no one is forcing you to play these games.

but they might be fun

and I dont play them but it truly saddens me to see PC gaming going backwards. like I said this isnt the 80s. With today's tech programmers should be pushing the limits not reverting back to the 80s.

to each his own...

i cannot fathom why my two young nephews like to play minecraft. they enjoy playing that game and in the end i am happy too...

Originally posted by graknaar20:

and I dont play them but it truly saddens me to see PC gaming going backwards. like I said this isnt the 80s. With today's tech programmers should be pushing the limits not reverting back to the 80s.

but that programer might not make anything otherwise O=

As others have said, if you don't like it don't play it. It's not like games are going to suddenly all become 8-bit.

I'm all for free market and greenlighting projects but there has to be something better than reverting back to gaming's infancy.

Mel Brooks made a silent film in the 70s and it was glorious. Just because the tech no longer requires you to use a certain style, does not mean that style is utterly devoid of merit and should never, ever be used.

Now, some people do use the retro aesthetic badly, but then, there's plenty of state of the art AAA games that are done badly, too. It's not the style that counts, it's the quality of the game.

I am still waiting for the 16, 32 bit and 64 bit eras to return. Where are you golden days!!!!

Huh. Retro returned to mainstream. ♥♥♥♥.

Gameplay>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>graphics

gameplay always come before graphics and technology ... some peoples want games to be more then just some nice tech demo you're going to forget in a few weeks.

Originally posted by graknaar20:

and I dont play them but it truly saddens me to see PC gaming going backwards. like I said this isnt the 80s. With today's tech programmers should be pushing the limits not reverting back to the 80s.

Stop acting like a 12yo

Retro has always been a dirty word to me... Basically a person saying, "Meh... I can't think of anything NEW and ORIGINAL, so I'll just take this old thing people liked and make that instead because it'll be easier."

If I wanna get all nostalgic with 8 or 16 or whatever-bit classic games, then I will go play those actual games instead of the retro-knockoff stuff. Hell that is the great thing about those old cartridge consoles and even DOS games, they still work! ^_^

I'm just happy steam finally put in a blacklist so I can filter out all the pixelcrap.

You would not believe how cleaned up things are gaming wise when you filter out "Anime", "Visual Novel", and "Pixel Graphics". It's like the Steam that existed before all the indie-hipster-trash got shoved in our faces.

I'm with you, OP.
Color movies have been around since the late 30s. In 1993 Steven Spielberg made some lame black and white movie, ruining the entire industry. I haven't been back to the theatre since.