The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago...is this retro?media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square241fedilinkarrow-up1972arrow-down128
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minus-squaresaltesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoIt is on a timeline, but not tech. If you compare 1985 to 2005, holy shit. So many classics because of mind blowing advances. 2005 - 2025… Well, there’s still 2005 games that go hard with some mods. We really rely on gameplay and story to make a classic now.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThis comment from yesterday stuck with me - I really like this definition of retro being on the tech progress timeline, not just “x years since”.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoYeah, once we hit 20 years since the 360’s launch, we had 20 year old games that still look pretty decent by today’s standards. I don’t think you could say that at any point in time before then.
It is on a timeline, but not tech.
If you compare 1985 to 2005, holy shit. So many classics because of mind blowing advances.
2005 - 2025… Well, there’s still 2005 games that go hard with some mods. We really rely on gameplay and story to make a classic now.
This comment from yesterday stuck with me - I really like this definition of retro being on the tech progress timeline, not just “x years since”.
Yeah, once we hit 20 years since the 360’s launch, we had 20 year old games that still look pretty decent by today’s standards. I don’t think you could say that at any point in time before then.