The 90s was the apex of coolness in gaming, right?

[Melcar]

I think part of the problem is in the way they market the games now. Everything is so stale, formulaic. Back then there were no set rules and everyone was still experimenting on what worked or not.
These days everyone markets the same it seems. AAA games seem to run on the same marketing department, indie games rely on virtually the same tools to get their games out into the public eye.
Looking at the art in the above post makes me want to try the games, even if they are shit. But if I browse through the Steam store I'm like "meh". Nothing catches the eye. No creativity when it comes to this. This is why they rely on nostalgia bait because they realize "hey, this shit is better than our modern shit".

 

[mondblut]

In gaming?

The 90s was the apex of coolness in everything.

 

[Melcar]

Maybe 2090 will be another cool decade.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

In gaming?

The 90s was the apex of coolness in everything.

The '90s were a decline from the '80s, although this still meant the decade as a whole was strong in many respects since it began well. Decades should be judged more by the trends within them, and during the 1990s:

• Pop music went to hell in the middle of the decade and has never recovered
• Commodore went bankrupt in 1994, relegating us to PC clones or --- God forbid! --- Apple computers
• TSR went bankrupt in 1997, ruining Dungeons & Dragons
• Hollywood became increasingly politicized, a trend that has continued to this day, and began imposing political correctness in films
• Early-stage wokeness, under the name of political correctness, became dominant generally
• Progressivism organized a new economic base of support, centered around Big Tech, Big Finance, and Big Media, that became the preeminent force in American society

 

[Melcar]

I say the late 90s is where all the decline happened. Think of it as a transition period between awesome 80s and shit new century. The last gasp of humanity.

 

[mondblut]

The '90s were a decline from the '80s, although this still meant the decade as a whole was strong in many respects since it began well. Decades should be judged more by the trends within them, and during the 1990s:
[*]Pop music went to hell in the middle of the decade and has never recovered

Pop music went to hell in the 70s, when it separated from rock music and disco reared its ugly gay negro face.

OTOH, early 90s brought us black metal and apocalyptic folk, and late 90s, martial industrial.

[*]Commodore went bankrupt in 1994, relegating us to PC clones or --- God forbid! --- Apple computers

Nothing of value was lost. They lagged behind PC and brought it upon themselves.

[*]TSR went bankrupt in 1997, ruining Dungeons & Dragons

True, but they had their best run (as far as customers are concerned) during the first half of 90s. And all the good D&D computer games except for the first couple (and TOEE) were made in the 90s.

[*]Hollywood became increasingly politicized, a trend that has continued to this day, and began imposing political correctness in films

True, but the backlash against it has been very entertaining and powerful enough to make careers (see South Park), not break them as it does now.

[*]Early-stage wokeness, under the name of political correctness, became dominant generally

That shit has been creeping in since the 60s. Should've thought about that before NOT mowing down muh civil rights movement.

 

[Gahbreeil]

I'm more of a 00's XXIst century kind'a person regarding video games but I agree with Mondblut, the 90's were pretty cool overall.

 

[That_Scumbag]

That is a problem indeed. The older media still existing is undoubtedly a good thing, but it feels less satisfying when you have nobody to share it with.

If you can’t get the rights, then make spiritual successors

Too bad this approach doesn't seem to work for JRPGs. When they announced Suikoden successor, Eiyden Chronicles, everyone were happy, when it came out it turned out to be crap. Or when they released Chrono Trigger successor (their words), Sea of Stars, which just caters to crowd who are not even JRPG fans. Whenever I see someone use words like "spiritual successor" or "love letter" when marketing a JRPG game, it just makes me sick.

God, don't even remind me of what they did to Eiyuden Chronicles. They butchered the game with woke BS because western crap is what I want when I buy a JRPG, of course!