 150 dollar video games filled with microtransactions.
Possibly this, but they also have tons of bugs and issues. I can hardly play any games made after 2019 because of it srs.
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post 1698055163 02-18-2024, 10:38 PM
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People need to stop pre-ordering games, I'd go so far as wait a month till the game is released before you buy it, and all the paid reviews are flushed out, and you start to get genuine feedback of how broken or underdeveloped the game truly is. Developers get away with releasing chitty games because people rush to buy.
post 1698057243 02-19-2024, 12:45 AM
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PS2 with a HDD, free mcboot and CRT but youtubecels ruined retro gaming every ******* now wants actual money for you to take away their CRT TVs marketing it as a "gaming TV"
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Originally Posted By Misque*******⏩
PS2 with a HDD, free mcboot and CRT but youtubecels ruined retro gaming every ******* now wants actual money for you to take away their CRT TVs marketing it as a "gaming TV"
Just get the HDRetrovision cables. No need for a 300 lb TV just so you can play Conker's Bad Fur Day again
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No. This will be the best year since 2019 in regards to releases.
post 1698075523 02-19-2024, 10:59 AM
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used to be big on original hardware but lately I'm preferring emulation for the real classics and like Jay mentioned backward compatibility on Xbox, it has a pretty solid library and I love how you can still use the physical media (of course you just download the game from the store but it's the idea that you can pick up an OG Xbox game and put it in your modern console and it plays like a dream)

also like the Nintendo Switch Online service, limited catalogue but the option for save states and rewinding (8/16 bit) are pretty neat

but there are solid modern games coming out as well so you just gotta switch it up a bit
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Microsoft going third party really has broken the xbox fans.

I have a CRT, but I mostly just emulate now. Saves wear and tear on actual hardware. I also only have the N64 hooked up.
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Originally Posted By OptimusTrajan⏩
Microsoft going third party really has broken the xbox fans.

I have a CRT, but I mostly just emulate now. Saves wear and tear on actual hardware. I also only have the N64 hooked up.
It's hard to empathize with anyone who is upset that players on other systems will have the opportunity to play these games. What difference does it make in terms of personal enjoyment if a game is "console exclusive"?

Gaming on OG hardware is nostalgic, but it is just so much easier with emulation.
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I have no idea how you guys beat games fast enough to be ready for all the new ones. Not to mention the awesome AA and indie Rourke that always pop up in between that seem to be largely overlooked.

If AAA games slow down, I might be able to catch up for a change!


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Originally Posted By rollerball⏩
Been trying that Horizon game on PS5 but I get a lot of woke-y vibes from the main protagonist. The game itself looks pretty insane though on a qd-oled.
Really? I didn't get that at all from the first installment (Zero Dawn), but I know a lot of forum warriors were raging at 'having to play as a girl'. It's an interesting story to me, combat was fun too (taking the T-Rex's launchers and decimating others, lol). I played the first one on my QD OLED too.
Originally Posted By eod8989⏩
What the last 3-4 years of gaming has been abysmal tbh.
It depends on the genre you're into. I played Anthem, Outriders, Mass Effect Andromeda...also the arpgs (PoE, Diablo, Last Epoch), DoS 2, now BG3, etc.

I'm not saying it's great on the whole - I was pissed at Cyberpunk when it came out, but there have been games. If someone only plays 'AAA games' then, sure. DoS2 is a fantastic game I'd recommend today. *shrug*

There isn't enough time though to play all the good games that have come out over the past 5ish years.
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Everyone is all dooming gaming as if it hasn't grown exponentially in the last decade, it ain't slowing down either.

Retro gaming has become so popular because gaming has in turn become so popular. There's more ways to play old games now then there ever has been.

It's not the future of gaming, but it will always be part of gaming. Every type of hobby has a love for the retro aspects of that hobby. Cars, motorcycles, stamps, comic books, literally everything hobby-esque has a huge subculture of retro lovers. Gaming was never going to be any different.
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Price of CRTs if you can find the good ones, are high as heck too.. everyone see's it coming.

I was able to secure a Dell branded (Sony Trinitron) CRT monitor a couple years ago for $150...


The next thing I want to get is a CRT TV, but a sony branded or rebrand cause they have the best screens.
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Enough shaders, etc today to have that CRT feeling so don't see the need to buy an old, ugly, bulky crt.
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Originally Posted By ****inator⏩
Enough shaders, etc today to have that CRT feeling so don't see the need to buy an old, ugly, bulky crt.
fuaaark we finally agree on something lol
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Originally Posted By rocketfish⏩
Price of CRTs if you can find the good ones, are high as heck too.. everyone see's it coming.

I was able to secure a Dell branded (Sony Trinitron) CRT monitor a couple years ago for $150...


The next thing I want to get is a CRT TV, but a sony branded or rebrand cause they have the best screens.
This

I have a zenith crt and samsung plasma I'm gonna hook my xbox one up to. Other than that most of my gaming will be done through retro steam games from now on.
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Originally Posted By rocketfish⏩
Price of CRTs if you can find the good ones, are high as heck too.. everyone see's it coming.

I was able to secure a Dell branded (Sony Trinitron) CRT monitor a couple years ago for $150...


The next thing I want to get is a CRT TV, but a sony branded or rebrand cause they have the best screens.
Panasonic CRT TVs are also pretty awesome and tend to have more inputs.
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Originally Posted By SubGamer⏩
Are Xbox 360 games considered retro now?
Of course. 360 was a completely different era and style of gaming than now and it was released almost 20 years ago.
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