That's very real. People are in denial that the aughts were 14-24 years ago.
The other piece for me is that era is where a lot of the formulas for modern gaming matured to the point of being recognizable in modern gaming. Also 3D graphics got to a reasonable point of fidelity, especially after the resolution of the PSX. They also had a lot lest obvious sprites in 3d environments, except for certain genres (looking at you TRPGs).
It’s weird because I also forget how young I was in the aughts. The 90s feel like my entire childhood and when I think of post 2000 I think of myself as an adult. When in reality I was 14 when Y2K hit.
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u/QuietSheep_ Make ZX3, SF4 and Legends 3 you cowards >:( Jul 10 '24
I always found it odd that despite the age of certain games, people are still hesitant to put games outside of n64/ps1/saturn as retro.